The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom - Hardcover

Levy, Robert A.; Mellor, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1595230505 ISBN 13: 9781595230508

Publisher: Sentinel HC, 2008

Synopsis

A layperson's assessment of twelve of the modern world's most controversial Supreme Court decisions offers insight into how key cases have enabled the government's ability to seize and allocate private resources, in an account that argues how today's Supreme Court is compromising civil liberties as outlined by the Constitution.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert A. Levy is senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other publications. William Mellor is the president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice. He litigates constitutional cases involving economic liberty, property rights, school choice, and free speech.

From Publishers Weekly:

Cato Institute senior fellow Levy and lawyer Mellor, in this excellent examination of twelve far-reaching Supreme Court cases and their consequences, force readers to question the direction in which the judiciary has led our country over the past century-and possibly their own attitudes toward the federal government. The authors deftly navigate the complicated proceedings without slipping into lawyer-speak, while unapologetically leaning on their libertarian sentiments to color their commentary and analysis. Though the writers defend well their claim that the dozen cases under discussion-with a number of "dishonorable mentions" and an appendix each for Roe v. Wade and Bush v. Gore-have expanded the federal government and eroded civil liberties, one can't help but feel a creeping sense of arrogance when Levy and Mellor assert repeatedly that they know how the Constitution's authors would view the document were they alive today. Still, the authors' canny investigation into the Supreme Court should call into doubt some of the staid political viewpoints readers may have taken too long for granted.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Sentinel HC
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1595230505
• ISBN 13: 9781595230508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320