Reckless legislation
Subtitle: how lawmakers ignore the Constitution
By: Michael A. Bamberger.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Legislation -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Legislators -- United States.; Law and politics.
Description: "Reckless Legislation examines several salient cases of legislators circumventing constitutionality.

The examples include regulation of the Internet by Congress and two state legislatures: reliance by legislatures in Minnesota, Indiana, and Tennessee on "experts" to justify passage of unconstitutional laws; repeated passage of unconstitutional laws in New York and Missouri relating, respectively, to religion and abortion; as well as the efforts by members of Congress to reverse Supreme Court decisions they deem faulty or harmful.".

"Bamberger urges legislators to avoid the political motives that lead to "reckless legislation" and recommends that they "make full use of the full panoply of available support services ... for a better and deeper knowledge of the issues raised.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.