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That's not what they meant! : reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's right wing
Title:
That's not what they meant! : reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's right wing

That is not what they meant!
Author:
Austin, Michael, 1966-
ISBN:
9781616146702
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Publication Information:
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012.
Physical Description:
253 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
How I learned to stop worrying about Glenn Beck and write this book -- Founderstein : how to turn six dead white guys into one political monster -- The fallacy of "original intent" -- The founders on religion and liberty -- States' rights/states' wrongs : how the right hijacked federalism -- The Jeffersonian myth and the Hamiltonian bogeyman -- Grover Norquist and the tax pledge versus Alexander Hamilton and good government -- Courting disaster : the dumb right-wing attack on the federal judiciary -- Why America, the Constitiution, and God will (probably) survive.
Abstract:
Essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the hot-button political debates of today. A true historical picture of men who often disagreed with one another on such crucial issues as federal power, judicial review, and the separation of church and state.
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