Democracy Detained: Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror

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Since President Bush's executive order establishing military tribunals was first issued, U.S. courts have now ruled that Guantanamo Bay, the largest site of prisoners facing tribunals, is outside their jurisdiction. The rules governing the tribunals have been established and the first defendants named. In this update Olshansky provides Constitutional analysis of this verdict and its consequences for due process and equal protection under the law.

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"In measured, lucid detail, Barbara Olshansky presents a wide-ranging account of the Bush administration's malfeasance. The grim record exposed in Democracy Detained should shame people who care for their country and its future, and encourage them to use the legacy of freedom they enjoy to put an end to these disgraceful crimes." - Noam Chomsky"

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Barbara Olshansky is the assistant legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. She has written several articles on environmental racism, immigrants' rights, public access to radio programming and ownership and a chapter on occupational exposure for the 2000 ABA treatise on environmental justice.