Though the content of this book is similar to what Glenn Greenwald writes in his blog, it was nice to read something that allowed Greenwald the space to put forward an argument and build upon it.

Greenwald uses his book to provide ample evidence of how the law has been used to, as the title states, destroy equality and protect the powerful. From the bailout of Wall Street to the torture regime, Greenwald certainly isn't lacking in areas to write about. He begins his argument with the pardon of Richard Nixon and moves forward, showing how elite lawlessness has expanded since this time. He ends with the Obama Administration's efforts has stifling of any investigation into these activities.

If there is a slight gripe I have with the book, is that it doesn't spend a lot of time covering Greenwald's second major point, how the law is becoming increasingly heavy handed towards non-elites. In his defense, there are plenty of books that do exactly that, so this is but a minor quibble.

As with his blog, I'd highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading someone who has absolutely no issue with taking the political elite, no matter the party, to task and calling them out on their increasingly blatant hypocrisy.