The constitution today
Subtitle: timeless lessons for the issues of our era
By: Akhil Reed Amar
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780465096336
Subjects: Constitutional law
Description: "In The Constitution Today preeminent legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar examines the collision between the U.S. Constitution's grand temporal ambitions and the tight deadlines of the popular press by reviewing how he himself has intervened as a vocal commentator on the biggest and most bitterly contested constitutional issues of the last quarter century. Assembled here along with new reflective essays, Amar's commentary looks to the U.S. Constitution's text, history, and structure for the specific rules and grand themes relevant to every vital organ of the American body politic"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The presidency : a return to dynasty?; title: The vice presidency : nothing, but maybe everything; title: The congress : how to fix a broken branch; title: The judiciary : who judges the judges?; title: Criminal procedure : from O.J. to DNA; title: Citizens dis-united : race, guns, gays, and more; title: Constitutional anniversaries : remembering to remember; title: Bill Clinton's drama : his partisan impeachment; title: George W. Bush's drama : his un-popular election; title: Barack Obama's drama : his signature statute.