The Twilight Of Democracy

by Van Bergen, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781567512922
• ISBN10: 1567512925
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-15
• Publisher: Common Courage Pr

Summary

The book that reveals America is already more than three-quarters of the way down the road to fascism

Table of Contents

Preface Tertium Quid	p. 2
Introduction : crossing the Rubicon : the end of the American era?	p. 5
Down the road to fascism	p. 8
The law is king	p. 20
Our individual rights	p. 30
The Constitutional code	p. 43
Types of courts & standards of review	p. 52
The demise of democracy : fascism in America	p. 66
The PATRIOT Act - the mainstay of oppressive power and the homefront	p. 110
Ashcroft's way : a closer look at the PATRIOT Act	p. 121
The Cheney plan for global dominance	p. 147
Global dominance in action : military necessity or war crimes - violating the Geneva and Hague Conventions	p. 153
Conclusion	p. 162
Epilogue : detainees and torture	p. 166
The Bill of Rights	p. 193
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