04008cam a2200649 4500 1673312218 TxAuBib 20241024120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668021552 1668021552 B0CL5DNMBF Amazon e3c3ffea-3d5d-4e57-95fb-c0022781818d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10217021 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- Reading the Constitution [Libby] : Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism. Simon & Schuster, 2024. American Politics . Constitutional law. philosophy. american history. United States Constitution. Constitution of the United States. The Supreme Court. The Constitution. United States History. John Marshall. American legal system. United States legal system. united states politics. originalism. textualism. American Supreme Court. lawmakers. american judicial system. dobbs decision. United States laws. american laws. bruen decision. the lochner era. the supermajority. united states judicial system. united states surpreme court. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1302kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Law. Politics. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.</b><br /> <br /> <b>"You will not read a more important legal work this election year." —Bob Woodward, <i>Washington Post</i> reporter and author of fifteen #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling books</b><br /> <br /> <b>"A dissent for the ages." —<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>"Breyer's candor about the state of the court is refreshing and much needed." —<i>The Boston Globe</i></b><br /> The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and statutes is to read the text carefully and examine the language as it was understood at the time the documents were written.<br /> <br /> This, however, is not Justice Breyer's philosophy nor has it been the traditional way to interpret the Constitution since the time of Chief Justice John Marshall. Justice Breyer recalls Marshall's exhortation that the Constitution must be a workable set of principles to be interpreted by subsequent generations.<br /> <br /> Most important in interpreting law, says Breyer, is to understand the statutes as well as the consequences of deciding a case one way or another. He illustrates these principles by examining some of the most important cases in the nation's history, among them the <i>Dobbs</i> and <i>Bruen</i> decisions from 2022 that he argues were wrongly decided and have led to harmful results. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-24 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e3c3ffea-3d5d-4e57-95fb-c0022781818d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e3c3ffea-3d5d-4e57-95fb-c0022781818d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e3c3ffea-3d5d-4e57-95fb-c0022781818d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)