The Resource Engines of liberty : the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law, David Cole
Engines of liberty : the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law, David Cole
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- Summary
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- "From an award-winning legal scholar, a stirring argument about the central role of citizen activists in shaping our nation's constitutional law Who determines whether gay Americans can marry? Who says whether citizens can own guns? And who decides on the fate of prisoners taken in the War on Terror? Most Americans would answer: the Supreme Court. While the rest of us stand by waiting for their decisions, the nine justices decide the fate of our freedoms. Overturning this conventional wisdom, David Cole argues that citizen activists are the true drivers of constitutional change. He shows that time and time again, associations of ordinary Americans have persuaded a majority of the justices to adopt their point of view and transform constitutional law. Revealing the tactics successful causes adopt, Cole offers a guidebook for anyone seeking social change, as well as a deeper understanding of how our Constitution actually works. An unexpected account of the power of small groups of committed people, The Spirit of Liberty is essential reading for anyone who has lost faith in political activism in our era of gridlock."--
- "Most Americans see the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbiter of constitutional freedoms. They are not wrong to do so: most of the major changes we have seen to our constitutional rights in the past 200 years--ending segregation, prohibiting sex discrimination, protecting political association--have come about because of decisions made by the Supreme Court. But as the award-winning constitutional scholar David Cole argues in The Spirit of Liberty, while the Supreme Court may be the final decision maker, it is not the true source of constitutional change. Citizen activists are. Many times in this nation's history, citizens have fought to get their causes on the Court's docket--and have successfully waged parallel battles in the court of public opinion, which often guides the Supreme Court's decisions. Through the stories of three successful campaigns--for same-sex marriage, against gun control, and for civil liberties in the War on Terror--Cole reveals how advocates and interest groups sway the Supreme Court and, in the process, rewrite constitutional law."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465060900
- Label
- Engines of liberty : the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law
- Title
- Engines of liberty
- Title remainder
- the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law
- Statement of responsibility
- David Cole
- Subject
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- Constitutional law -- United States
- Law reform -- United States
- Political participation
- Justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation
- Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Citizen participation
- Law reform -- United States -- Citizen participation
- United States
- Law reform -- Citizen participation
- Constitutional law
- Law reform
- Political participation -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "From an award-winning legal scholar, a stirring argument about the central role of citizen activists in shaping our nation's constitutional law Who determines whether gay Americans can marry? Who says whether citizens can own guns? And who decides on the fate of prisoners taken in the War on Terror? Most Americans would answer: the Supreme Court. While the rest of us stand by waiting for their decisions, the nine justices decide the fate of our freedoms. Overturning this conventional wisdom, David Cole argues that citizen activists are the true drivers of constitutional change. He shows that time and time again, associations of ordinary Americans have persuaded a majority of the justices to adopt their point of view and transform constitutional law. Revealing the tactics successful causes adopt, Cole offers a guidebook for anyone seeking social change, as well as a deeper understanding of how our Constitution actually works. An unexpected account of the power of small groups of committed people, The Spirit of Liberty is essential reading for anyone who has lost faith in political activism in our era of gridlock."--
- "Most Americans see the Supreme Court as the ultimate arbiter of constitutional freedoms. They are not wrong to do so: most of the major changes we have seen to our constitutional rights in the past 200 years--ending segregation, prohibiting sex discrimination, protecting political association--have come about because of decisions made by the Supreme Court. But as the award-winning constitutional scholar David Cole argues in The Spirit of Liberty, while the Supreme Court may be the final decision maker, it is not the true source of constitutional change. Citizen activists are. Many times in this nation's history, citizens have fought to get their causes on the Court's docket--and have successfully waged parallel battles in the court of public opinion, which often guides the Supreme Court's decisions. Through the stories of three successful campaigns--for same-sex marriage, against gun control, and for civil liberties in the War on Terror--Cole reveals how advocates and interest groups sway the Supreme Court and, in the process, rewrite constitutional law."--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cole, David
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Law reform
- Justice, Administration of
- Constitutional law
- Law reform
- Political participation
- Constitutional law
- Justice, Administration of
- Law reform
- Law reform
- Political participation
- United States
- Label
- Engines of liberty : the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law, David Cole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465060900
- Lccn
- 2015036456
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920018266
- Label
- Engines of liberty : the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law, David Cole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465060900
- Lccn
- 2015036456
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Note
- YBP Library Services
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920018266
Subject
- Constitutional law
- Constitutional law -- United States
- Justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation
- Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Citizen participation
- Law reform
- Law reform -- Citizen participation
- Law reform -- United States
- Law reform -- United States -- Citizen participation
- Political participation
- Political participation -- United States
- United States
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