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This Is The Untold Story Of The Most Celebrated Part Of The Constitution. Until The Twentieth Century, Few Americans Called The First Ten Constitutional Amendments Drafted By James Madison In 1789 And Ratified By The States In 1791 The Bill Of Rights. Even More Surprising, When People Finally Started Doing So Between The Spanish-american War And World War Ii, The Bill Of Rights Was Usually Invoked To Justify Increasing Rather Than Restricting The Authority Of The Federal Government. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Played A Key Role In That Development, First By Using The Bill Of Rights To Justify The Expansion Of National Regulation Under The New Deal, And Then By Transforming The Bill Of Rights Into A Patriotic Rallying Cry Against Nazi Germany. It Was Only After The Cold War Began That The Bill Of Rights Took On Its Modern Form As The Most Powerful Symbol Of The Limits On Government Power. These Are Just Some Of The Revelations About The Bill Of Rights In Gerard Magliocca's The Heart Of The Constitution. For Example, We Are Accustomed To Seeing The Bill Of Rights At The End Of The Constitution, But Madison Wanted To Put Them In The Middle Of The Document. Why Was His Plan Rejecte

Author

Gerard N. Magliocca

Publisher

New York, NY: Oxford University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190271602

Subjects

Law, History