Six amendments : how and why we should change the Constitution / John Paul Stevens.

Author
Stevens, John Paul, 1920- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York ; Boston ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
  • ©2014
Description
vii, 177 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 22 cm

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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • The "anti-commandeering" rule
  • Political gerrymandering
  • Campaign finance
  • Sovereign immunity
  • The death penalty
  • The Second Amendment (gun control)
  • Constitution of the United States.
ISBN
  • 9780316373722 (hardcover)
  • 0316373729 (hardcover)
LCCN
2014933880
OCLC
876833389
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