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The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush
By: Thomas E. Woods, Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman
“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 – is … dead.
This is the dirty little secret that bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R. Gutzman expose in this provocative new book. The fact is that government officials – Democrats and Republicans, president, judges, and congresses alike – long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government’s power.
Woods and Gutzman round up the suspects responsible for the death of the government and Founding Fathers designed. Going right to the scenes of the crime, they dissect 12 of the most egregious assaults on the Constitution. 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.
Here are a few of the topics that Woods and Guzman dare to discuss: Chapter 1 covers Woodrow Wilson and Freedom of Speech; Chapter 2, “Another Preisdent Against the Constitution,” recounts Harry Truman seizing the steel mills. Following chapters include discourse on Brown Vs. the Board of education, forced busing, and banning prayer from public schools.
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.
This divisive book is a call to action for all Americans have seen the government’s power escalate out of control.
About the Authors
Thomas E. Woods Jr., Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History” and “33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask.”
Kevin C. Gutzman, Jr., Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution” and “Virginia’s American Revolution.” He is associate professor of American history at Western Connecticut State University.
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