A Less Perfect Union: The Case For States' Rights
by Adam Freedman /
2015 / English / EPUB
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One of America’s leading conservative commentators on
constitutional law provides an illuminating history of states’
rights, and the vital importance of reviving them today.
One of America’s leading conservative commentators on
constitutional law provides an illuminating history of states’
rights, and the vital importance of reviving them today.
Liberals believe that the argument for “states’ rights” is a
smokescreen for racist repression. But historically, the doctrine
of states’ rights has been an honorable tradition—a necessary
component of constitutional government and a protector of
American freedoms. Our Constitution is largely devoted to
restraining the federal government and protecting state
sovereignty. Yet for decades, Adam Freedman contends, the federal
government has usurped rights that belong to the states in a
veritable coup.
Liberals believe that the argument for “states’ rights” is a
smokescreen for racist repression. But historically, the doctrine
of states’ rights has been an honorable tradition—a necessary
component of constitutional government and a protector of
American freedoms. Our Constitution is largely devoted to
restraining the federal government and protecting state
sovereignty. Yet for decades, Adam Freedman contends, the federal
government has usurped rights that belong to the states in a
veritable coup.
In
InA Less Perfect Union
A Less Perfect Union, Freedman provides a detailed
and lively history of the development and creation of states’
rights, from the constitutional convention through the Civil War
and the New Deal to today. Surveying the latest developments in
Congress and the state capitals, he finds a growing sympathy for
states’ rights on both sides of the aisle. Freedman makes the
case for a return to states’ rights as the only way to protect
America, to serve as a check against the tyranny of federal
overreach, take power out of the hands of the special interests
and crony capitalists in Washington, and realize the Founders’
vision of libertarian freedom—a nation in which states are free
to address the health, safety, and economic well-being of their
citizens without federal coercion and crippling bureaucratic red
tape.
, Freedman provides a detailed
and lively history of the development and creation of states’
rights, from the constitutional convention through the Civil War
and the New Deal to today. Surveying the latest developments in
Congress and the state capitals, he finds a growing sympathy for
states’ rights on both sides of the aisle. Freedman makes the
case for a return to states’ rights as the only way to protect
America, to serve as a check against the tyranny of federal
overreach, take power out of the hands of the special interests
and crony capitalists in Washington, and realize the Founders’
vision of libertarian freedom—a nation in which states are free
to address the health, safety, and economic well-being of their
citizens without federal coercion and crippling bureaucratic red
tape.