The United States Constitution and Citizens' Rights: The Interpretation and Mis-Interpretation of the American Contract for GovernanceMcFarland, 06.07.2017 - 174 Seiten In a time when American politics has become a spectator sport often viewed with a cynical eye by the people, it is needful to be reminded that our freedom entails a civic responsibility to preserve the legal document that gives us that freedom, the United States Constitution. The Constitution is a contract to which all citizens are parties and upon which they have a right to rely. The people have as well the right to protect themselves from interpretations that go unreasonably beyond the original intent of the Framers. It is clear that in the past the Constitution has been abused to justify decisions made by the legislative and judicial branches of government (as in the Dred Scott case) that have since been overturned. Decisions that extend the powers of the federal government beyond the expressly stated limits declared in the Constitution continue to occur today and remain subjects of intensely debated contention. This book gives detailed examples of where Congress and the Supreme Court have gone outside the people's mutual contract and have, in effect, amended the Constitution. The last chapter outlines a procedure by which citizens, voting directly, can overrule or repeal amendments made by elements of their government. |
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... phrase in the Constitution were to be interpreted one way or another. I could have picked a few phrases from the long quotations and told you the rest in a predigested narrative. But that would not serve my purpose. I believe we need to ...
... phrase in the Constitution which authorizes Congress to legislate on that subject. Now read the Constitution and ask ... phrases of the Constitution. Which words or phrases? Here's one of the clauses to which the lawyers will point you ...
... phrase "general Welfare." Cannot education, public housing, speed limits and so forth all be described as being part of the "general Welfare?" Arguably they can, but then are not all matters specifically mentioned in the Constitution ...
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Inhalt
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I The Expansion of the Powers of Congress | 21 |
II The Expansion of the Judicial Power | 45 |
III Education | 60 |
IV Housing | 77 |
V Americans with Disabilities | 84 |
VI Air | 94 |
VII Water | 101 |
VIII Endangered Species | 110 |
IX The Arts | 122 |
X Prisons | 129 |
XI What Can and Should We Do? | 150 |
Index | 163 |