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The year of living constitutionally : one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meaning / A.J. Jacobs.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection KF4550 .J325 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, A. J., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Constitutional amendments--United States.
- Constitutional amendments.
- Constitutional conventions--United States.
- Constitutional conventions.
- Genre:
- Humor.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishing, [2024]
- Summary:
- "The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America's foundational document?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preamble
- Voting, eighteenth-century style
- Meet the forefathers
- Freedom of speech
- Quartering soldiers
- The overly Supreme Court
- A letter of marque and reprisal
- The room where it actually happened
- Rights and more rights
- Women's rights
- The right to assemble in my apartment
- Amending the Constitution
- Petitioning the government for redress of grievances
- Race and the Constitution
- Calling a constitutional convention
- A complete listing of all arguments for and against originalism that everyone will agree is absolutely definitive and error-free
- Muskets and militas
- Robo-Madison
- War and the Constitution
- Washington City
- Red tape and the Constitution
- Sweet democracy.
- Voting, eighteenth-century style
- The right to assemble
- Racism and the Constitution
- Muskets & milita
- The bill of takeaways.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Jacobs, A. J., 1968- Year of living constitutionally
- Online version: Jacobs, A.J. Year of living constitutionally
- ISBN:
- 9780593136744
- 0593136748
- OCLC:
- 1394000261
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