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How Rights Went Wrong

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11 timer 7 min

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FINALIST | “Essential and fresh and vital . . . It is the argument of this important book that until Americans can reimagine rights, there is no path forward, and there is, especially, no way to get race right. No peace, no justice.”—from the foreword by Jill Lepore, New York Times best-selling author of These Truths: A History of the United StatesAn ... Læs mere

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The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America

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"Hartmann delivers a full-throated indictment of the U.S. Supreme Court in this punchy polemic." -Publishers WeeklyTaking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann asks, What if the Supreme Court didn't have the power to strike down laws? According to the Constitution, it doesn't. From the founding of the republic until 1803, the Supreme Court was the final court of appeals ... Læs mere

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Banned

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Within days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. Banned examines the tool of discretion, or the choice a government has to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and describes how the Trump administration has wielded this tool in creating and executing its immigration policy.Banned combines personal interviews, immigration law, ... Læs mere

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The Most Dangerous Branch

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af David A. Kaplan ...

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In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government—and how we’ve come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before ... Læs mere

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The Words That Made Us

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From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decadesWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen ... Læs mere

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Constitution of the United States of America, The

af James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay ...

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Experience the foundation of American democracy in The Constitution of the United States, brought to life through the powerful narration of Gary Middleton. Written in 1787 by the James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, this defining document established the framework for the world’s first enduring republic — outlining the balance of powers, the rights of the people, and the principles of ... Læs mere

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The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told

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af Keith Richotte, Jr. ...

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When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Thus begins Keith Richotte's playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history. When the Supreme Court first embraced plenary power in the 1880s it did not bother to seek ... Læs mere

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When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Thus begins Keith Richotte's playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history. When the Supreme Court first embraced plenary power in the 1880s it did not bother to seek
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In the perpetual debate over gun rights and the interpretation of the Second Amendment, differing opinions abound. From statistically supported arguments to those seemingly from left field, this book presents crucial data for both pro and anti-gun activists to consider. Offering an argumentative and persuasive narrative, it aims to make a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse on ... Læs mere

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af Sebastian Burroughs Windsor Esq ...

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16 timer 55 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This course is about your United States Constitutional Rights, as provided by Constitutional doctrines that have developed over the past 250+ years. In the United States, we are a democracy governed by a constitution that establishes citizens' rights against the potential for governmental overreach. The key to Democracy is sunlight and more people ... Læs mere

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The Gun Debate

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No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades.The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® delves into the issues that Americans debate ... Læs mere

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Lies the Government Told You

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af Andrew P. Napolitano ...

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11 timer 53 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYOU’VE BEEN LIED TO BY THE GOVERNMENTWe shrug off this fact as an unfortunate reality. America is the land of the free, after all. Does it really matter whether our politicians bend the truth here and there?When the truth is traded for lies, our freedoms are diminished and don’t return.In Lies the Government Told You, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano reveals how America’s... ... Læs mere

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The Supermajority

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af Michael Waldman ...

Fortalt af Robertson Dean ...

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11 timer 15 min

A “terrific, if chilling, account” (The Guardian) of how the Supreme Court’s new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction.In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021–2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy ... Læs mere

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A Liberdade de Expressão e a Justiça Brasileira

tolerância, discurso de ódio e democracia (Voz Sintética)

af Vitor Amaral Medrado ...

Fortalt af Voz Sintética ...

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5 timer 32 min

Narrado por voz sintética. Fruto de tese de doutorado defendida no início de 2018, a 1 edição desta obra pretendeu aliar, de um lado, uma profunda reconstrução dos fundamentos históricos, filosóficos e jurídicos da liberdade de expressão e, de outro, a análise das principais decisões brasileiras sobre o assunto. De lá para cá, todavia, sobrevieram vários casos jurídicos dignos de nota, cujas ... Læs mere

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Narrado por voz sintética. Fruto de tese de doutorado defendida no início de 2018, a 1 edição desta obra pretendeu aliar, de um lado, uma profunda reconstrução dos fundamentos históricos, filosóficos e jurídicos da liberdade de expressão e, de outro, a análise das principais decisões brasileiras sobre o assunto. De lá para cá, todavia, sobrevieram vários casos jurídicos dignos de nota, cujas
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Guns across America

Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights

af Robert J. Spitzer ...

Fortalt af Walter Dixon ...

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5 timer 38 min

In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed when the British were coming. They have had great success in conflating unfettered gun ownership with the Founding Fathers, the ... Læs mere

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In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed when the British were coming. They have had great success in conflating unfettered gun ownership with the Founding Fathers, the
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Democracy and Equality

The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court

af Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss ...

Fortalt af Tom Perkins ...

Serier serie Inalienable Rights
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5 timer 50 min

From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren Court declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of ... Læs mere

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From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren Court declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of
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The Oath

The Obama White House and The Supreme Court

af Jeffrey Toobin ...

Fortalt af Robertson Dean ...

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12 timer 13 min

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. ... Læs mere

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From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational.
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The Case Against the Supreme Court

af Erwin Chemerinsky ...

Fortalt af Philip Hernandez ...

