There is hardly a struggle aimed at upholding and extending
therights embedded in the U.S. Constitution in which the Centerfor
Constitutional Rights (CCR) has not played a central role, and yet
few people have ever heard of it. Whether defendingthe rights of
black people in the South, opponents of the war inVietnam and
victims of torture worldwide, or fighting illegalactions of the
U.S. government, the CCR has stood ready totake on all comers,
regardless of their power and wealth. Whenthe United States
declared that the Constitution did not applyto detainees at
Guantanamo, the CCR waded fearlessly intobattle, its Legal Director
declaring, "My job is to defend theConstitution from its enemies.
Its main enemies right now arethe Justice Department and the White
House."
In this first-ever comprehensive history of one of the most
important legal organizations in the United States, the Center
forConstitutional Rights, Albert Ruben shows us exactly what
itmeans to defend the Constitution. He examines the
innovativetactics of the CCR, the ways in which a radical
organization isbuilt and nurtured, and the impact that the CCR has
had onour very conception of the law. This book is a must-read
notonly for lawyers, but for all the rest of us who may one day
findour rights in jeopardy.
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