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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—as seen on PBS’s American Experience...

In Constitutional Law, we discuss the basic rules under the Constitution of the United States. We examine significant clauses within the Constitution and their interpretation over time, landmark Supreme Court cases, and many other topics covered in constitutional law, with numerous examples and analysis.

George Washington’s Memoirs of a Life Forged in Liberty To narrate George Washington's life in his voice, providing readers with an intimate, first-person account of the pivotal events in his life, from his youth through war and nation-building to his final years, revealing the man behind the myth. George Washington’s personal journey from a young boy in Virginia to becoming the Father of His Country shows his internal thoughts and growth, providing an intimate first-person perspective. The American Revolution and Washington's military leadership are illustrated through key battles, ...

The framers of the Constitution were very concerned about limiting the power of government and in securing the liberty of citizens. To strike a balance between authority and liberty is the central purpose of American Constitutional Law. To this end, they created three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial with separation of powers, and there were checks and balances of each branch against the other. This was to assure the guarantees of individual liberty. The Death of America occurred on November 5, 2024 as the fatal blow will culminate on January 20, 2025 with the ...

The Panic of 1819 tells the story of the first nationwide economic collapse to strike the United States. Much more than a banking crisis or real estate bubble, the Panic was the culmination of an economic wave that rolled through the United States, forming before the War of 1812, cresting with the land and cotton boom of 1818, and crashing just as the nation confronted the crisis over slavery in Missouri.

The president of Princeton, a constitutional scholar, reveals how colleges are getting free speech on campuses right and how they can do better to nurture civil discourse and foster mutual respect Conversations about higher education teem with accusations that American colleges and universities...

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice An award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) gives us an engaging and...

A centuries-old secret document unravels the origin story of America and reveals the intellectual crime of the millennia in this "hugely entertaining" dive into our country’s history to discover the first, true Declaration of Independence (Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Churchill. In...

From war powers to health care, freedom of speech to gun ownership, religious liberty to abortion, practically every aspect of American life is shaped by the Constitution. This vital document, along with its history of political and judicial interpretation, governs our individual lives and the life of our nation. Yet most of us know surprisingly little about the Constitution itself, and are woefully unprepared to think for ourselves about recent developments in its long and storied history.

Ex-counterterrorist agent Kurt Albrecht, long retired and becoming increasingly angry with the current government and its policies, is the self-appointed commander of a home-grown militia group called The Constitutionalists. As Albrecht is suspected of hatching a destructive plot against the government, the U. S. National Security Advisor engages trusted former counterterrorist operative Bruce McGowan to infiltrate Albrecht's organization and determine the particulars of his plan.

Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation’s “greatest invention.” Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the...

Step into the boots of a Founding Father. History comes alive in this unique biography narrated by George Washington himself. Go beyond the portraits and statues to discover the flesh-and-blood man: the brave soldier, the reluctant leader, and the dedicated farmer. You’ll experience the defining moments of the Revolution—from the thunder of cannons to the quiet desperation of a nation on the brink—all from his intimate, first-person perspective. Understand his internal struggles as he navigates the challenges of nation-building and sets the precedents for the presidency. This book is ...

The years of Donald Trump’s first term as President of the United States were marked by unprecedented political and social upheaval. Emerging from the realms of business and reality television, Trump’s ascent to the highest office in the land was as unconventional as it was polarizing. His campaign, driven by the slogan "Make America Great Again," resonated with a significant portion of the American electorate who felt disenfranchised by the existing political establishment. The promises of sweeping changes in immigration policy, trade agreements, and economic revitalization struck a ...

A look at the legal landscape of the controversy over animal sacrifice and the First Amendment, written in plain English. From and beyond the Supreme Court's Landmark decision in 1993. If you are interested in the conflict between law and freedom of religion, read this book!

In Agreeing to Disagree, Nathan S. Chapman and Michael W. McConnell detail the theological, political, and philosophical underpinnings of the Establishment Clause, state disestablishment, and the disestablishment norms applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. In one of the most thorough accounts of the Establishment Clause, Chapman and McConnell argue that the clause is best understood as a constitutional commitment for Americans to agree to disagree about matters of faith.

A vast censorship regime has smothered America's digital marketplace of ideas, squelching free speech on vital policy issues. Its supporters regard its benefits as morally and politically beyond question. They contend it's carried out by private social media platforms, not governmental authorities. In Free Speech and Turbulent Freedom, Michael J. Glennon offers a timely and incisive response. The censors are short-sighted, he argues.

Citizen Sovereignty. Western Heritage Nation. Nation of the Citizens and For the Citizens How do we make this our Reality? We create this reality when we enact several New Constitutional Amendments. The purpose of this book is to provide those Amendments which will reclaim our citizen sovereignty. Each proposed amendment is written in full, as the exact legal language for the citizens to enact today. These Constitutional Amendments include: 1. Limit Future Immigration. 2. Preference for Immigrants from Western Heritage Nations. 3. Prohibit All Forms of Lobbying. 4. Prohibit All Money Given ...

Do you want to learn about George Washington but don’t have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this is the short and concise book for you!! George Washington, the revolutionary war hero, and first president of the United States has risen to the level of an American legend. This one-dimensional view of the “founding father” turns out to be short sighted. For this complex man of the soil from Virginia, though of limited formal education, would change the very destiny of nations. Few knew Washington as well as did his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote of ...

A nonpartisan, unbiased look at the First Amendment and how it informs our daily lives, this book clearly explains the fundamentals of American politics to middle grade readers. The First Amendment grants kids and every other citizen five monster privileges: freedom of religion, freedom of...

A future history of the calling of the First U.S. Constitution Article V Convention to Propose Amendments by the man who might have started it all. Montgomery Blair Sibley details an alternative future arising from his lawsuit against Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan had the Circuit Court allowed his case to be heard. In the process, Sibley spills the beans on the D.C. Madam, Barack Obama's Birth Certificate and the curious role former Vice President Joe Biden played in closing down a real threat to Obama's road to the Presidency.