Description
Book SynopsisProposes an ambitious solution to the problem of how the Constitution impacts national security: a First Amendment that makes sure the voices of opposition are heard.
Trade Review"Denvir is one of our most lucid and inspiring writers on the constitutional law questions of today. He boldly confronts our most dangerous problems, such as the limitless national security powers of todays presidents, without the usual pretense that the Framers somehow handed down the answer. Instead, Denvir asks us as citizens to find or frame a contemporary constitutional limit to such dangerous power." -- Charles A. Reich,author of The Greening of America
"Denvir joins an analysis of the & National Security Presidency with an examination of the current state of free speech law to offer provocative suggestions for a First Amendment for our time, one that would provide us today with the information we need to govern ourselves." -- Mark Tushnet,William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Constitutional Wars 1 The National Security Presidency 2 The Manufacture of Consent 3 The Rise and Fall of the First Amendment 4 Democracy in the Dark 5 Free Speech Activists 6 The Supreme Court Afterword: A Human Rights Constitution Appendix: Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
