Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National EmergencyEavesdropping on the phone calls of U. S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U. S. citizens many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9 11 have sparked heated protests. In Not a Suicide Pact, Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public