How Would a Patriot Act?
by Glenn Greenwald

Publisher’s Description
... Greenwald’s penetrating words should inspire a nation to defend the Constitution from a president who secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a monarch. If we are to remain a constitutional republic, Greenwald writes, we cannot abide radical theories of executive power, which are transforming the very core of our national character, and moving us from democracy toward despotism. This is not hyperbole. This is the crisis all Americans — liberals and conservatives — now face. In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald invites us to consider: How would a patriot act today?

Publisher’s Description (more)
How Would a Patriot Act? ... is one man’s transformation from apolitical centrist to citizen activist in defense of our Constitution. How would a patriot act today? Greenwald has some ideas. “Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our federal government that is threatening to alter our system and who we are as a nation.” Greenwald adds, “This extremism is neither conservative nor liberal by nature, but is instead driven by theories of unlimited presidential power that are antithetical to the values that have governed this country since its founding.” ...