Congress: Protecting Individual Rights

by Louis Fisher

When asked which branch of government protects citizens' rights, we tend to think of the Supreme Court--stepping in to defend gay rights, for example, in the recent same-sex marriage case. But as constitutional scholar Louis Fisher reveals in his new book, this would be a mistake--and not just because a decision like the gay marriage ruling can be decided by the opinion of a single justice. Rather, we tend to judge the executive and judicial branches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070062211X
• ISBN13: 9780700622115
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"