An Introduction to Constitutional Law: The Illustrated Coffee Table Book

With nearly 500 distinctive and intriguing historical images, this unique book brings readers face-to-face with the people and events that have shaped American constitutional law.

Randy Barnett and I are pleased to announce the launch of our newest project: An Introduction to Constitutional Law—Illustrated Edition. Yes, we made a constitutional law coffee table book. And the 400-page glossy hardcover spread is visually stunning. With nearly 500 distinctive and intriguing historical images, this unique book brings readers face-to-face with the people and events that have shaped American constitutional law. It will make a discussion piece for every office or library. I have been assembling this library for more than a decade! I am so happy to have guided the project to publication. Our publisher only made a limited print run, so I encourage you to order a copy soon.

Here are many of my favorite spreads:

Comments

[Brett Bellmore]

While my son actually did enjoy the copy of the Federalist papers I got him, I suspect I’d be better off getting him What IF 2, rather than this.

[Michael Ejercito]

Ah, Wickard

the biggest upside to a nationwide, no-exceptions abortion ban is this.

The ban will be challenged on grounds that Congress exceeded its Article I subject matter jurisdiction.

The feds would defend the ban, citing it is authorized by the Commerce Clause as interpreted by Wickard.

Lower courts reject Article I challenges.

The Supreme Court strikes down the ban, overruling Wickard in the process.

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Yeah, no. Courts know where their paychecks come from. Upsetting Wickard would throw out 90% of government. I’d be happy to throw out 99%, but it will never happen.

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Huh, only $75. Probably lots of interesting pictures and captions and text, not a bad deal, but other books are a priority.

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Found an interesting bug in browsers or the Reason web site.

Replied to Michael Ejercito.

Clicked the back arrow to get the /#comments URL. That also prefills the comment text box with the reply comment.

Backed over the prefilled comment and wrote a new comment. Clicked reload (but not SHIFT-reload) to make sure it was empty.

Wrote the new standalone comment and clicked SUBMIT.

The comment apparently relied on some cookie and made it a reply too. Perhaps SHIFT-reload would prevent this.