The People Themselves by Larry D. Kramer (.ePUB)
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The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review by Larry D. Kramer
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Overview: The United States Constitution is the foundation of the longest and most successful democratic experiment in modern human history. It serves not only as legal bedrock for the world’s most powerful nation-state, but also, more broadly, it reflects that nation’s fundamental aspirations and commitments as a society.
Who then has the authority to interpret a blueprint of such extraordinary influence? Americans have come to treat the Constitution as something beyond their competence, something whose meaning should be decided by judges, assisted by a cadre of trained lawyers and academics. Yet this submission to a lawyerly elite is a radical and troublesome departure from what was originally the case. For America’s founding generation celebrated the central role of “the people” in supplying government with its energy and direction.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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