More Essential than Ever: The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty First Century (Inalienable Rights)
"This book is a gem-an astonishingly concise education in Fourth Amendment issues without shortcuts. Stephen Schulhofer's simple, clear, engaging prose, his extraordinary insight, and his great good sense make the journey enlightening as well as alarming.  Well before the end, one understands why rapidly changing technology and the threat of terrorism do not justify the slackening of Fourth Amendment protections that recent decisions have approved." --Albert W. Alschuler. Julius Kreeger Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, Emeritus, The University of Chicago"Stephen Schulhofer offers an indispensable, lucid, and much-needed defense of the Fourth Amendment, providing compelling responses to those who claim that privacy is dead, that if we have nothing to hide we have nothing to fear, and that the Fourth Amendment protects only criminals.  He persuasively demonstrates that the Fourth Amendment's protection remains essential to a robust liberal democracy in the Facebook and Google era." --David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law School"Stephen Schulhofer spells out why the Fourth Amendment's protections from unwarranted government surveillance are as important as freedom of speech when it comes to liberties essential to sustain a democratic society.  He makes a powerful case that too often we have permitted law enforcement powers to expand while leaving individuals with 'only the protective shields that sufficed in the eighteenth century.'  He does an outstanding job debunking the widely held assumption that there is-and must be-a 'trade-off' between liberty and security. And he does so clearly, crisply and stylishly." --Yale Kamisar, Clarence Darrow Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Michigan"...provides a compelling case-based analysis for returning to the principles and values embedded in the Bill of Rights." --Political Science Quarterly"Stephen Schulhofer'sMore Essential Than Evertakes a broad approach. Written for both a lay audience and the student of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, it tackles a range of Fourth Amendment issues, from the origins of the Fourth Amendment to the challenges we face in balancing the Fourth Amendment protections against national security interests... Well written and informative." --Tulsa Law Review