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Glenn Greenwald was not a political man. Not liberal, not conservative. Politicians were all the same and it didn?t matter which party was in power. Extremists on both ends canceled each other out, and the United States would essentially remain forever centrist. Or so he thought.
Then came September 11, 2001. Greenwald?s disinterest in politics was replaced by patriotism, and he supported the war in Afghanistan. He also gave President Bush the benefit of the doubt over his decision to invade Iraq. But, as he saw Americans and others being disappeared, jailed and tortured, without charges or legal representation, he began to worry. And when he learned his president had seized the power to spy on American citizens on American soil, without the oversight required by law, he could stand no more. At the heart of these actions, Greenwald saw unprecedented and extremist theories of presidential power, theories that flout the Constitution and make President Bush accountable to no one, and no law.
How Would a Patriot Act? is one man?s story of being galvanized into action to defend America?s founding principles, and a reasoned argument for what must be done. Greenwald?s penetrating words should inspire a nation to defend the Constitution from a president who secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a monarch. If we are to remain a constitutional republic, Greenwald writes, we cannot abide radical theories of executive power, which are transforming the very core of our national character, and moving us from democracy toward despotism. This is not hyperbole. This is the crisis all Americans?liberals and conservatives—now face.
In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald invites us to consider: How would a patriot act today?
About the Author
Glenn Greenwald is a Constitutional law attorney, and author of the political blog, “Unclaimed Territory.” Greenwald has written for American Conservative magazine and appeared on a variety of television and radio programs, including C-Span’s “Washington Journal,” Air America’s “Majority Report” and Public Radio International’s “To the Point.” His reporting and analysis have been credited in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Salon, Slate and a variety of other print and online publications.
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By saleem musharbash, May 1, 2006 at 7:39 am Link to this comment
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why is it I can not find, this part of the 14th amendment any where any more.
Report thisfreedom of religion dose not serve as protection against polygamous marriage, or avoidance of taxes, nor are parents are free to ignore law about child labour or child education on religions grounds. which was used in 1953 by the supreme court in the case (brown verses the board of education).
By William F. Gildone, April 28, 2006 at 8:15 am Link to this comment
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12 hours before a man committed suicide near a Milwaukee,WI school building, Mr. Glen Greenwald come out with a press story that the mother of Matthew Hale passed along a note to Greenwald, for his delivery to another lawyer. So the press next killed that Greenwald story, and next had Michael Jackson appear late for court, and still dressed in his pajamas. Well the rest of the day the news was all about Michael Jackson, and Glen Greenwalds story disappeared from our news forever. But I still remember it, so Greenwald has lost!
Report thisBy Hilding Lindquist, April 27, 2006 at 3:08 pm Link to this comment
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“In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald invites us to consider: How would a patriot act today?”
My answer:
We should consider the example of Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March to Dandi and start heading to the salt fields. We should consider the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s, Selma to Montgomery march and start heading to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Those are the examples we should use.
We have the freedom to demonstrate and we should begin to do it individually and collectively. Each of us can talk to a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, a stranger ... each day from now until the election. We can congregate and march and demonstrate together when called upon to do so. But we don’t have to wait for others to speak first, or for a group to form. We can call out now. That is still an act of courage in a state heading toward the suspension of our unalienable rights.
Each one of us can speak up now and know within ourselves that we have done so. Each one of us has to make that choice within him or her self while knowing that the roar of the people is made up of individual voices.
2006 is the year of the people. Throw the bums out! Speak up and then vote to change course.
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