02371cam a2200313 i 4500 364482179 TxAuBib 20190103120000.0 180510s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018022702 9781250166005 16.00 1250166004 16.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Chemerinsky, Erwin. We the people [BOOK] : a progressive reading of the constitution for the twenty-first century / Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law. New York : Picador, 2018. xvii, 300 pages ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297). From gun control to reproductive health, a conservative court will reshape the lives of all Americans for decades to come. The time to develop and defend a progressive vision of the US Constitution that protects the rights of all people is now. University of California Berkeley Dean and respected legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky expertly exposes how conservatives are using the Constitution to advance their own agenda that favors business over consumers and employees and government power over individual rights. But exposure is not enough. Progressives have spent too much of the last 45 years trying to preserve the legacy of the Warren Court's most important rulings and reacting to the Republican-dominated Supreme Courts by criticizing their erosion of rights - but have not yet developed a progressive vision for the Constitution itself. Yet, if we just look to the promise of the Preamble - liberty and justice for all - and take seriously its vision, a progressive reading of the Constitution can lead us forward as we continue our fight ensuring democratic rule, effective government, justice, liberty, and equality. Provided by publisher. 20190103. United States Constitution. Judicial power United States. Judicial review United States. Constitutional law United States. Constitutional law Philosophy.