Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
 

Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution (Vintage)

by Stephen Breyer

A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

For Justice Breyer, the Constitution’s primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls “active liberty”: citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As this book argues, promoting active liberty requires judicial modesty and deference to Congress;... (read more)

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It was easy to tell that this book had been penned by a lawyer, and not just any lawyer but one that had risen to a position in this country's Supreme Court. Not a hard read, but far from an enjoyable read for me.

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