02876cam a2200337 4500 545461640 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781594039867 1594039860 B0742HMYSS Amazon a68ba6c2-3ffe-4011-81ea-d7310051e5e7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3374069 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Tartakovsky, Joseph. The Lives of the Constitution [Libby] : Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America's Supreme Law. Encounter Books, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5068kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 5068kB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Law. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>In a fascinating blend of biography and history, Joseph Tartakovsky tells the epic and unexpected story of our Constitution through the eyes of ten extraordinary individuals—some renowned, like Alexander Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson, and some forgotten, like James Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.<br /> Tartakovsky brings to life their struggles over our supreme law from its origins in revolutionary America to the era of Obama and Trump. Sweeping from settings as diverse as Gold Rush California to the halls of Congress, and crowded with a vivid Dickensian cast, Tartakovsky shows how America's unique constitutional culture grapples with questions like democracy, racial and sexual equality, free speech, economic liberty, and the role of government.<br /> Joining the ranks of other great American storytellers, Tartakovsky chronicles how Daniel Webster sought to avert the Civil War; how Alexis de Tocqueville misunderstood America; how Robert Jackson balanced liberty and order in the battle against Nazism and Communism; and how Antonin Scalia died warning Americans about the ever-growing reach of the Supreme Court.<br /> From the 1787 Philadelphia Convention to the clash over gay marriage, this is a grand tour through two centuries of constitutional history as never told before, and an education in the principles that sustain America in the most astonishing experiment in government ever undertaken.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a68ba6c2-3ffe-4011-81ea-d7310051e5e7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a68ba6c2-3ffe-4011-81ea-d7310051e5e7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a68ba6c2-3ffe-4011-81ea-d7310051e5e7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)