We Won the Greatest Civil Rights Victory of Our Generation. Here Are Some Lessons for the Next One.
This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchical Supreme Court. In his 2016 book Engines of Liberty, David Cole explores the question of how constitutional change happens.
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This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchical Supreme Court. In his 2016 book Engines of Liberty, David Cole explores the question of how constitutional change happens. A professor at Georgetown Law and former ACLU national legal director, Cole gives a nod to the traditional answers to that question: Supreme Court interpretation and judicial review, federalism, the interplay of the three branches of government, the media’s Fourth Estate impact, etc. But his book focuses on the vital role We the People—specifically civil society groups and activism—play in the work of making a more perfect Union.
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- This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchical Supreme Court. In his 2016 book Engines of Liberty, David Cole explores the question of how constitutional change happens.
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