Saving the Constitution from the Courts [Hardcover]

William Gangi (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806127325
• ISBN-13: 978-0806127323
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,739,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Expose of the Perversion of the Constitution, December 3, 2003

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This review is from: Saving the Constitution from the Courts (Hardcover)

Having taken some of Dr. Gangi's classes during college, I became familiar of course with this book and how true its themes are when I went through Law School.

The beginning chapters of the book discuss the original Constitutional Design of the writers/founders, and through documents of the time, particularly the Federalist Papers, reveal the original understanding of just how the American People would govern themselves, and just how the three federal branches would work. Now I am NOT a fan of the American Constitution for other reasons, but the Constitution was voted to be the law of the land on certain understandings of how power was to be shared, etc. i.e. power was granted to the federal government on certain conditions so to speak.

This follows into the twisitng of the original design by an activist judiciary over the last century. Where there used to be very tough standards as to what exactly a 'case or controversy' was that was capable of being resolved in Court, now the Courts, following their own decisions, have invented so many rights and entitlements, and laws thereon, that the citizens of the States can not control their own destiny through the legislature. As Federal Judges are appointed, this unelected 'legislature' is now more powerful than the elected legislature. This is in direct opposition to the original design of the laws of this country and represents a 'stabbing in the back' if you will of the 'We The People' who have been increasingly usurped of our ability to pass legislation through our elected officials.

Now the book exlores many areas of this conflict, but the constant theme comes forth, that the activit judiciary has stripped the citizens of the USA of much power that was formely in their hands. Both against true democary, and against the very ratification committees whose delegates ratified the Constituion.

This is a reference work and is EXHAUSTIVELY footnoted and contains many links to Law Review Articles and Primary Source Documentation from the Constitutional Period and the Civil War Period. Check it out.