Making Our Democracy Work
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivers an impassioned argument for the proper role of America’s highest judicial body. Examining historic and contemporary decisions by the Court, Breyer highlights the rulings that have bolstered public confidence as well as the missteps that have triggered distrust. What emerges is a unique approach - certain to be admired for years to come - to interpreting the Constitution.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Read the book, don't listen
- De I Keep AMZN in Business en 06-23-16
De: Randy E. Barnett
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Active Liberty
- Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
- De: Stephen Breyer
- Narrado por: Stephen Breyer
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
First published in September 2005 and based on a series of lectures delivered at Harvard, Active Liberty is a tight, extremely readable, almost memoir-like guide to interpreting the Constitution. Written by a justice of the Supreme Court, it focuses on a pragmatic approach to this great document that may become crucial as the Supreme Court faces deeply divisive decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, If Somewhat Dense
- De Maki en 09-04-07
De: Stephen Breyer
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The Supremes' Greatest Hits, 2nd Revised & Updated Edition
- The 44 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life
- De: Michael G. Trachtman
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The Supreme Court's rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain basic freedoms such as privacy, free speech, and the right to a fair trial. This revised and updated edition of Michael G. Trachtman's riveting work includes 10 important cases from 2010 to 2015.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice review overall.
- De "freeindeed4ever" en 02-10-20
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U.S. Constitution for Dummies
- 2nd Edition
- De: Dr. Michael Arnheim
- Narrado por: Dr. Michael Arnheim
- Duración: 18 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Want to make sense of the US Constitution? This new edition walks you through this revered document, explaining how the articles and amendments came to be and how they have guided legislators, judges, and presidents - and sparked ongoing debates along the way. You'll get the lowdown on all the big issues - from separation of church and state to impeachment to civil rights - that continue to affect Americans' daily lives. Plus, you'll find out about the different approaches to interpretation and how the document has changed over the past 200+ years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much better than I anticipated.
- De JoEllen LeVitre en 08-30-20
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution
- De: Kevin R.C. Gutzman
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 635
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Instead of the system that the Constitution intended, judges have created a system in which bureaucrats and appointed officials make most of the important policies. While the government claims to be a representative republic, somehow hot-button topics from gay marriage to the allocation of Florida's presidential electors always seem to be decided by unelected judges. What gives them the right to decide such issues? The judges say it's the Constitution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The best PIG to date
- De Matthew Groom en 05-16-08
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Supreme Power
- 7 Pivotal Supreme Court Decisions That Had a Major Impact on America
- De: Ted Stewart
- Narrado por: Art Allen
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Best-selling author Ted Stewart explains how the Supreme Court and its nine appointed members now stand at a crucial point in their power to hand down momentous and far-ranging decisions. Today's Court affects every major area of American life, from health care to civil rights, from abortion to marriage. This fascinating book reveals the complex history of the Court as told through seven pivotal decisions.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Polemical, downright ridiculous at times
- De Joe Igla en 11-04-17
De: Ted Stewart
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The Bill of Rights Primer
- A Citizen's Guidebook to the American Bill of Rights
- De: Akhil Reed Amar, Les Adams
- Narrado por: Tim Lundeen
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Many Americans reference the Bill of Rights, a document that represents many of the freedoms that define the United States. Who doesn’t know about the First Amendment’s freedom of religion or Second Amendment’s right to bear arms? In this succinct volume, Akhil Reed Amar and Les Adams offer a wealth of knowledge about the Bill of Rights that goes beyond a basic understanding.The Bill of Rights Primer is an authoritative guide to all American freedoms. Uncluttered and well-organized, this audiobook is perfect for those who want to study up on the Bill of Rights without needing a law degree to do so.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At this length, basic; but at that, great
- De Philo en 06-10-15
De: Akhil Reed Amar, y otros
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Corruption in America
- From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United
- De: Zephyr Teachout
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
