All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in Wartime

InAlltheLawsbutOne,WilliamH.Rehnquist,ChiefJusticeoftheUnitedStates,providesaninsightfulandfascinatingaccountofthehistoryofcivillibertiesduringwartimeandilluminatesthecaseswherepresidentshavesuspendedthelawinthenameofnationalsecurity.AbrahamLincoln,championoffreedomandtherightsofman,suspendedthewritofhabeascorpusearlyintheCivilWar--laterinthewarhealsoimposedlimitsuponfreedomofspeechandthepressanddemandedthatpoliticalcriminalsbetriedinmilitarycourts.DuringWorldWarII,thegovernmentforced100,000U.S.residentsofJapanesedescent,includingmanycitizens,intodetainmentcamps.ThroughtheseandotherincidentsChiefJusticeRehnquistbrilliantlyprobestheissuesatstakeinthebalancebetweenthenationalinterestandpersonalfreedoms.WithAlltheLawsbutOnehesignificantlyenlargesourunderstandingofhowtheSupremeCourthasinterpretedtheConstitutionduringpastperiodsofnationalcrisis--anddrawsguidelinesforhowitshoulddosointhefuture.