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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... , once upon a time, long before he was born, this country governed itself in accordance with a written Constitution—and not by the mere legal fictions of today. “...I merely propose to make legislature and court alike responsible.
... propose to make legislature and court alike responsible to the sober and deliberate judgment of the people, who are masters of both legislature and courts." Theodore Roosevelt Contents Preface 1 On Sources 3 Introduction: What's the Problem ...
... Philip Kurland, but this book is not a book of scholarship. It is an attempt to read the Constitution as it is written, in plain English, together with the comments of outstanding Americans. I propose to act as a tour guide, so to 1 ...
... propose to act as a tour guide, so to speak, through some parts of the Constitution. It is the business of tour guides to show people through ancient ruins and tell them how grand they were when they were new. The Constitution is a ...
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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 |