We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Coming of Age Fiction the nightmare visions of invasion

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We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Coming of Age Fiction the nightmare visions of invasionFrom the best selling author of These Truths comes We the People, a stunning new history of the U. S. Constitution, for a troubling new era. The U. S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the worldand one of the most difficult to amend. At what cost? In this landmark, lavishly illustrated book, Harvard professor of history and law Jill Lepore argues that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutionalism.