With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

from peptastic

What a profoundly relevant and necessary book about the two tiered justice system in American politics.Greenwald's take is that todays gross misconduct to protect the politically powerful started when President Ford pardoned President Nixon. He used the same line about looking forward not backwar...

from cvanhasselt

I voted for Barack Obama, and, judging by the clown posse on the right, I'll vote for him again. But this time, there will be no enthusiasm, particularly after reading this book, due in no small part to this book. Greenwald is scathing in his critique of Bush era policies, particularly warrantles...

from dono421846

What a depressing book. Greenwald's primary, well-argued and substantiated point, is that ever after Ford's pardon of Nixon, the politically power and wealthy elite have enjoyed a growing exemption from the ordinary rules of law that apply to the "little people." Making his argument especially co...

from katkat50

Anyone who has read Glenn Greenwald's Salon blog knows his passion for exposing the way constitutional rights and protections have been eroded in the United States. Each of his previous three books -- "How Would a Patriot Act?" (about standing up to the erosion of traditional American values and ...

from ClifSven

An exceptionally good look at the current political system in the United States. Mr. Greenwald spares no one in his often scathing account of the current climate in politics. At times, skewed leftward; he does not, however, reserve his criticism for the right-leaning crowd. An excellent read!