For two centuries, the Framers' ideas about political corruption flourished in the courts, even in the absence of clear rules governing voters, civil officers, and elected officials. In the 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court began to narrow the definition of corruption, and the meaning has since changed dramatically. No case makes that clearer than Citizens United.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Law Review+
- De Ben P. en 01-02-17
De: Zephyr Teachout
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How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America
- De: Brion McClanahan
- Narrado por: Thomas Rosenfeld
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 57
He is the star of a hit Broadway musical, the face on the 10-dollar bill, and a central figure among the founding fathers. But do you really know Alexander Hamilton? Rather than lionize Hamilton, Americans should carefully consider his most significant and ultimately detrimental contribution to modern society: the shredding of the United States Constitution. Connecting the dots between Hamilton's invention of implied powers in 1791 to transgender bathrooms and same-sex marriage today, Brion McClanahan shows the origins of our modern federal leviathan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank You Audible
- De No to Statism en 10-03-18
De: Brion McClanahan
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The Conscience of the Constitution
- The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty
- De: Timothy Sandefur
- Narrado por: James Foster
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Timothy Sandefur's insightful book provides a dramatic new challenge to the status quo of constitutional law and argues a vital truth: our Constitution was written not to empower democracy, but to secure liberty. Yet the overemphasis on democracy by today's legal community - rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence - has helped expand the scope of government power at the expense of individual rights.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Liberty!
- De David W. Norman en 05-03-15
De: Timothy Sandefur
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The Constitution Today
- Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era
- De: Akhil Reed Amar
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 19 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
When the stories that lead our daily news involve momentous constitutional questions, present-minded journalists and busy citizens cannot always see the stakes clearly. In The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America's preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates of the last two decades. He shows how the Constitution's text, history, and structure are a crucial repository of collective wisdom, providing specific rules and grand themes relevant to every organ of the American body politic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amar is a Brilliant Arguer
- De MJ Schirmer en 11-16-16
De: Akhil Reed Amar
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A People's History of the Supreme Court
- The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution
- De: Peter Irons, Howard Zinn - foreword
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 28 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed this book
- De Paul en 02-19-20
De: Peter Irons, y otros
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The Supreme Court
- De: William H. Rehnquist
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Chief Justice Rehnquist's engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court's history, from Chief Justice Marshall's dominance of the Court during the early 19th century through the landmark decisions of the Warren Court. Citing cases such as the Dred Scott decision and Roosevelt's Court-packing plan, Rehnquist makes clear that the Court does not operate in a vacuum, that the justices are unavoidably influenced by their surroundings, and that their decisions have real and lasting impacts on our society.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing
- De Jean en 01-28-18
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The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution
- De: Brion McClanahan
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 275
How did the founding generation intend for us to interpret and apply the Constitution? Are liberals right when they cite its “elastic” clauses to justify big government, or are conservatives right when they cite its explicit limits on federal power? Professor Brion McClanahan, popular author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers, finds the answers by going directly to the source—the Founders themselves, who debated all the relevant issues in their state constitutional conventions.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased from the opening
- De David en 11-05-20
De: Brion McClanahan
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James Madison and the Making of America
- De: Kevin R. C. Gutzman
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen - as "The Father of the Constitution” - to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a traditional biography
- De David en 12-14-12
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The Supremes' Greatest Hits, 2nd Revised & Updated Edition
- The 44 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life
- De: Michael G. Trachtman
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The Supreme Court's rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain basic freedoms such as privacy, free speech, and the right to a fair trial. This revised and updated edition of Michael G. Trachtman's riveting work includes 10 important cases from 2010 to 2015.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice review overall.
