<![CDATA[Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation]]>

false <![CDATA[Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation]]> 2191970 2 “Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” —Thomas Jefferson The United States Constitution—the bedrock of our country, the foundation of our federal republic—is . . . dead. You won’t hear that from the politicians who endlessly pay lip service to the Constitution. It’s the dirty little secret that bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman expose in this provocative new book. The fact is that government officials—Democrats and Republicans, presidents, judges, and congresses alike—long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government’s power. In case you’ve forgotten, this idea was not a minor aspect of the Constitution; it was the document’s very purpose. Woods and Gutzman round up the suspects responsible for the death of the government the Founding Fathers designed. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, they dissect twelve of the most egregious assaults on the Constitution—some virtually unknown. In chronicling this “dirty dozen,” the authors show that the attacks began long before presidents declared preemptive wars, congresses built pork-barrel bridges to nowhere, and Supreme Court justices began to behave as our supreme legislators. In Who Killed the Constitution? Woods and Gutzman • REVEAL the federal government’s “great gold robbery”—the flagrant assault on the Constitution you never heard about in history class • DESTROY the phony case for presidential war power • EXPOSE how the federal government has actively discriminated to end . . . discrimination • TEAR DOWN the “wall of separation” between church and state—an invention that completely contradicts what the Constitution says • DARE to touch the “third rail of American jurisprudence,” Brown v. Board of Education—showing why a government decision that seems “right” isn’t necessarily constitutional Never shying away from controversy, Woods and Gutzman reveal an unsettling but unavoidable truth: now that the federal government has broken free of the Constitution’s chains, government officials are restrained by little more than their sense of what they can get away with. Who Killed the Constitution? is a rallying cry for Americans outraged by government run amok and a warning to take heed before we lose the liberties we are truly entitled to. 2197698 8 7 2008 Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation total:31|5:8|4:18|3:4|2:1|1:0| 31 126 75 11 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 22:49:08 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 22:49:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 12:53:16 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 11:13:00 -0700 2008 1 Republicans have George Bush with his view o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 18:21:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 06:29:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:10:04 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:15:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:05:53 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 12:07:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 07:08:44 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 07:21:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 14:06:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 09:24:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 26 04:12:04 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 04:16:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 07:10:39 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:45:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 16:05:48 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 30 13:46:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 01 22:04:34 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 22:06:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 12:23:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 12:23:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 04:00:10 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 04:00:10 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 20:34:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:17:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 08:16:24 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 08:16:24 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:14:10 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 17:14:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 11:11:42 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 11:11:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 22:28:03 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 22:28:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:36:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 00:36:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 11 14:59:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 15:01:08 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2191970