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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.
Annotation: In Wrong and Dangerous, legal scholar Garrett Epps tackles 10 of the most prevalent myths, providing in terms every citizen can understand a clear grasp of the Constitution and the government it established.
Hardcover: 217 Pages Other Formats
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Languages: English ISBN-10: 144221676X
ISBN-13: 9781442216761
Product Dimensions: 8.57 x 5.85 x 0.91 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.94 ounces
Publication Date:
September 2012
Author: Garrett Epps
BISAC Categories:
Political Science > American Government > Legislative Branch Political Science > History & Theory > General Political Science > Constitutions History > United States > General Law > Constitutional
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