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In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing... (learn more about this book)
" The Thirteen American Arguments is a thought-provoking, engaging study of the great American debate, and a highly worthwhile read. "–RealClearPolitics.com “Insightful and enjoyable . . . . In The Thirteen American Arguments , Howard Fineman lifts readers above the fog of modern politics... (learn more about this book)
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution For many years in the United States there has been a gradual drifting away from the Founding Fathers original success formula. This has resulted in some of their most unique contributions for a free and prosperous society... (learn more about this book)
From one of the country's most esteemed experts on the First Amendment and the author of the classic Gideon's Trumpet , an eloquent essay on the importance of freedom of expression. More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air... (learn more about this book)
This guide is the first of its kind, and presents the U.S. Constitution as never before, including a clause-by-clause analysis of the document, each amendment and relevant court case, and the documents that serve as the foundation of the Constitution.
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The framers, during the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, created a fundamentally new national plan to replace the Articles of Confederation. They placed over the states a supreme government with broad powers, and they proposed to submit it to conventions in each... (learn more about this book)
What ever happened to our inalienable rights? The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchment that boldly established the God-given rights and freedoms of America. Today that parchment has been shred to ribbons, explains Fox News senior judicial... (learn more about this book)
America's greatest political thinker, in the most comprehensive one-volume collection ever published Over 200 years after the founding of the federal republic, James Madison remains the most important political thinker in American history. The prime framer of the Constitution and the Bill of... (learn more about this book)
“No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation.”— Thomas Jefferson “A constitution intended to endure for years to come <is> consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”— John Marshall “This... (learn more about this book)
Author Joseph Wheelan has marvelously captured the story of America’s war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the nations that supported it. Two centuries ago, without congressional or public debate, the ostensibly pacifist President Thomas Jefferson launched... (learn more about this book)