{"product_id":"the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-the-constitution-paperback","title":"The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Gutzman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor Kevin Gutzman explains how the Constitution: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWas understood by the founders who wrote it and the people who ratified it.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollows 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSlid from the Constitution's republican federal government, with its very limited powers, to an unrepublican \"judgeocracy\" with limitless powers.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe radical inconsistency between \"constitutional law\" and the rule of law.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContends that the judges who receive the most attention in history books are celebrated for acting against the Constitution rather than for it. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs Professor Gutzman shows, constitutional law is supposed to apply the Constitution's plain meaning\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e to prevent judges, presidents, and congresses from overstepping their authority. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIf 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. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis an important step in that direction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin R. C. Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D. \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of American history at Western Conneticut State University. He received his Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas, his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from the Univeristy of Virginia. Dr. Gutzman is the author of\u003ci\u003e Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840\u003c\/i\u003e and was a featured expert in the documentary film \u003ci\u003eJohn Marshall: Citizen, Statesman, and Jurist\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written scores of articles and encyclopedia entries, as well as reviews of books, films, and exhibitions for magazines academic and popular. He lives in Bethel, Connecticut, with his three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.99 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770943111456,"sku":"9781596985056","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/21c3e5d670d8ae22b2351e23e33034ae.webp?v=1780381139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-the-constitution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}