The Brookings Institution
Stuart Taylor, Jr., Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
The Brookings Institution, one of Washington, D.C.’s oldest think tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy. Stuart Taylor’s expertise is in constitutional law, international law, legal affairs, and the Supreme Court. He is a columnist for National Journal and a contributing editor for Newsweek. The following is from "Rights, Liberties, and Security: Recalibrating the Balance After September 11," The Brookings Review, Winter 2003, Vol. 21 No. 1. When dangers increase, liberties shrink. That has been our history, especially in wartime. And today we…
