Wrong and dangerous : ten right-wing myths about our constitution / Garrett Epps.
2012
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Author
Title
Wrong and dangerous : ten right-wing myths about our constitution / Garrett Epps.
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
Distributed
Lanham, Md. : Distributed by National Book Network
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF4550 .E66 2012
ISBN
9781442216761 (cloth : alk. paper)
144221676X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442216785 (electronic)
1442216786 (electronic)
144221676X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442216785 (electronic)
1442216786 (electronic)
Description
x, 217 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)778418864
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: Stealing the Constitution
1
THE TEN BIG MYTHS
1.
The Right Is "Originalist"; Everyone Else Is "Idiotic"
25
2.
The "Purpose" of the Constitution Is to Limit Congress
37
3.
Congress Has Stretched the Commerce Power Beyond Its Proper Limits
47
4.
The Constitution Doesn't Separate Church and State
57
5.
Equality and Self-Government Are "Wholly Foreign to the First Amendment"
69
6.
The Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Threaten Government
83
7.
The Tenth Amendment Protects "States' Rights" and "State Sovereignty"
93
8.
The Fourteenth Amendment Is Obsolete and Irrelevant
103
9.
Election of Senators Destroys "States' Rights"
113
10.
International Law Is a Threat to the Constitution
123
Afterword: The Battle Ahead
139
Appendix A
The Constitution of the United States of America
145
Appendix B
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
175
Notes
187
Suggestions for Further Reading
201
Index
205
About the Author
217