"From illegal wiretaps and unlawful imprisonment of American citizens to the religious extremism that influences our national agenda and the erosion of the checks and balances that prevent a president from seizing unitary powers, the late Molly Ivins and longtime collaborator Lou Dubose describe the attack on America’s vital constitutional guarantees. With devastating humor and keen eyes for deceit and hypocrisy, they show how severe these incursions have become and ask us all to take an active role in protecting the Bill of Rights. 288 pp."