Preface xiii PART I: IN THE BEGINNING 1 Red Days 3 2 Newspaper Days 19 PART II: TALES OF LAW 3 The Portal of Law 27 4 Advocating for Racial Justice 37 5 The Case of the Long-Haired Travelers 45 6 Challenging "Big Brother" 54 7 Putting the FBI on Trial 62 8 The Scam Called Abscam 70 9 The Rosenberg Trial Revisited 79 10 Shopping Malls and Other Public Forums 84 11 Homeless in Morristown 98 PART III: TALES OF POLITICS 12 Doing Battle with J.P. Stevens and Friends 107 13 No Nukes Are Good Nukes 115 14 Askin' for Votes 127 15 Mission to Moscow: Eluding the KGB 136 16 Running for Congress Again: Coattails and Albatrosses 144 17 Back to Capitol Hill: The Iran-Contra Affair 153 18 Un-Borking the Supreme Court 158 19 Tales of the National Security State 164 20 How I Got Blamed for the "October Surprise" Investigation 175 PART IV: REFLECTIONS 21 ACLU Days 189 22 Reflections on a Life as a Constitutional Lawyer 198 Index 207