Silencing Political Dissent

by CHANG, NANCYZINN, HOWARD

• ISBN13: 9781583224946
• ISBN10: 1583224947
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-07-09
• Publisher: SEVEN STORIES PRESS

Summary

Nancy Chang of the Center for Constitutional Rights examines how the USA Patriot Act endows the executive branch of the U.S. government with vast unchecked powers, erodes civil liberties and privacy, and impacts the lives of immigrants.

Author Biography

NANCY CHANG is the Senior Litigation Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. Nancy’s work at CCR has focused on protecting the First Amendment rights of political activists against government efforts to silence dissent, safeguarding civil liberties against measures taken in the name of national security, protecting the constitutional rights of immigrants, and combating racial profiling.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
The Constitution in Turmoil	p. 19
Criminalizing Political Dissent	p. 22
Interfering with the Right to Freedom of Political Association	p. 27
Targeting Perceived Enemies for Detention and Deportation	p. 37
How the USA Patriot Act Undermines Our Civil Liberties	p. 43
Blurring the Line Between Ideology and Terrorism	p. 44
Tolling the Death Knell on Privacy	p. 46
Stripping Noncitizens of Constitutional Protections	p. 62
Edging Toward Government by Executive Fiat	p. 67
America's Disappeared	p. 69
Monitoring the Attorney-Client Communications of Federal Inmates	p. 87
Silencing Political Dissent	p. 92
A Question of Patriotism	p. 93
Guilt By Association	p. 103
The Rise of Government Secrecy	p. 124
Reclaiming Our Civil Liberties	p. 135
Notes	p. 138
About the Author	p. 167
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