A beautiful and inspiring tribute to the best parts of the American spirit. The heroes are our forfathers, our grandparents, our parents, our neighbors, and ourselves. The quotes in these pages comprise a soaring celebration of freedom- voices that speak of pride, craftmanship, caring, community and hope. The perfect family, corporate or community gift for patriotic holidays or events.
This fact-filled volume includes: • An illustrated preamble to the Constitution, illuminating its signifcance from its birth through to modern times • The complete text of the Constitution • The fascinating history of the struggle to ...
-- What rights does the Bill of Rights protect? -- What challenges might face American constitutional democracy in the twenty-first century? -- Reference.
University of California Berkeley Dean and respected legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky expertly exposes how conservatives are using the Constitution to advance their own agenda that favors business over consumers and employees, and government ...
Senator McCarthy's efforts to mobilize further support, most notably in the Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954, would bring about his downfall. Slowly, some of the worst McCarthyite breaches of traditional constitutional values would be ...
Defying the traditional division between normative and positive theoretical approaches, this book explores how political reality on the one hand, and constitutional ideals on the other, mutually inform and influence each other.
Presents an illustrated version of the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.
Now in paperback for the first time, this richly illustrated tale of a crucial point in our nation’s history will enthrall readers young and old.
But—trigger warning!—after reading this book, I predict you’ll find yourself more persuaded than you expected to be of the urgent case for reclaiming our Republican Constitution.”—William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard ...
Richard B. Bernstein, “e Sleeper Wakes: e History and Legacy of the Twenty- Seventh Amendment,” Fordham Law Review 61, no. 3 (1992): 542. 63. “Madison Amendment Surprises Lawmakers.” 64. Bill McAllister, “Across Two Centuries, ...
Praise for Me the People “I would rather read a constitution written by Kevin Bleyer than by the sharpest minds in the country.”—Jon Stewart “Bleyer takes a red pencil to democracy’s most hallowed laundry list. . .