The Secret Constitution and the Need for Constitutional Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret Constitution and the Need for Constitutional Change write by Arthur Selwyn Miller. This book was released on 1987. The Secret Constitution and the Need for Constitutional Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As we approach the third century in the life of our republic, some observers question whether the American Constitution, established in 1787, can effectively handle an increasing number of contemporary problems. Divided into two main parts, this volume represents a radical analysis of the Constitution in relation to major conflicts of modern society.
Our Secret Constitution
Our Secret Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Secret Constitution write by George P. Fletcher. This book was released on 2003-01-16. Our Secret Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Americans hate and distrust their government. At the same time, Americans love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He argues that we have two constitutions--still living side by side--one that caters to freedom and fear, the other that satisfied our needs for security and social justice. The first constitution came into force in 1789. It stresses freedom, voluntary association, and republican elitism. The second constitution begins with the Gettysburg Address and emphasizes equality, organic nationhood, and popular democracy. These radical differences between our two constitutions explain our ambivalence and self-contradictory attitudes toward government. With September 11 the second constitution--which Fletcher calls the Secret Constitution--has become ascendant. When America is under threat, the nation cultivates its solidarity. It overcomes its fear and looks to government for protection and the pursuit of social justice. Lincoln's messages of a strong government and a nation that must "long endure" have never been more relevant to American politics. "Fletcher's argument has intriguing implications beyond the sweeping subject of this profoundly thought-provoking book."--The Denver Post
The People’s Constitution
The People’s Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The People’s Constitution write by John F. Kowal. This book was released on 2021-09-21. The People’s Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution—the product of compromises and an artifact of its time—and made it more democratic Who wrote the Constitution? That’s obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It’s a story of how We the People have improved our government’s structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change. The People’s Constitution is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy. From the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the post–Civil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the “noble experiment” of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, The People’s Constitution is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America’s national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers’ promise of a more perfect union.
Our Secret Constitution
Our Secret Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Secret Constitution write by . This book was released on 2003. Our Secret Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A More Perfect Constitution
A More Perfect Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A More Perfect Constitution write by Larry Sabato. This book was released on 2008-09-15. A More Perfect Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The political book of the year, from the acclaimed founder and director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia.
