Six amendments: how and why we should change the Constitution
By the time of his retirement in June 2010, the author had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book articulating not only the need for changes, but also what those improvements should be. This is a call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to prote…
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- Full title :Six amendments : how and why we should change the Constitution / John Paul Stevens.
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By the time of his retirement in June 2010, the author had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book articulating not only the need for changes, but also what those improvements should be. This is a call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.--
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- Publication Date:2014.
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 177 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780316373722, 0316373729, 031633376X, 9780316333764, 1478954930, 9781478954934, 0316373745, 9780316373746
- oclc:ocn876833389
- LC Classification:KF4557
- Dewey Decimal:342.7303
Table of Contents
The "anti-commandeering" rule -- Political gerrymandering -- Campaign finance -- Sovereign immunity -- The death penalty -- The Second Amendment (gun control) -- Constitution of the United States.
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