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Author : Sol Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258957043
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Author : Sol Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:369189005
Author : Noah Feldman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374720872
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer Abraham Lincoln is justly revered for his brilliance, compassion, humor, and rededication of the United States to achieving liberty and justice for all. He led the nation into a bloody civil war to uphold the system of government established by the US Constitution—a system he regarded as the “last best hope of mankind.” But how did Lincoln understand the Constitution? In this groundbreaking study, Noah Feldman argues that Lincoln deliberately and recurrently violated the United States’ founding arrangements. When he came to power, it was widely believed that the federal government could not use armed force to prevent a state from seceding. It was also assumed that basic civil liberties could be suspended in a rebellion by Congress but not by the president, and that the federal government had no authority over slavery in states where it existed. As president, Lincoln broke decisively with all these precedents, and effectively rewrote the Constitution’s place in the American system. Before the Civil War, the Constitution was best understood as a compromise pact—a rough and ready deal between states that allowed the Union to form and function. After Lincoln, the Constitution came to be seen as a sacred text—a transcendent statement of the nation’s highest ideals. The Broken Constitution is the first book to tell the story of how Lincoln broke the Constitution in order to remake it. To do so, it offers a riveting narrative of his constitutional choices and how he made them—and places Lincoln in the rich context of thinking of the time, from African American abolitionists to Lincoln’s Republican rivals and Secessionist ideologues. Includes 8 Pages of Black-and-White Illustrations
Author : Howard Burton Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : OCLC:777973353
Author : Sol Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 1104836572
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Richard Brandon Morris
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531005119
Discusses the writing of the Constitution and includes a short outline. Also includes a discussion of the weaknesses of confederation government and descriptions of the founding fathers.
Author : Sol Bloom,United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
Publisher : Washington, D. C. : United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : UOM:39015073452560
Discusses the Constitution. It explores briefly the origins of our country, and the steps that led to the formation of the Constitution.
Author : John F. Kowal
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781620975626
The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution—the product of compromises and an artifact of its time—and made it more democratic Who wrote the Constitution? That’s obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It’s a story of how We the People have improved our government’s structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change. The People’s Constitution is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy. From the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the post–Civil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the “noble experiment” of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, The People’s Constitution is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America’s national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers’ promise of a more perfect union.
Author : Ken Gormley
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479839902
Shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history, from George Washington to Barack Obama. In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation’s foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped the Constitution. Each occupant of the office—the first president to the forty-fourth—has contributed to the story of the Constitution through the decisions he made and the actions he took as the nation’s chief executive. By examining presidential history through the lens of constitutional conflicts and challenges, The Presidents and the Constitution offers a fresh perspective on how the Constitution has evolved in the hands of individual presidents. It delves into key moments in American history, from Washington’s early battles with Congress to the advent of the national security presidency under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to reveal the dramatic historical forces that drove these presidents to action. Historians and legal experts, including Richard Ellis, Gary Hart, Stanley Kutler and Kenneth Starr, bring the Constitution to life, and show how the awesome powers of the American presidency have been shapes by the men who were granted them. The book brings to the fore the overarching constitutional themes that span this country’s history and ties together presidencies in a way never before accomplished.
Author : Lisa Trusiani
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781648763731
Discover the history of the Constitution—an introduction for kids ages 6 to 9 On September 17, 1787, 39 delegates signed the Constitution of the United States into law. These four pages of rules would define how the United States government worked and serve as the foundation for all the rights that we enjoy today. This colorfully illustrated story takes kids on a journey through the writing of the Constitution, how it was amended with the Bill of Rights, and the ways it still shapes life in the United States. This exploration of the constitution for kids features: A visual timeline—Kids will easily understand important details of the Constitution's history with a timeline that covers everything from the writing of the first draft to how it has influenced modern Supreme Court rulings. Core curriculum—This book teaches kids about the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How behind the Constitution, then tests their knowledge with a quick quiz after they finish. Lasting changes—Kids will explore thought-provoking questions that help them better understand how the Constitution protects them and their rights. Introduce kids to the Constitution with this history book for early readers.
Author : Tamra Orr
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612280905
You’ve heard about the Constitution of the United States for years but have you ever wondered how such a document got its start? Have you thought about who was involved and what problems or questions they might have had? This book will take you right inside Independence Hall. You will listen to the men’s thoughts and hear their concerns as they argued, debated, and discussed how their new nation should be organized. As the men figured out how to reach a compromise about running the country, they had to deal with secrecy, heat, and flies. Find out all about it in this book which tells the Story of the Constitution.
Author : Sol Bloom,United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : UCAL:$B99065
Discusses the Constitution. It explores briefly the origins of our country, and the steps that led to the formation of the Constitution.
Author : Akhil Reed Amar
Publisher : Random House
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588364876
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding “We the People,” was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators’ inspired genius. Despite the Constitution’s flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, America’s Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and why–for now, at least–only those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nation’s history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the document’s later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders’ Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the “three fifths” clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republic’s first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincoln’s election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, America’s Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.
Author : Mark Stange
Publisher : Mark Twain Media
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580378284
Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Understanding the U.S. Constitution! This 114-page book includes text, questions, activities, and trial tests that explore the three branches of government, the Articles, and the Amendments. The book also includes a Constitution test and answer keys.
Author : Rossiter Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:9776754