Wrong and Dangerous
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Wrong and Dangerous

Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution

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eBook - ePub

Wrong and Dangerous

Ten Right Wing Myths about Our Constitution

About this book

The primary purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit Congress. There is no separation of church and state. The Second Amendment allows citizens to threaten the government. These are just a few of the myths about our constitution peddled by the Far Right—a toxic coalition of Fox News talking heads, radio hosts, angry "patriot" groups, and power-hungry Tea Party politicians. Well-funded, loud, and unscrupulous, they are trying to do to America's founding document what they have done to global warming and evolution—wipe out the facts and substitute partisan myth. In the process, they seek to cripple the right of We the People to govern ourselves. In Wrong and Dangerous, legal scholar Garrett Epps provides the tools needed to fight back against the flood of constitutional nonsense. In terms every citizen can understand, he tackles ten of the most prevalent myths, providing a clear grasp of the Constitution and the government it established.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction: Stealing the Constitution
  3. THE TEN BIG MYTHS
  4. Chapter 1: The Right Is “Originalist”; Everyone Else Is “Idiotic”
  5. Chapter 2: The “Purpose” of the Constitution Is to Limit Congress
  6. Chapter 3: Congress Has Stretched the Commerce Power Beyond Its Proper Limits
  7. Chapter 4: The Constitution Doesn’t Separate Church and State
  8. Chapter 5: Equality and Self-Government Are “Wholly Foreign to the First Amendment”
  9. Chapter 6: The Second Amendment Allows Citizens to Threaten Government
  10. Chapter 7: The Tenth Amendment Protects “States’ Rights” and “State Sovereignty”
  11. Chapter 8: The Fourteenth Amendment Is Obsolete and Irrelevant
  12. Chapter 9: Election of Senators Destroys “States’ Rights”
  13. Chapter 10: International Law Is a Threat to the Constitution
  14. Afterword: The Battle Ahead
  15. Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America*
  16. Appendix B: The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union*
  17. Notes
  18. Suggestions for Further Reading
  19. About the Author