Wrong and dangerous: ten right-wing myths about our constitution

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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.;Introduction: stealing the constitution -- The right is "originalist," everyone else is "idiotic" -- The 'purpose' of the constitution is to limit Congress -- Congress has stretched the commerce power beyond its proper limits -- The constitution doesn't separate church and state -- Equality and self-government are "wholly foreign to the first amendment" -- The second amendment allows citizens to threaten government -- The tenth amendment protects "state's rights," and "state sovereignty" -- The fourteenth ammendment is obsolete and irrelevant -- Election of senators destroys "states' rights" -- International law is a threat to the constitution -- Afterword: the battle ahead. Introduction: stealing the constitution -- The right is "originalist," everyone else is "idiotic" -- The 'purpose' of the constitution is to limit Congress -- Congress has stretched the commerce power beyond its proper limits -- The constitution doesn't separate church and state -- Equality and self-government are "wholly foreign to the first amendment" -- The second amendment allows citizens to threaten government -- The tenth amendment protects "state's rights," and "state sovereignty" -- The fourteenth ammendment is obsolete and irrelevant -- Election of senators destroys "states' rights" -- International law is a threat to the constitution -- Afterword: the battle ahead.