For the People: What the Constitution Really Says About Your RightsWe the People have awesome responsibilities. If the Constitution really is to be an instrument of the People, as intended, it is imperative that we all understand this great document. Read this book and keep it (and its copy of the Constitution) on your shelf. We all owe ourselves, and our fellow citizens, an education in our constitutional rights and responsibilities. |
Contents
ONE The Peoples Right to Amend the Constitution | 11 |
TWO Why Amendment by the People Is Not Dangerous | 20 |
THREE The Right to Make State Law by Plebiscite | 34 |
Whats the Big Idea? | 51 |
FIVE The Constitutional Right to Serve on Juries | 59 |
The Constitutional Design | 129 |
FOURTEEN The Constitutional Right to Serve in the Military | 135 |
SIXTEEN Women in Combat | 151 |
SEVENTEEN The Unconstitutionality of a National Draft ? | 158 |
EIGHTEEN The Right to Bear Arms | 169 |
NINTEEN Forty Acres and a Mule | 190 |
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References to this book
Building Trust: Overcoming Suspicion In International Conflict Aaron M. Hoffman Limited preview - 2006 |
The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap Ralph Nader No preview available - 2004 |