Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on
our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims
about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of
American politics. This document, which its framers designed to
limit power, often has made political conflict inevitable. It also
has accommodated and legitimized the political and social changes
of a vibrant, powerful democratic nation. A product of history's
first modern revolution, the Constitution embraced a new formula
for government: it restrained power on behalf of liberty, but it
also granted power to promote and protect liberty. The U.S.
Constitution: A Very Short Introduction explores the major themes
that have shaped American constitutional history- federalism, the
balance of powers, property, representation, equality, rights, and
security. Informed by the latest scholarship, this book places
constitutional history within the context of American political and
social history. We do not operate today under the same Constitution
created by our founding fathers or the Constitution as completed by
the Bill of Rights in 1791 or even the one revised by the
Reconstruction amendments. Nor are we the same nation. As our
circumstances have changed, so has our Constitution. Today we face
serious challenges to the nation's constitutional legacy. Endless
wars, a sharply divided electorate and deadlocked government,
economic inequality, immigration, cybersecurity and privacy, and
foreign interference in the nation's democratic processes, among a
host of other issues, have placed demands on government and on
society that test our constitutional values. Understanding how the
Constitution has evolved will help us adapt its principles to the
challenges of our age.
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