Constitutional myths : what we get wrong and how to get it right /
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- New York : The New Press, 2013.
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- Title:
- Constitutional myths : what we get wrong and how to get it right / Ray Raphael.
- Main Author:
- Raphael, Ray.
- Language:
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English
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The New Press, 2013
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xiii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
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97815955883261595588329
- Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2013.
Table of Contents
- Preface : the historical constitution
- A revolution in favor of government : myth: the framers of the Constitution opposed a strong federal government
- Taxes : myth: the framers hated taxes
- Politics : myth: the framers were impartial statesmen, above interest-driven politics
- Principles : myth: the framers were guided by clear principles of limited government
- The father : myth: James Madison sired the Constitution
- The federalist papers : myth: the Federalist papers tell us what the Constitution really means
- "Bill of rights" : myth: the founding fathers gave us the Bill of rights
- Originalism : myth: by discovering what the framers intended or how the founding generation understood the text, we can determine how each provision of the Constitution must be applied
- Document A. Articles of confederation submitted to the states on November 15, 1777, and ratified on March 1, 1781
- Document B. Washington's "legacy" letter to the states : Head Quarters, Newburgh, June 8, 1783
- Document C. Virginia plan, May 29, 1787
- Document D. Committee of Detail draft, August 6, 1787
- Document E. Original United States Constitution, submitted by the Federal Convention September 17, 1787, and ratified June 21, 1788
- Document F. Madison's draft amendments submitted to the House of Representatives on June 8, 1789
- Document G. Initial set of constitutional amendments : twelve amendments submitted by Congress to the states on September 25, 1789 (the last ten were ratified by three-quarters of the states on December 15, 1791)
- Document H. Constitutional amendments 11-27.