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Civil Liberties

  • Civil Liberties
  • Title

    • Current Controversies
  • Attribution

    James D. Torr, book editor
  • Publication Details

    Book, Greenhaven Press/Thomson-Gale, 2007
  • Availability

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      REFERENCE (MAIN)  JC599.U5 C546 2003         AVAILABLE

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  • Description

    In additional to traditional civil liberties debates over freedom of speech and the separation of church and state, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States have prompted Americans to examining whether threats to national security justify limitations on civil liberties such as individual privacy and freedom of travel. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
  • Author

  • Subject

  • Contents

    • Censorship of violence in popular entertainment is justified / by Robert Peters
    • Censorship of pornography may be justified / by Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
    • A constitutional amendment against flag desecration is justified / by Patrick Brady
    • Restrictions against hate speech are necessary / by Michael Israel
    • Censorship of violence in popular entertainment is not justified / by Judith Levine
    • Censorship of sex-related speech violates the First Amendment / by Marilyn C. Mazur
    • A constitutional amendment against flag desecration would undermine the First Amendment / by Kenneth A. Paulson
    • Restrictions against hate speech violate the First Amendment / by Paul McMasters
    • Restrictions against offensive speech harm society / by Nat Hentoff
    • The Constitution’s framers did not intend strict separation of church and state / by Matthew D. Staver
    • Prohibiting school prayer threatens religious liberty / by Laurel MacLeod
    • Faith-based social services organizations should be eligible for federal funding / by Leslie Lenkowsky
    • The Constitution’s framers intended strict separation of church and state / by Allen Jayne
    • School prayer threatens religious liberty / by Americans United for Separation of Church and State
    • Faith-based social services organizations should not be eligible for federal funding / by Gwendolyn Mink
    • Loss of privacy is a serious problem / by Charles J. Sykes
    • Stronger privacy protection laws are necessary / by Dianne Feinstein
    • Individuals’ ability to communicate anonymously via the Internet is threatened / by Jonathan D. Wallace
    • Face- recognition technology threatens individual privacy / by Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt
    • The threat to privacy is exaggerated / by Michael Lind
    • Stronger privacy protection laws are unnecessary / by Amitai Etzioni
    • Individuals should not be allowed to communicate anonymously via the Internet / by David Davenport
    • Face- recognition technology does not threaten individual privacy / by Solveig Singleton
    • Curtailment of civil liberties is justified in times of crisis / by Jay Winik - - The use of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified / by Bruce Tucker Smith
    • The use of torture may be justified in certain circumstances / by Alan M. Dershowitz
    • Government anti-terrorism measures threaten to severely weaken civil liberties / by Valerie L. Demmer
    • The use of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified / by the St. Louis post- dispatch
    • The government should not authorize the use of torture to combat terrorism / by Harvey A. Silverglate
  • ISBN

    • 0737714654
    • 0737714646
    • 9780737714654
    • 9780737714647
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