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With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful Paperback – July 3, 2012

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From "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers) and the journalist who broke the story on NSA spying programs comes a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in America

From the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, the principle of equality before the law has been effectively abolished. Instead, a two-tiered system of justice ensures that the country's political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution, licensed to act without restraint, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world.

Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the Iran-Contra scandal, and culminating with Obama's shielding of Bush-era officials from prosecution, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that have come to shield the elite from accountability. He shows how the media, both political parties, and the courts have abetted a process that has produced torture, war crimes, domestic spying by the NSA, and financial fraud.
Cogent, sharp, and urgent, this is a no-holds-barred indictment of a profoundly un-American system that sanctions immunity at the top and mercilessness for everyone else.

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“The most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years.” ―Bill Moyers

“Glenn Greenwald's latest book is an absolute must-read. Incredibly persuasive, rigorous and damning.” ―Christopher Hayes

“Glenn Greenwald is not just the American Left's most fearless political commentator; his fearlessness is such that he has shifted the expectations for everyone else, too. His rock-ribbed principles and absolute disregard for partisan favor have made U.S. political discourse edgier, more confrontational, and much, much better.” ―Rachel Maddow

“See this book? Then grab it. Read it. Shove it into everyone's face. This is the kind of text supporters of progress and justice urgently need. We need its honesty and clarity; its focus on what matters; and its expertise... We also need its courage, for it tells us what many suspect, but few dare to shout out.” ―PopMatters

“Greenwald lets no one off the hook in demonstrating the vast differences in legal recourse between rich and poor, powerful and weak… When the executive, judicial and legislative branches collude to avoid enforcement, lawlessness is the end result.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“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

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GLENN GREENWALD is the author of several best sellers, including How Would a Patriot Act? and With Liberty and Justice for Some. Acclaimed as one of the 25 most influential political commentators by The Atlantic and one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2013 by Foreign Policy, Greenwald is a former constitutional law and civil rights attorney. He was a columnist for The Guardian until October 2013, and is now building a new media organization. He is a frequent guest on CNN, MSNBC, and various other television and radio outlets. Greenwald's NSA reporting in 2013 has won numerous awards, including the top investigative journalism award from the Online Journalism Association, the Esso Award for Excellence in Reporting (the Brazilian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize), and the 2013 Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He was also the recipient of the first annual I.F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism in 2009, and the Online Journalism Association Award in 2010 for his investigative work on the arrest and detention of Bradley Manning. Greenwald is a frequent guest lecturer on college campuses and his work has appeared in many newspapers and political news magazines, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative.

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Picador; First edition (July 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250013836
ISBN-13: 978-1250013835
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Mr. Donutbadgerme

Solid critique of the executive branch, small review for those most harmed

June 13, 2015

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Greenwald delivers a scathing review of the United States' broken legal system in this book from 2012. Known for his powerful, smart critiques of greater powers, the author quickly points out how unequal the justice system is between the economic elite and everyday citizenry. From Bush's epic plundering of Iraq and horrific torture regime to Obama's droning of the Middle East and silencing of whistleblowers to the financial calamity of 2008, Greenwald analyzes how each group has avoided legal action -- even helping to rewrite laws and provide retroactive immunity to criminals.

Much of the book covers well tread territory, though. I've read books on all of these major topics from "Dirty Wars" to "The Big Short" that chronicle the terrifying rise of income inequality, totalitarian war powers, and unequal justice. Greenwald tends to scratch the surface on all these areas, rather than going into greater detail. Two-thirds of the book is dedicated to primarily the executive branch's wrongdoings, which felt frustrating. I expected there to be more emphasis on those most disenfranchised by the inequality.

Greenwald, as always, is a skillful writer and columnist. His words ring true and research proves his point: the justice system is broken, but we can improve it. Two stars removed due to the aforementioned points regarding novelty of coverage and depth for poorest classes who are suffering most.

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Greenwald is a voice that should be heard

October 20, 2014

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I became aware of Glenn Greewald because of his involvement with Edward Snowden. It turns out, he's a great author as well.

With Liberty and Justice for Some is a well-researched and well-argued book about how politicians and large business owners very literally rule our country and are not bound by the same laws as us. Several examples are used to support this argument: The Bush administration wasn't punished for torturing people, communications companies weren't punished for selling user information to the government. The book touches upon many ideas that Snowden would confirm later on.

Be a responsible citizen and read this book. Support Greenwald. He argues from fact and his facts are trenchant.

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Absolutely every American should read this book.

July 21, 2012

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Glenn Greenwald forces us to acknowledge what we already know and are reluctant to admit: the rule of law no longer exists in our country. He lays out in exquisite detail evidence that there exist two tiers in our justice system whereby the rich and powerful are immune from prosecution for almost any crime while the plebes are subject to ever more draconian punishments via the very same system where equal justice is supposed to be meted out to all. After reading this book, one wonders how any citizen can even bother voting when the very representatives we elect to represent our interests exert themselves to rewrite laws to provide protection for their paymasters. A vote is essentially an endorsement; is it really one's civic duty to to endorse by voting for him the questionable behavior of a politician? This is not a question raised in this book but the facts presented are indeed so disturbing that it is a valid question. An excellent piece of work by a true patriot.

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Frightening Truths We Need to KNow

August 4, 2012

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The Dept. of Justice, in celebration of the sentencing of Don Siegelman, sent out a press release with this declaration: :'The outcome of this case reflects the unflagging commitment of the Department of Justice to hold public officials accountable for corruption,' said Assistant Attorney General Breuer."

Such hogwash. Read "Liberty and Justice for Some" and you will know this is not true (in case you missed the immunities granted to Wall Street and banks who defrauded the nation and brought us to our knees).

I lived through the events described in this book. I did not want to see the pattern that is so evident, but now I torture myself with the text because--unless we the not-powerful unite to change the judicial system someone we care about could be next.

That is why I wrote "Accidental Felon." I want readers who might not read Silverglate's" Three Felonies a Day" or "Liberty and Justice for Some" to know there is a two-tier system in our courts, the lower tier for most of us, and the higher tier for the elite who have tremendous power and are permitted to do anything--in violation of our Constitution.

This book makes it crystal clear.

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A fine and infuriating book.

October 1, 2013

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Glen Greenwald has done it again. Equality under the law is an expression that most Americans believe in expect to be the case. It is not. Mr. Greenwald makes the case, and I think very well that equality under the law is illusionary for most of us. A corporation in trouble with the law? Just get you friends in congress to change the law. Malfeasance in office, high crimes and misdemeanors? Not to worry, your fellow politicians in congress and the White House will poor oil on the waters regardless of party. Like many authors, Mr. Greenwald is branded as a liberal or leftist but what he really is is a journalist looking for the truth. You will not find him soft peddling on the Democrats nor Republicans and he provides enough context and factual examples to make hard hitting and important points on the corruption of a bedrock tenet of American principal.

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With Liberty and Justice for Some

May 31, 2012

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A book of epic importance. Our society now channels about 50% of black males
from high school into prison, to keep the privatized prisons
full and profitable. Once they have "a record" they are never again eligible
for state or federal or municipal or most industry jobs. There are a permanent
"undercaste".

Right now there are more black males in prison than were under slavery.

This is happening mostly under the radar, ignored even by major civil rights
organizations

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