Wrong and dangerous : ten right-wing myths about our constitution /
Epps, Garrett.
Wrong and dangerous : ten right-wing myths about our constitution / Garrett Epps. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield : Distributed by National Book Network, c2012. - x, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.
The right is "originalist," everyone else is "idiotic" -- The 'purpose' of the constitution is to limit Congress -- Congress has stretched the commerce power beyond its proper limits -- The constitution doesn't separate church and state -- Equality and self-government are "wholly foreign to the first amendment" -- The second amendment allows citizens to threaten government -- The tenth amendment, "state's rights," and "state sovereignty" -- Pay no attention to that fourteenth amendment behind the curtain -- Election of senators destroys "states' rights" -- International law is a threat to the constitution.
144221676X (cloth : alk. paper) 1442216786 (electronic) 9781442216761 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442216785 (electronic)
2012012355
Conservatism--United States.
Constitutional amendments--United States--Popular works.
Constitutional law--United States--Popular works.
Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Wrong and dangerous : ten right-wing myths about our constitution / Garrett Epps. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield : Distributed by National Book Network, c2012. - x, 217 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.
The right is "originalist," everyone else is "idiotic" -- The 'purpose' of the constitution is to limit Congress -- Congress has stretched the commerce power beyond its proper limits -- The constitution doesn't separate church and state -- Equality and self-government are "wholly foreign to the first amendment" -- The second amendment allows citizens to threaten government -- The tenth amendment, "state's rights," and "state sovereignty" -- Pay no attention to that fourteenth amendment behind the curtain -- Election of senators destroys "states' rights" -- International law is a threat to the constitution.
144221676X (cloth : alk. paper) 1442216786 (electronic) 9781442216761 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442216785 (electronic)
2012012355
Conservatism--United States.
Constitutional amendments--United States--Popular works.
Constitutional law--United States--Popular works.
Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction.--United States
Law--Interpretation and construction.--United States