An Ill-Wind That Blows No One Good: Cluster Analysis of a Constitutional Scholar's Illness Metaphor and Resistance Rhetoric Targeting the President, Congress, and November 13th Military Order

Authors

Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, Arizona State University

Abstract

In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush issued a military order authorizing the Department of Justice to detain and hold persons suspected of terrorism or of having connections with terrorists. This article analyzes a constitutional scholar’s rhetoric of resistance to the president’s military order in the face of nearly overwhelming popular support for the president’s actions. Through the use of Kenneth Burke’s cluster and agon analysis, the author examines the December 4, 2001 testimony of Dr. Laurence H. Tribe to the Senate Judiciary Committee of the 107th United States Congress.

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Communication

Volume

35

Issue

1

First Page

107

Last Page

124

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Lutgen-Sandvik, Pamela (2003) "An Ill-Wind That Blows No One Good: Cluster Analysis of a Constitutional Scholar's Illness Metaphor and Resistance Rhetoric Targeting the President, Congress, and November 13th Military Order," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 35: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol35/iss1/10

Copyright

©2003 Iowa Communication Association