The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides) (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
The Constitution of the United States created a representative republic marked by federalism and the separation of powers. Yet numerous federal judges--led by the Supreme Court--have used the Constitution as a blank check to substitute their own views on hot-button issues such as abortion, capital punishment, and samesex marriage for perfectly constitutional laws enacted by We the People through our elected representatives.

Now, The Politically Incorrect GuideÂ to the Constitution shows that there is very little relationship between the Constitution as ratified by the thirteen original states more than two centuries ago and the "constitutional law" imposed upon us since then. Instead of the system of state-level decision makers and elected officials the Constitution was intended to create, judges have given us a highly centralized system in which bureaucrats and appointed--not elected--officials make most of the important policies.

In The Politically Incorrect GuideÂ to the Constitution, Professor Kevin GutzmanÂ explains how the Constitution:Â
- Was understood by the founders who wrote it and the people who ratified it.
- Follows the Supreme Court as it uses the fig leaf of the Constitution to cover its naked usurpation of the rights and powers the Constitution explicitly reserves to the states and to the people.
- Slid from the Constitution's republican federal government, with its very limited powers, to an unrepublican "judgeocracy" with limitless powers.
- HowÂ the Fourteenth Amendment has been twisted to use the Bill of Rights as a check on state power instead of on federal power, as originally intended.
- The radical inconsistency between "constitutional law" and the rule of law.
- Contends that the judges who receive the most attention in history books are celebrated for acting against the Constitution rather than for it.Â Â
As Professor Gutzman shows, constitutional law is supposed to apply the Constitution's plain meaning to prevent judges, presidents, and congresses from overstepping their authority. If we want to return to the founding fathers' vision of the Republic, if we want the Constitution enforced in the way it was explained to the people at the time of its ratification, then we have to overcome the "received wisdom" about what constitutional law is. The Politically Incorrect GuideÂ to the Constitution is an important step in that direction.

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Country USA
Brand Regnery History
Manufacturer Regnery
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new-Feb172017-c0029568
ReleaseDate 2007-05-14
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884113186758
EANs 9781596985056

Country	USA
Brand	Regnery History
Manufacturer	Regnery
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new-Feb172017-c0029568
ReleaseDate	2007-05-14
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884113186758
EANs	9781596985056

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides) (The Politically Incorrect Guides)

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