LA Event -- Glenn Greenwald on How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

The UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies Program, the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, and the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) invite you to attend

With Liberty and Justice for Some:
How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

Glenn Greenwald

Wednesday, 2 November 2011
10:00am to 11:30am
UCLA School of Law
Room 2326, Faculty Library

In countless instances over recent years, prominent political and media figures have insisted that serious crimes by the most powerful should be overlooked— either in the name of the common good, or in the name of a warped conception of fairness according to which those with the greatest power are the most entitled to deference and understanding. In his new book, With Liberty and Justice for Some, Glenn Greenwald argues that this is a profound distortion of our nation’s constitutional commitments to equality and accountability. Please join us for a conversation with Mr. Greenwald.