First published 2013
Mark Levin argues that federal agencies like the IRS and EPA, along with programs like Obamacare, prove the Founding Fathers were right to fear an oppressive central government. For a century, he contends, Statists have built a federal Leviathan that attacks individual liberty and state sovereignty. Levin proposes using the Constitution's second amendment method, which allows states to bypass Congress and call their own constitutional convention. He presents eleven specific amendments designed to restore founding principles, including term limits for Congress members and Supreme Court justices, plus restrictions on federal taxing and spending. Drawing on the wisdom of James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and other Framers, Levin offers what he calls common sense solutions that many Americans already support. The book provides citizens with a constitutional path to reclaim their freedoms without relying on the very federal government they seek to constrain.
Genres: history, american, political-science, politics, non-fiction, 21st-century, government, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: call-to-action
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Hardcover · Threshold Editions