Six amendments : how and why we should change the Constitution
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0316373729
ISBN 13
9780316373722
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, United States
Pages
vii, 243 pages
Subject
American Constitutional Law
Abstract
A retired Supreme Court Justice describes how the U.S. Constitution needs to be amended, detailing six specific changes that will protect democracy and ensure the safety and well-being of all American citizens. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, the author had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book articulating not only the need for changes, but also what those improvements should be. This is a call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Description
Content:
Prologue -- The "anti-commandeering" rule -- Political gerrymandering -- Campaign finance -- Sovereign immunity -- The death penalty -- The second amendment (gun control) -- Constitution of the United States.
Prologue -- The "anti-commandeering" rule -- Political gerrymandering -- Campaign finance -- Sovereign immunity -- The death penalty -- The second amendment (gun control) -- Constitution of the United States.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
