The naked constitution : what the founders said and why it still matters / Adam Freedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freedman, Adam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

United States. Constitution--10th Amendment.

Physical Description:

viii, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadside Books, [2012]

Summary:

Conservative legal scholar Freedman has written a spirited manifesto on the need to recover the original meaning of America's Constitution--an intelligent, incisive examination of what the nation's founding fathers actually wrote in this all-important document and why it still matters.

Contents:

Is homework constitutional? : the living constitution vs. the naked constitution

We the people : was the constitution really written to protect terrorists, illegal aliens, and chimpanzees?

Congress : who killed our government of limited powers?

The president : the mouse that roared

The courts : supreme power grab

Freedom of speech : some speech is more equal than others

Religion : one nation, under

never mind

To keep and bear arms : the right the left left behind

Life, liberty, and that other thing : property rights declare bankruptcy

Cruel and unusual : the Supreme Court outsources the constitution

Federalism : the forgotten Tenth Amendment

Come the revolution : time for a new convention.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780062094636

0062094637

OCLC:

777622791