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    Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People
    Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People
    Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People
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    Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People

    By Randy E. Barnett

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    A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional republic.

    The Constitution of the United States begins with the words: “We the People.” But from the earliest days of the American republic, there have been two competing notions of “the People,” which lead to two very different visions of the Constitution.

    Those who view “We the People” collectively think popular sovereignty resides in the people as a group, which leads them to favor a “democratic” constitution that allows the “will of the people” to be expressed by majority rule. In contrast, those who think popular sovereignty resides in the people as individuals contend that a “republican” constitution is needed to secure the pre-existing inalienable rights of “We the People,” each and every one, against abuses by the majority.

    In Our Republican Constitution, renowned legal scholar Randy E. Barnett tells the fascinating story of how this debate arose shortly after the Revolution, leading to the adoption of a new and innovative “republican” constitution; and how the struggle over slavery led to its completion by a newly formed Republican Party. Yet soon thereafter, progressive academics and activists urged the courts to remake our Republican Constitution into a democratic one by ignoring key passes of its text. Eventually, the courts complied.

    Drawing from his deep knowledge of constitutional law and history, as well as his experience litigating on behalf of medical marijuana and against Obamacare, Barnett explains why “We the People” would greatly benefit from the renewal of our Republican Constitution, and how this can be accomplished in the courts and the political arena.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 19, 2016
    ISBN9780062412300
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    Randy E. Barnett

    Randy E. Barnett is the author of eleven books, including Restoring the Lost Constitution and The Structure of Liberty. He is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. In 2012 he represented the National Federation of Independent Business in its constitutional challenge to Obamacare. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Constitutional Studies and the Bradley Prize, he lives in Washington, D.C.

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      A very informative book that has led me to a better political understanding of where the individual rights of we the people being sovereign are today.

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