Lincoln and Democratic Statesmanship

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• Our ideas of statesmanship are fraught with seeming contradictions: The democratic statesman is true to the people's wishes and views--but also capabl... Lees meer

America's Founding and the Struggle Over Economic Inequality

Clement Fatovic

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• If, as many allege, attacking the gap between rich and poor is a form of class warfare, then the struggle against income inequality is the longest run... Lees meer

Repugnant Laws

Keith E Whittington

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• When the Supreme Court strikes down favored legislation, politicians cry judicial activism. When the law is one politicians oppose, the court is heroi... Lees meer

The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020

Lucas A Powe

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020 , Expanded Second Edition is a history of the Court placed within the context of a broader history... Lees meer

Habeas Corpus in America

Justin J Wert

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• For most Americans, habeas corpus is the cornerstone of our legal system: the principal constitutional check on arbitrary government power, allowing a... Lees meer

Real Americans

Jared Goldstein

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• On January 6, 2021, white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and other supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to... Lees meer

Peopling the Constitution

John E Finn

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The U. S. Constitution begins with the soaring words "We the People," but we, the people, have little to do with the document as most of us have come ... Lees meer

Red, White, and Blue

Mark V Tushnet

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The first paperback edition of a classic of American constitutional theory. The book is divided into two parts. In Part I Professor Tushnet appraises ... Lees meer

The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020

Lucas A Powe

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2020 , Expanded Second Edition is a history of the Court placed within the context of a broader history... Lees meer

Real Americans

Jared Goldstein

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• On January 6, 2021, white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and other supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to... Lees meer

Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional. Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, cit... Lees meer

States of Union

Mark E Brandon

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• In two canonical decisions of the 1920s-- Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters --the Supreme Court announced that family (including cert... Lees meer

Constitutional Failure

Sotirios Barber

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• Americans err in thinking that while their politics may be ailing, their Constitution is fine. Sick politics is a sure sign of constitutional failure.... Lees meer

Repugnant Laws

Keith E Whittington

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• Winner: Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize Choice Outstanding Academic Title When the Supreme Court strikes down favored legislat... Lees meer

A Nation So Conceived

Michael P Zuckert

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The culmination of years of work on Abraham Lincoln's political thought, Michael Zuckert's A Nation So Conceived argues for a coherent center to Linco... Lees meer

Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty

Mark A Graber

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• In contemporary constitutional politics, Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment--which includes the citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process... Lees meer

Broken Trust

Stephen M Griffin

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• Variously and roundly perceived as gridlocked, incompetent, irresponsible, and corrupt, American government commands less respect and trust today than... Lees meer

Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders' Union

Peter Radan

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• In Texas v. White (1869), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the unilateral secession of a state from the Union was unconstitutional be... Lees meer

Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutional Thinking
• The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional. Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, cit... Lees meer