An edition of The heart of the Constitution
(2018)
The heart of the Constitution
how the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights
by Gerard N. Magliocca
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"This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten amendments the Bill of Rights. When they did after 1900, the Bill of Rights was usually invoked to increase rather than limit federal authority"--
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The heart of the Constitution: how the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights
2018, Oxford University Press
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0190271604 9780190271602
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Table of Contents
Preface : The Bill of Rights
Introduction : The First Bill of Rights Day
Fighting the Crown
Opposing the Constitution
Drafting the amendments
Wandering in the wilderness
Reconstructing the Union
Justifying imperialism
Defending the New Deal
Attacking the Führer
Reinventing judicial review
Waging the Cold War
Epilogue : A Sacred Relic
Appendix A. The English Declaration of Rights (1689)
Appendix B. The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Appendix C. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.
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