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The United States Constitution and Citizens' Rights - The Interpretation and Mis-Interpretation of the American Contract for Governance (Paperback)
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The United States Constitution and Citizens' Rights - The Interpretation and Mis-Interpretation of the American Contract for Governance (Paperback)
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Loot Price R519
Discovery Miles 5 190
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In a time when American politics has become a spectator sport often
viewed with a cynical eye by the people, it is needful to be
reminded that our freedom entails a civic responsibility to
preserve the legal document that gives us that freedom, the United
States Constitution. The Constitution is a contract to which all
citizens are parties and upon which they have a right to rely. The
people have as well the right to protect themselves from
interpretations that go unreasonably beyond the original intent of
the Framers. It is clear that in the past the Constitution has been
abused to justify decisions made by the legislative and judicial
branches of government (as in the Dred Scott case) that have since
been overturned. Decisions that extend the powers of the federal
government beyond the expressly stated limits declared in the
Constitution continue to occur today and remain subjects of
intensely debated contention. This book gives detailed examples of
where Congress and the Supreme Court have gone outside the peoples
mutual contract and have, in effect, amended the Constitution. The
last chapter outlines a procedure by which citizens, voting
directly, can overrule or repeal amendments made by elements of
their government.
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