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What Does the Constitution Really Mean' Are liberals right when they cite the "elastic" clauses of the Constitution to justify big government' Or are conservatives right when they cite the Constitution's explicit limits on federal power' The answer lies in a more basic question: How did the founding generation intend for us to interpret and apply the Constitution' Professor Brion McClanahan, popular author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers, finds the answers by going directly to the source - to the Founding Fathers themselves, who debated all the relevant issues in their state constitutional conventions. In The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution, you'll discover: -How the Constitution was designed to protect rather than undermine the rights of States -Why Congress, not the executive branch, was meant to be the dominant branch of government-and why the Founders would have argued for impeaching many modern presidents for violating the Constitution -Why an expansive central government was the Founders' biggest fear, and how the Constitution-and the Bill of Rights- was designed to guard against it -Why the founding generation would regard most of the c

Who reads The Founding Fathers' guide to the constitution?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Recorded Books, Inc.;McClanahan, Brion
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781596982864
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Law, Political Science
Rating
4.13 / 5 (113 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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