The constitution in play.("Restoring the Lost Constitution: the Presumption of Liberty")(Book Review)
American Prospect, The, May, 2004 by Lazarus, Simon
RESTORING THE LOST CONSTITUTION: THE PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY BY RANDY E. BARNETT * PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS * 357 PAGES * $32.50
EXCEPT FOR CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS and a few academics, virtually no one pays attention to right-wing legal theories. But if, as promised, George W. Bush in a second term hands the federal judiciary over to acolytes of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, conservative legal scholarship may prove an indispensable guide to where America is headed. The stakes involve far more than abortion rights and other high-profile legal issues.
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