The Year of Living Constitutionally
One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning
New York : Crown Publishing, 2024.
Format: Book
Description: pages cm
"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:
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 -- Amending the Constitution -- Petitioning the government for redress of grievances -- Racism 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 & milita -- Robo-Madison -- War and the Constitution -- Washington City -- Red tape and the Constitution -- The bill of takeaways.
Subjects:
United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Constitutional amendments -- United States.
Constitutional conventions -- United States.
United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Constitutional amendments -- United States.
Constitutional conventions -- United States.
ISBN:
9780593136744
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LAW Constitution Jac | Main (Downtown) | New - First Level, Nonfiction | In |
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LAW Constitution Jac | Sandhills Indoors | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/30/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references.