Judge Napolitano does a great job of showing the inherent sin written into our Constitution (3/5th clause) and the historical wrongsidedness of the courts and federal government. He brings us through major court decisions like Scott, Plessy and Brown and he looks at events and individuals (in stark honesty) like Civil War and Lincoln (antebellum and bellum) and the progressive movement and Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson...
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There are too many people that want to bury their head in the sand and pretend that our government wants what's best for the citizens. Andrew Napolitano is a former judge, and he KNOWS what he's talking about. This is one of the few books that is waking up America's people in order to save 230 years of freedoms from being washed down the drain. Judge Napolitano brings facts to the table, like only a true judge can. I hope...
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In Dred Scott's Revenge, Judge Andrew Napolitano recounts the story of racism in America. Juxtaposing slavery and the continued racism in the post-Civil War era with the ideal of "all men are created equal" as imbedded in the Constitution, Napolitano makes the case that America has not always practiced what it preached. This stunning expose does not hesitate to show the hypocrisy of the Founding Fathers in penning the Constitution...
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Judge Andrew Napolitano has written three previous books explaining his views on the role of natural law and our constitution. I have written favorable views of each of them even though I cannot follow him to the full extent of his arguments. For example, and he brings it up again in this book, he thinks very poorly of Abraham Lincoln and blames him for starting the Civil War. Nevertheless, and I want to be clear about...
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Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America... is thought provoking book which sheds light on the dark side of legal history throughout our country's history. A very highly recommend book to say the least. Judge Napolitano shows how "Natural Law" (God Given Rights or Rights come from our Humanity pg. xii) and "Positivism" (the law is whatever the lawgiver says it is or the majority says pg. xiii,...
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