Our lost Constitution
Subtitle: the willful subversion of America's founding document
By: Senator Mike Lee
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781591847779
Subjects: Constitutional law
Description: Lee tells the dramatic, little-known stories behind six of the Constitution's most indispensable provisions. He shows their rise and fall, and he makes vividly clear how nearly every abuse of federal power today is rooted in neglect of this lost constitution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ducking and dodging the Constitution; title: The compromise that saved the Constitutional Convention ... and that should have saved us from Obamacare : the forgotten origination clause; title: From Congress to a king : the forgotten legislative powers clause; title: The Supreme Court's klansman : the forgotten establishment clause; title: Liberty : "A reality or a shadow"? : the forgotten Fourth Amendment; title: "But structure means Liberty" : the forgotten Tenth Amendment and the inflated commerce clause; title: Reclaiming the Constitution through the courts; title: Reclaiming the Constitution through legislation; title: Reclaiming the Constitution through the power of the purse; title: What you can do to reclaim the Constitution.