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in the Progressive Tradition

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Announcements (updated 06/26/08):

UPCOMING EVENT: The Progressive Roundtable

 

Book  Review: "Unchecked and Unbalanced:

 Presidential Power in a Time of Terror"

by authors

Frederick A.O. Schwartz, Sr. Counsel at the Brennan Ctr. for Justice, NYU School of Law and former Chief Counsel, Church Committee Invest. in the 1970's

and

Aziz Z. Huq, a lawyer who directs the Liberty and National

 Security Project at the Brennan Center

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:00 to Noon

Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate)

333 W. Main Street, Madison

Madison attorney and TMI Board Member Fred Wade will provide a review of this book, continuing our focus on abuses of executive power.

The book is a story of how the President, acting unilaterally, has violated, ignored and rewritten laws enacted by Congress. In this respect, it covers some of the same ground as "Takeover," the subject of the January PRT, but offers more background concerning the Church Committee and the constitutional history of England that led to the adoption of the legislative processes and individual rights that Americans consider basic.

(free parking available at ramp across the street)

This presentation will be followed by group discussion.

Free and open to the public


AUDIO STREAMS AVAILABLE ON-LINE

Streaming audio is available for several previous TMI programs, including the April 19, 2008 forum featuring Scott Ritter: "Waging Peace: Citizenship in a Time of Unjust War."

For a list of these programs and to listen to the streams, click

 on "Recorded Audio Programs" on the left side of this page.


Please note that an audio recording of Scott Ritter's April 17, 2008 talk: “Intelligence Failure: Why did so many people think there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?” is available at the following link, courtesy the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy, who co-sponsored Scott Ritter’s recent visit to Madison:

http://wage.wisc.edu/Newsroom/index.aspx?ID=65


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