OK, I know it's a bit late in the day to recommend some reading for the Fourth of July, but any day is really a good day to pass these along.
"Bill of Wrongs: The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights", Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, 2007
This is mostly about cases that have been brought to court against the Federal or other governments and generally prevailed in one way or another. These are all from the George W. Bush Presidency's "War on Terrorism".
The other is "Whose Freedom? The Battle over America's Most Important Idea" by George Lakoff. I haven't started it yet, but all the hype about our "freedoms" has often struck me as insincere. There are the definite illegal intrusions by government into the private lives of individuals. The "freedom" meant in too much of the hype is the freedom for corporations to do what they damn well please without regard to the effects on people. I shall see over the next week or so.