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14 timer 11 min

Both historically and in the present, the Supreme Court has largely been a failureIn this devastating book, Erwin Chemerinsky—“one of the shining lights of legal academia” (The New York Times)—shows how, case by case, for over two centuries, the hallowed Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power than to stop them. Drawing on a wealth of rulings, some famous, others little ... Læs mere

200,44 kr.

Both historically and in the present, the Supreme Court has largely been a failureIn this devastating book, Erwin Chemerinsky—“one of the shining lights of legal academia” (The New York Times)—shows how, case by case, for over two centuries, the hallowed Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power than to stop them. Drawing on a wealth of rulings, some famous, others little
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Punishing Putin

Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia

af Stephanie Baker ...

Fortalt af Jennifer Jill Araya ...

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12 timer 40 min

‘A brilliant book’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics'The essential, must-read insider account of the West’s cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade. Magisterial and gripping’ Catherine Belton‘A brilliant, engagingly written and timely book’ Owen Matthews‘A very good book’ Mark GaleottiUndeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions,... ... Læs mere

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Simple Guide to the Second Amendment, A

af Katherine Schweit ...

Fortalt af Katherine Schweit ...

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Curious about the Second Amendment and its evolving meaning over the past two centuries? Looking for straight facts? Your journey begins here.Once dismissed as the "lost" Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Second Amendment now stands center stage in one of America’s most divisive issues, an increasing rate of firearms-related deaths. Claiming more than 45,000 lives annually, firearms-related ... Læs mere

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Curious about the Second Amendment and its evolving meaning over the past two centuries? Looking for straight facts? Your journey begins here.Once dismissed as the "lost" Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Second Amendment now stands center stage in one of America’s most divisive issues, an increasing rate of firearms-related deaths. Claiming more than 45,000 lives annually, firearms-related
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The Court and the Cross

The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court

af Frederick S. Lane ...

Fortalt af David Henry ...

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10 timer 26 min

While President George W. Bush has appointed two Supreme Court justices during his terms in office, the next president may be in a position to appoint up to three new justices, replacing one third of the Court. This relatively high number could drastically alter future Supreme Court rulings. Now is the perfect time to consider the role of politics in Supreme Court nominations and in the new ... Læs mere

160,35 kr.

While President George W. Bush has appointed two Supreme Court justices during his terms in office, the next president may be in a position to appoint up to three new justices, replacing one third of the Court. This relatively high number could drastically alter future Supreme Court rulings. Now is the perfect time to consider the role of politics in Supreme Court nominations and in the new
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A Real Right to Vote

How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy

af Richard L. Hasen ...

Fortalt af Daniel Henning ...

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5 timer 22 min

Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to vote. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress's ability to do so. The time has come for voters to take action and push for an amendment to the ... Læs mere

160,27 kr.

Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to vote. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress's ability to do so. The time has come for voters to take action and push for an amendment to the
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India that is Bharat

Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

af J Sai Deepak ...

Fortalt af Sagar Arya ...

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18 timer 52 min

Bloomsbury presents India that is Bharat by J Sai Deepak, read by Sagar Arya.India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European ‘colonial consciousness’ (or ‘coloniality’), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for ... Læs mere

154,98 kr.

Bloomsbury presents India that is Bharat by J Sai Deepak, read by Sagar Arya.India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European ‘colonial consciousness’ (or ‘coloniality’), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for
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Supremacy

How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People

af Niko Bowie, Daphna Renan ...

Fortalt af Janina Edwards ...

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11 timer 15 min

From two acclaimed legal scholars, a new history of the Supreme Court that overturns our most basic assumptions about its role in our democracy, showing how it seized the power it now wields.The Supreme Court claims the extraordinary power to strike down laws passed by Congress―and for more than a century now, it has used this power to undermine democracy. But does the Constitution force us to ... Læs mere

208,38 kr.

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From two acclaimed legal scholars, a new history of the Supreme Court that overturns our most basic assumptions about its role in our democracy, showing how it seized the power it now wields.The Supreme Court claims the extraordinary power to strike down laws passed by Congress―and for more than a century now, it has used this power to undermine democracy. But does the Constitution force us to
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Ambedkar's Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India

A Secret History of the Constitution of India

af Akash Singh Rathore ...

Fortalt af Derek Denzil ...

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7 timer 13 min

On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India was adopted formally and came into effect. Its preamble set out in brief the enlightened values it enshrined and hoped to engender. In a radical shift from mainstream constitutional history, this book establishes Dr B.R. Ambedkar's irrefutable authorship of the preamble by uncovering the intellectual origins of its six most central concepts-justice, ... Læs mere

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On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India was adopted formally and came into effect. Its preamble set out in brief the enlightened values it enshrined and hoped to engender. In a radical shift from mainstream constitutional history, this book establishes Dr B.R. Ambedkar's irrefutable authorship of the preamble by uncovering the intellectual origins of its six most central concepts-justice,
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How Rights Went Wrong

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Why America Does Not Need Gun Control: The Vanishing Of The Second Amendment

Roadmap to Understanding the United States Constitution, A

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Lies the Government Told You

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