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The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom, With a New Preface

By Robert Levy , William Mellor

Book information

Year
2010
ISBN
1935308270, 9781935308270, 1595230505, 9781595230508
LCC
KF8742 .L485 2008
Open Library ID
OL12438185M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1884961 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
338\338
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Founding Fathers wanted the judicial branch to serve as a check on the power of the legislative and executive, and gave the Supreme Court the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution in a way that would safeguard individual freedoms. Sadly, the Supreme Court has handed down many destructive decisions on cases you probably never learned about in school. In The Dirty Dozen, two distinguished legal scholars shed light on the twelve worst cases, which allowed government to interfere in your private contractual agreements; curtail your rights to criticize or support political candidates; arrest and imprison you indefinitely, without filing charges; seize your private property, without compensation, when someone uses the property for criminal activity--even if you don't know about it!

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