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Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation

Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages

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Original Title:	Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation
ISBN:	0307405753 (ISBN13: 9780307405753)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.thomasewoods.com/books/who-killed-the-constitution/
Setting:	United States of America

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“Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”
—Thomas Jefferson

The United States Constitution—the bedrock of our country, the foundation of our federal republic—is . . . dead.

You won’t hear that from the politicians who endlessly pay lip service to the Constitution. It’s the dirty little secret that bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman expose in this provocative new book. The fact is that government officials—Democrats and Republicans, presidents, judges, and congresses alike—long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government’s power.

In case you’ve forgotten, this idea was not a minor aspect of the Constitution; it was the document’s very purpose.

Woods and Gutzman round up the suspects responsible for the death of the government the Founding Fathers designed. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, they dissect twelve of the most egregious assaults on the Constitution—some virtually unknown. In chronicling this “dirty dozen,” the authors show that the attacks began long before presidents declared preemptive wars, congresses built pork-barrel bridges to nowhere, and Supreme Court justices began to behave as our supreme legislators.

In Who Killed the Constitution? Woods and Gutzman

• REVEAL the federal government’s “great gold robbery”—the flagrant assault on the Constitution you never heard about in history class
• DESTROY the phony case for presidential war power
• EXPOSE how the federal government has actively discriminated to end . . . discrimination
• TEAR DOWN the “wall of separation” between church and state—an invention that completely contradicts what the Constitution says
• DARE to touch the “third rail of American jurisprudence,” Brown v. Board of Education—showing why a government decision that seems “right” isn’t necessarily constitutional

Never shying away from controversy, Woods and Gutzman reveal an unsettling but unavoidable truth: now that the federal government has broken free of the Constitution’s chains, government officials are restrained by little more than their sense of what they can get away with.

Who Killed the Constitution? is a rallying cry for Americans outraged by government run amok and a warning to take heed before we lose the liberties we are truly entitled to.

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Title	:	Who Killed the Constitution?: The Assault on American Law and the Unmaking of a Nation
Author	:	Thomas E. Woods Jr.
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	July 8th 2008 by Crown Forum
Categories	:	Politics. History. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. Law

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Really great ideas but had to start skimming after two-thirds.

Enjoyed this thoroughly with a few caveats: I wish it'd been set up more chronologically to tell a "story" more rather than just being disjointed Supreme Court case reports; Having a reference to Obama on the cover is false advertising, he's really not mentioned in the book; and I'm not at all sure I agree with his Brown v. Board of Education analysis. Rest is rock solid and will be on my high schoolers' reading lists for American history and government.

Unlike many books on the U.S. political scene right now, a very balanced and fair appraisal of the State of the Union, with respect to following the Constitution. General impression is that no Party is doing a good job of respecting the Constitution.Republicans have George Bush with his view of an aggressive executive branch.Democrats have FDR, with his view of unlimited National government.Presidents seem to all seek more power than they are allowed.Congresses all seek more power than they are

It's not the more recent things that surprised me but the older things. First off just learning how FDR outlawed gold ownership and the resulting trial before the Supreme Court. But also going all the way back to the whiskey rebellion. This book should be required reading before you vote in the next election!

This book was different, rather than better, than what I expected. Being familiar with both authors I knew what I was getting into. With Gutzman's legal expertise and Woods' witty anecdotes from history, this book turned out solid. Law school doesn't teach the Constitution anymore. For over a century now it merely teaches "case law" which is just precedent. In this context, precedent means the opinions of nine unelected government lawyers. But these activist judges are not this book's primary

Eye Opening Excellent

Lent from a hallmate in college. Enjoying the historical process of how our country has shifted politically. Although can be tiring at times, great analysis so far.