Constitutional Crisis: Introduction

Constitutional Crisis: Introduction

Is the United States facing a constitutional crisis? We posed the following question to a group of prominent writers and intellectuals who represent a range of political opinion:

Many people, as politically diverse as members of the National Rifle Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, now believe that the Bush administration poses a danger to the basic liberties and the political structure of constitutional democracy. How do you evaluate the significance of Guantánamo, t...