The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
- ISBN-10
- 1596986182
- ISBN-13
- 9781596986183
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 258
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-06-11
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Kevin Gutzman
Description
The Constitution of the United States created a representative republic marked by federalism and the separation of powers. Yet numerous federal judges--led by the Supreme Court--have used the Constitution as a blank check to substitute their own views on hot-button issues such as abortion, capital punishment, and samesex marriage for perfectly constitutional laws enacted by We the People through our elected representatives. Now, The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to the Constitution shows that there is very little relationship between the Constitution as ratified by the thirteen original states more than two centuries ago and the "constitutional law" imposed upon us since then. Instead of the system of state-level decision makers and elected officials the Constitution was intended to create, judges have given us a highly centralized system in which bureaucrats and appointed--not elected--officials make most of the important policies.
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- 2007-05-14
- 258 pages
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- Regnery Publishing
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