Original intent : the courts, the Constitution & religion / David Barton.
Detalles de publicación: Aledo, TX : WallBuilder Press, 2002.Edición: 3rd edDescripción: 534 pages ; 22 cmTipo de contenido:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0925279501
- 9780925279507
- 0925279757
- 9780925279750
- 9781932225266
- 1932225269
- United States. Supreme Court
- United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment
- United States. Supreme Court
- Constitution (United States)
- Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources
- Constitutional law -- United States
- Freedom of religion -- United States -- History
- Religion and state -- United States -- History
- Constitutional history
- Constitutional law
- Freedom of religion
- Religion and state
- United States
- 342.73 22
- KF 4552 .B37 2000
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| Libro | Biblioteca de Derecho Mons. Fremiot Torres Oliver Colección General biblioteca derecho | KF 4552 .B37 2000 (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Disponible | 70000000903068 |
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This book deals with what the author calls judicial micromanagement of the American government, charging that the courts have virtually rewritten the liberties enumerated in the Constitution. He proposes ideas for returning to original intent.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-513) and index.
Religion and the courts -- Religion and the Constitution -- The misleading metaphor -- The judicial evidence -- The historical evidence -- The religious nature of the founding fathers -- Safeguarding original intent -- Rewriting original intent -- Ignoring original intent -- The court's selective use of history -- Establishing the American philosophy of government -- A changing standard : toward a new constitution? -- A constitution in a state of flux -- Identifying the spirit of the Constitution -- Maintaining constitutional integrity -- Revisionism : a willing accomplice -- Religion and morality : the indispensable supports -- Returning to original intent.
Reveals how the United States Supreme Court has reinterpreted the Constitution, diluting the principles upon which it was based. Allows the Founding Fathers to speak for themselves by relying on thousands of primary sources.