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The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror
William Morrow
June 2007
On Sale: May 22, 2007
272 pages
ISBN: 0061142565
EAN: 9780061142567
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
From the executive director of the ACLU, Anthony D. Romero,
and award-winning journalist Dina Temple-Raston, In Defense
of Our America takes a critical look at civil liberties in
this country at a time when constitutional freedoms are in
peril. Using the stories of real Americans on the frontlines
of the fight for civil liberties., In Defense of Our America
provides a look at the dangerous erosion of the Bill of
Rights in the age of terror. Against the backdrop of post-9/11 America, readers are taken
behind the scenes of some of the most important civil
liberties cases in America. From the story of the "American
Taliban" to the battle against the National Security
Agency's warrantless spying program, In Defense of Our
America tracks a roster of skirmishes in the larger fight
for civil liberties in this country. It tracks an effort in
Pennsylvania to force religion into the public school
science curriculum and tells the story of South Dakota's
attempts to place an outright ban on abortions in the state. In a narrative that allows the characters to tell the story,
In Defense of Our America offers the first inside look at
the Lindh family as they saw their son and brother, John
Walker Lindh, emerge as a symbol of America's battle against
Islamic fundamentalism. It follows Joshua Dratel, a defense
attorney at the center of many legal battles over the rights
of individuals suspected of terrorism, and tells the story
of a modern-day Scopes trial in Dover, Pennsylvania. The
book tracks the case of Matthew Limon, a gay teenager
sentenced to 17 years for having consensual oral sex with a
younger teenage boy in Kansas, and looks behind the reports
of a broken judicial system in New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina. In Defense of Our America chronicles the stories of an array
of colorful characters to illustrate the state of play in
today's fight for civil liberties, including Cecelia Fire
Thunder, the Sioux president who wanted to open an abortion
clinic on her South Dakota reservation, and high school
science teacher Bertha Spahr who defied a school board
dominated by fundamentalist Christians by taking a stand
against "intelligent design." With unparalleled access to key players in some of the
landmark tests of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,
In Defense of Our America weaves together a compelling
narrative that provides an unusually full look at the fight
for civil liberties as Americans struggle to protect their
rights and ensure their security.
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