The Grouchy Historian
An Old-time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: viii, 336 pages ; 24 cm
The life-long Democrat who played Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show puts out a call to all liberals to reclaim the constitution from the right-wingers who use it as justification for every horrible thing they want to do.
Contents:
Introduction: why I wrote this book -- The founders and framers: who were those guys? -- Snapshots of life in Philadelphia, 1787 -- Heckling the right wing: their top ten talking points and my top ten comebacks -- God and the Constitution, Part I: epistle to the Christian right -- God and the Constitution, Part II: epistle to the Mormons -- The writing of the Constitution: notes from the Constitutional Convention as recorded by Billey, slave to James Madison, May 6 to September 17, 1787 -- Charles Beard's economic interpretation of the Constitution, Part I: meeting the framers -- Charles Beard's economic interpretation of the Constitution, Part II: following the money -- The chapter of leftovers: Part I -- Open letter to Senator Ted Cruz written in the style of 1787 -- The Constitution according to Ben Carson, MD -- Rewriting the Constitution: Mark Levin and the Asner amendments -- Immigration and Ann Coulter: a review that was never published in the New York Times Book Review -- The shocking truth about the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights in the real world -- The chapter of leftovers: Part II -- The emperor has no robes: Justice Antonin Scalia and Citizens United -- Scarier than Scalia: introducing Justice Clarence Thomas -- What in hell is a strict constructionist? -- Anonymous letter to certain members of the Supreme Court -- The chapter of leftovers: Part III -- The Second Amendment: guns and the NRA -- In conclusion.
ISBN:
9781501166020
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LAW Constitution Asn | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334).