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Wrong and Dangerous
Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution
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2012
Summary
The primary purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit Congress. There is no separation of church and state. The Second Amendment allows citizens to threaten the government. These are just a few of the myths about our constitution peddled by the Far Right—a toxic coalition of Fox News talking heads, radio hosts, angry “patriot” groups, and power-hungry Tea Party politicians. Well-funded, loud, and unscrupulous, they are trying to do to America’s founding document what they have done to global warming and evolution—wipe out the facts and substitute partisan myth. In the process, they seek to cripple the right of We the People to govern ourselves. In Wrong and Dangerous, legal scholar Garrett Epps provides the tools needed to fight back against the flood of constitutional nonsense. In terms every citizen can understand, he tackles ten of the most prevalent myths, providing a clear grasp of the Constitution and the government it established.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1676-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1678-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
218
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Stealing the Constitution No access Pages 1 - 22
CHAPTER 1: The Right Is “Originalist”; Everyone Else Is “Idiotic” No access
CHAPTER 2: The “Purpose” of the Constitution Is to Limit Congress No access
CHAPTER 3: Congress Has Stretched the Commerce Power Beyond Its Proper Limits No access
CHAPTER 4: The Constitution Doesn’t Separate Church and State No access
CHAPTER 5: Equality and Self-Government Are “Wholly Foreign to the First Amendment” No access
CHAPTER 6: The Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Threaten Government No access
CHAPTER 7: The Tenth Amendment Protects “States’ Rights” and “State Sovereignty” No access
CHAPTER 8: The Fourteenth Amendment Is Obsolete and Irrelevant No access
CHAPTER 9: Election of Senators Destroys “States’ Rights" No access
CHAPTER 10: International Law Is a Threat to the Constitution No access
Afterword: The Battle Ahead No access Pages 139 - 144
APPENDIX A: The Constitution of the United States of America* No access Pages 145 - 174
APPENDIX B: The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union No access Pages 175 - 186
Notes No access Pages 187 - 200
Suggestions for Further Reading No access Pages 201 - 204
