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With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
Phenomenal, just phenomenal, but in that way that makes me kinda want to die. The writing is sparse and elegant, the rhetorical structure is impeccable, the detail leaves nothing wanting, and the topic couldn't be more relevant or more depressing. Greenwald is mercilessly non-partisan; he lambasts Republican and Democratic administrations and politicians equally harshly (as well he should), on his way to the point that the establishment of elite immunity vis a vis the American "justice" system has had an untrammeled rise over the past 30 years. Truly essential reading for anyone who still believes in the founding principles of the country.
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Quotes Jess Liked
“Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal government. The government, and those who ran it, were not placed outside the law, but expressly targeted by it. Indeed, the Bill of Rights is little more than a description of the lines that the most powerful political officials are barred from crossing, even if they have the power to do so and even when the majority of citizens might wish them to do so.”
― Glenn Greenwald, With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
― Glenn Greenwald, With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
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