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

Glenn Greenwald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250013836 ISBN 13: 9781250013835

Publisher: Picador, 2012

Synopsis

The founding principle of the United States was that the rule of law would be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, this principle has been eviscerated. Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the fraud that caused the 2008 financial crisis, and culminating with Obama's failure to prosecute Bush-era crimes, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that protect America's elite from accountability, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world. "With Liberty and Justice for Some" exposes a new and profoundly un-American justice system that incentivizes elite criminality, protects an oligarchical political culture, and sanctions immunity at the top and unyielding mercilessness for everyone else.

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"Glenn Greenwald is the American Left's most fearless political commentator....His rock-ribbed principles and absolute disregard for partisan favor has made U.S. political discourse edgier, more confrontational, and much, much better."---Rachel Maddow"The first thing I do when I turn on the computer in the morning is go to Glenn Greenwald's blog to see what he said. He is truly one of our greatest writers right now."---Michael Moore"An absolute must-read. Incredibly persuasive, rigorous, and damning."---Christopher Hayes"One of American's forty most popular and widely cited political pundits."---"New York" magazine"One of the smartest new voices to emerge in politics in years."---Markos Moulitsas, founder of "Daily Kos""Perhaps the most influential civil-liberties writer on the Web."- --"American Prospect"

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250013836
• ISBN 13: 9781250013835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304