Tag: Elizabeth Goitein

US Mars Rx: Energy Turned Inward

by Jude Cowell
"An army turned inward can quickly become an instrument of tyranny."
So stated Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice. One of her primary concerns: the Insurrection Act of 1807 and its easily abused presidential powers intended to quell protests, riots, assaults, and upheavals against the government or, to quash, harm, and discourage a dissenting population. So in