- De "freeindeed4ever" en 02-10-20
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Active Liberty
- Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
- De: Stephen Breyer
- Narrado por: Stephen Breyer
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
First published in September 2005 and based on a series of lectures delivered at Harvard, Active Liberty is a tight, extremely readable, almost memoir-like guide to interpreting the Constitution. Written by a justice of the Supreme Court, it focuses on a pragmatic approach to this great document that may become crucial as the Supreme Court faces deeply divisive decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, If Somewhat Dense
- De Maki en 09-04-07
De: Stephen Breyer
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A Matter of Interpretation
- Federal Courts and the Law
- De: Antonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann - editor foreword
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. But is this common-law mindset, which is appropriate in its place, suitable also in statutory and constitutional interpretation? In a witty and trenchant essay, Justice Scalia answers this question with a resounding negative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeper and denser but understandable
- De Danilo Josue Cardona en 07-13-24
De: Antonin Scalia, y otros
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Founding Rivals
- Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election that Saved a Nation
- De: Chris DeRose
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat. But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation, was more than personal ambition. This was a race that determined the future of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the very definition of the United States of America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must for Anyone Interested in the Constitution
- De Garshom L. Arkoff en 07-09-13
De: Chris DeRose
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The Summer of 1787
- De: David O Stewart
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
David O. Stewart presents this well-researched account of the U.S. Constitution's creation not as a dry analysis of events, but as a high-powered narrative filled with dramatic intensity and larger-than-life historical figures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done!
- De Alan en 04-20-17
De: David O Stewart
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Presumed Guilty
- How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
- De: Erwin Chemerinsky
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- De Robert Bragaw en 02-26-23
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The Supremes' Greatest Hits, 2nd Revised & Updated Edition
- The 44 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life
- De: Michael G. Trachtman
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The Supreme Court's rulings have shaped American life and justice and allowed Americans to retain basic freedoms such as privacy, free speech, and the right to a fair trial. This revised and updated edition of Michael G. Trachtman's riveting work includes 10 important cases from 2010 to 2015.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice review overall.
- De "freeindeed4ever" en 02-10-20
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Active Liberty
- Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
- De: Stephen Breyer
- Narrado por: Stephen Breyer
- Duración: 3 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
First published in September 2005 and based on a series of lectures delivered at Harvard, Active Liberty is a tight, extremely readable, almost memoir-like guide to interpreting the Constitution. Written by a justice of the Supreme Court, it focuses on a pragmatic approach to this great document that may become crucial as the Supreme Court faces deeply divisive decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, If Somewhat Dense
- De Maki en 09-04-07
De: Stephen Breyer
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A Matter of Interpretation
- Federal Courts and the Law
- De: Antonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann - editor foreword
- Narrado por: Christopher Grove
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. But is this common-law mindset, which is appropriate in its place, suitable also in statutory and constitutional interpretation? In a witty and trenchant essay, Justice Scalia answers this question with a resounding negative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeper and denser but understandable
- De Danilo Josue Cardona en 07-13-24
De: Antonin Scalia, y otros
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Founding Rivals
- Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election that Saved a Nation
- De: Chris DeRose
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat. But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation, was more than personal ambition. This was a race that determined the future of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the very definition of the United States of America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must for Anyone Interested in the Constitution
- De Garshom L. Arkoff en 07-09-13
De: Chris DeRose
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The Summer of 1787
- De: David O Stewart
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
David O. Stewart presents this well-researched account of the U.S. Constitution's creation not as a dry analysis of events, but as a high-powered narrative filled with dramatic intensity and larger-than-life historical figures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done!
- De Alan en 04-20-17
De: David O Stewart
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Presumed Guilty
- How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
- De: Erwin Chemerinsky
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required Reading
- De Robert Bragaw en 02-26-23
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Making Our Democracy Work
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- Don
- 05-17-17
Timely
Easy to follow the narrative. Justice Beyer gives us a very good civics lesson with this book.
I want my Grandkids to read this.
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- jason S.
- 05-28-16
awesome
loved it read well and easy to follow the author brings many examples and Pont of view
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- Don K in Alaska
- 05-04-15
Excellent presentation of a complex topic
Good narration of a complicated subject made it easy to listen to this excellent text.
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