num_pages: 240
description: Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld. A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post–9/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.
language: English
title: Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties In The Name Of National Security
titlecomplete: Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties In The Name Of National Security
genres: Terrorism, Politics, American History, Law, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 73
publisher: The New Press