The fact is that government officials long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government's power. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman dissect twelve of the most egregious assaults on the Constitution.
REVEAL the federal government's "great gold robbery"-the flagrant assault on the Constitution you never heard about in history class
DESTROY the phony case for presidential war power
EXPOSE how the federal government has actively discriminated to end ... discrimination
Who Killed the Constitution? is a rallying cry for Americans outraged by a government run amok and a warning to take heed before we lose the liberties we are truly entitled to.
Introduction The Constitution Is Dead 1
Chapter 1 Congress Shall Make No Law (Unless It Really Wants To): Woodrow Wilson and Freedom of Speech 5
Chapter 2 Another "Great President" versus the Constitution: Harry Truman Seizes the Steel Mills 23
Chapter 3 The Third Rail of American Jurisprudence Brown v. Board of Education 41
Chapter 4 Discriminating to End ... Discrimination: The Forced Busing Fiascoes 55
Chapter 5 Roads to Nowhere 71
Chapter 6 The Great Gold Robbery of 1933 83
Chapter 7 The Court's "Wall of Separation": Banning Prayer from Public Schools 103
Chapter 8 The Power to Draft 119
Chapter 9 Do Americans Have a Constitutional Duty to Suffer? The Case of Medical Marijuana 135
Chapter 10 From Chief Executive to Prince: The Presidency and Foreign Policy 151
Chapter 11 The Phony Case for Presidential War Power 167
Chapter 12 The President Enforces the Law ... Right? 185
Conclusion Can Anything Be Done? 199
Appendix The Constitution of the United States 203
Notes 227
Acknowledgments 247
Index 249
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Overview
The fact is that government officials long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government's power. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman dissect twelve of the most egregious assaults on the Constitution.
REVEAL the federal government's "great gold robbery"-the flagrant assault on the ...