A War Like No Other Quotes

“The interest of a parent in the life of his child has all the requisite specificity and intensity that could possibly be required of a “case” or “controversy” under Article III.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“The Constitution is the basic law of the nation that defines the duties and prerogatives of every official acting on behalf of the United States. Yet the interpretation of the Constitution by a judge has an authority and force that transcends that of the attorney general or any other official in the executive or legislative branch.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“the democratic theory of the First Amendment—dedicated to preserving the vitality and robustness of public debate—requires that the focus be on the listeners and their need for information and critical perspectives, not on the moral qualities of the speaker.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“the transgressions of the Bush era, rather than being denounced as unworthy of our Constitution, have been institutionalized.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“The obligations imposed on the government by the Bill of Rights are not a quid pro quo offered to its subjects but the expression of principles of right behavior.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“two components of the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—the enabling of blanket authorizations for electronic surveillance and the elimination of the FISA judge’s authority to scrutinize the factual basis for a warrant application—permitted a pattern of conduct that violated the Fourth Amendment rights of millions of people.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror

“Freedom of speech and association; due process; habeas corpus; the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement; even the prohibitions on torture and extrajudicial killings—the law governing these constitutional principles looks vastly different in 2015 than it did in the summer of 2001.”
― Owen M. Fiss, A War Like No Other: The Constitution in a Time of Terror