Few can disagree with the authors view that the original constitutions greatest flaw was in its straddle in regard to slavery ...  Read More

Few can disagree with the authors view that the original constitutions greatest flaw was in its straddle in regard to slavery and that the dred scott decision was probably the worst decision ever issued by the supreme court  Read Less

It is not your typical stuffy college textbook that plays loose with the facts

It is not your typical stuffy college textbook that plays loose with the facts  Read Less

For example the dred scott decision bad as we might think it was was in exact compliance with the constitution as it stood at the time

For example the dred scott decision bad as we might think it was was in exact compliance with the constitution as it stood at the time  Read Less

I had prof paulsen for my class this semester and it was worth the cost of tuition

I had prof paulsen for my class this semester and it was worth the cost of tuition  Read Less

Again they serve as reminders of the personalities and humanization that went into the the framing of this great document

Again they serve as reminders of the personalities and humanization that went into the the framing of this great document  Read Less

There simply has to be a final arbiter of constitutional issues at some point subject to the specifically established political...  Read More

There simply has to be a final arbiter of constitutional issues at some point subject to the specifically established political checks writhen into the condtitution  Read Less