Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution

Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the ConstitutionFor the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments

For the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change.

By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens.

Written with the same precision and elegance that made Stevens's own Court opinions legendary for their clarity as well as logic, Six Amendments is a remarkable work, both because of its unprecedented nature and, in an age of partisan ferocity, its inarguable common sense.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 04/22/2014
ISBN: 9780316373722
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.75w x 0.79d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014
Library Journal 04/15/2014 pg. 94
New York Review of Books 06/05/2014 pg. 8
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 895