The Betrayal Of America

Vincent Bugliosi
May 2001     ISBN: 156025355X

"In the December 12, 2000, ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court handing the election to George W. Bush, the Court committed the unpardonable sin of being a knowing surrogate for the Republican Party instead of being an impartial arbiter of the law.... The Court majority, after knowingly transforming the votes of 50 million Americans into nothing and throwing out all of the Florida undervotes, actually wrote that their ruling was intended to preserve "the fundamental right" to vote.... That an election can be stolen by the highest court in the land under the deliberate pretext of an inapplicable constitutional provision has got to be one of the most frightening and dangerous events ever to have occurred in this country." --Vincent Bugliosi, from The Nation magazine, February 5, 2001

During the course of American history, wrongful events have occurred that challenged the very core of who we are as a people; and certain Americans have stood up and spoken out against these wrongs: Tom Paine, Edward R. Murrow, Daniel Ellsberg. Now Vincent Bugliosi takes his place in this special pantheon of patriots with his powerful, brilliant, and courageous expose of a crime committed by the highest court in the land. When an article he wrote on this theft of the presidency appeared in The Nation magazine, it drew the largest outpouring of letters and e-mail in the magazine's 136-year history, tapping a deep reservoir of outrage. The original article is now amended, and backed by amplifications and court document citations: it makes for fascinating, chilling reading.

"It is a pathetic spectacle that Bugliosi beckons us to behold--this high, hallowed court and its revered majority sold out to Power." --Gerry Spence, from his Foreword

"Vincent Bugliosi has written the modern equivalent of Zola's indictment: 'J'Accuse.' " -- Molly Ivins, from her Foreword

"Bugliosi, perhaps best known as the author of Helter Skelter...diverges from much of the outrage that passes for political commentary these days by backing up his bluster with careful legal analysis. The results--which Molly Ivins calls 'the modern equivalent of J'Accuse'--are troubling and fascinating...There are still a lot of disgruntled Democrats out there who will welcome this biting critique, so expect lively sales and lots of media controversy." --Publishers Weekly

Vincent Bugliosi is the former Los Angeles deputy D.A. who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson. His book, Helter Skelter, became a true-crime best seller as was Outrage, his book on the O.J. Simpson trial.