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In The Words We Live By, Linda Monk probes the idea that the Constitution may seem to offer cut-and-dried answers to questions regarding personal rights, but the interpretations of this hallowed document are nearly infinite. For example, in the debate over gun control, does the right of the people to bear arms as stated in the Second Amendment pertain to individual citizens or regulated militias? What do scholars say? Should the Internet be regulated and censored, or does this impinge on the freedom of speech as defined in the First Amendment? These and other issues vary depending on the interpretation of the Constitution.
Through entertaining and informative annotations, The Words We Live By offers a new way of looking at the Constitution. Its pages reflect a critical, respectful and appreciative look at one of historys greatest documents. The Words We Live By is filled with a rich and engaging historical perspective along with enough surprises and fascinating facts and illustrations to prove that your Constitution is a living and entertaining document.
Updated now for the first time, The Words We Live By continues to take an entertaining and informative look at Americas most important historical document, now with discussions on new rulings on hot button issues such as immigration, gay marriage, and affirmative action.
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Copyright 2003, 2015 Linda R. Monk and Stonesong Press, LLC.
Developed and produced by the Stonesong Press, LLC
LLC Partners: Alison Fargis and Ellen Scordato
Project director: Ellen Scordato
Original design: Laura Smyth, Smythtype
Revised design and typesetting: Concentra, Lisa Story, Chakra Communications
Photo research, original edition by Michele Camardella; revised edition by Nicole DiMella
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The Ghost of Elbridge, John Fund. Used with permission from American Spectator/John Fund.
Make Sure Congress Can Survive the Worst-Case Scenario, Norman Ornstein. Used with permission from Norman Orstein.
Your Vote Does Not Count, Rep. John Lewis. Used by permission of Rep. John Lewis.
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The New Type of War, by Jack Goldsmith. Used with permission from Jack Goldsmith.
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Justices Gone Wild, by Ross Douthat. From The New York Times, June 1, 2009. 2009 The New York Times. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission and protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited.
Portias Progress, Sandra Day OConnor. Used with permission from Justice OConnor.
The End of Ick, by George Takei
To Honor the Children Weve Lost, Mark Barden and David Wheeler. Sandy Hook Promise, Mark Barden and David Wheeler.
The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty by S.E. Cupp (05/06/2014). Daily News, L.P. (New York). Used with permission.
Changing the 14th Amendment wont solve our immigration crisis, Alberto R. Gonzales. Used with permission from Alberto R. Gonzales.
Not So Wise, Linda Chavez. By permission Linda Chavez and Creators Syndicate, Inc.
The Body Count Continues, Salim Muwakkiil. Used with permission from Salim Muwakkiil.
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For my beloved husband, Stephen, who made this book possible.
I am grateful to the creative team who helped bring this book to fruition. At Stonesong Press, Paul Fargis provided both the original concept and the primary impetus for the book, and Ellen Scordatos persistence made this revision possible. The books principal content reviewer was Dr. John W. Winkle, III, professor of political science at the University of Mississippi, and he has been my mentor in constitutional law for more than thirty-five years. Ralph Eubanks, former director of publishing at the Library of Congress and a fellow Ole Miss alum, knew this was the right project for me and encouraged me to take it.
I am also grateful that two of the leading lights of American constitutional law, John Hart Ely and Laurence Tribe, were my teachers at Harvard Law School. And Steve Frank, former vice president at the National Constitution Center, was one of the books earliest and most ardent supporters. Most of all, my love and gratitude go to my life partner and husband, Stephen G. Cook, for his unwavering support. This book truly would not have been written without him.
Linda R. Monk, J.D., is a constitutional scholar, journalist, and nationally award-winning author. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she twice received the American Bar Associations Silver Gavel Award, its highest honor for law-related media. She served as Series Advisor for the PBS documentary Constitution USA, and she has appeared on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and NPR. For more than 25 years, Monk has written commentary for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. She served as a Visiting Scholar at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the Lead Curator for the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum in Chicago, and a consultant to the Newseum in Washington, D.C. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and conducted seminars for such groups as the Pentagon, Fulbright Scholars, National Archives, Smithsonian Institution, George Washingtons Mount Vernon, and National History Day.
Every morning we wake up and decide that we want to live in a constitutional republic.
Garrett Epps, author
M any Americans think of the Constitution as words on paper preserved under glass at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. But the Constitution is also the product of an ongoing conversation among Americans about the meaning of freedom in their daily lives.
Americas conversation about liberty included women and men of all classes, races, and religionsenslaved and free. The slaves of Massachusetts petitioned for their unalienable right to freedom in 1777 with words echoing the Declaration of Independence. White men without property sought the right to vote. The Cherokee Nation, although deprived of its land, believed that American Indians should be protected under the Constitution. Women argued that they, too, were included in We the People. In this book, you will hear the voices of Americas founders and fanatics, of Supreme Court justices and civil rights workers. Among this cacophony are rock star Ted Nugent, first-grader Ruby Bridges, actor and gay rights activist George Takei, ex-con Clarence Earl Gideon, and pro-life protester Norma McCorvey.
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