The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty

"Now the nation no longer lacks what it has long needed, a slender book that lucidly explains the intensity of conservatism's disagreements with progressivism."--George Will, The Washington Post

Is liberty or democracy the primary constitutional value? At a time when Americans are increasingly facing violations of their civil liberties, Timothy Sandefur's insightful book explains why the Declaration of Independence, with its doctrines on the primacy of liberty, the natural rights of man, and...