Our Lost Constitution, Mike Lee
Our Lost Constitution, Mike Lee
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Our Lost Constitution
The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document

Author: Mike Lee

Narrator: Mike Lee, Tom Parks

Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2015


Synopsis

The still-unfolding story of America’s Constitution is a history of heroes and villains—the flawed visionaries who inspired and crafted liberty’s safeguards, and the shortsighted opportunists who defied them. Those stories are known by few today.In Our Lost Constitution, Senator Mike Lee tells the dramatic, little-known stories behind six of the Constitution’s most indispensible provisions. He shows their rise. He shows their fall. And he makes vividly clear how nearly every abuse of federal power today is rooted in neglect of this Lost Constitution. For example:• The Origination Clause says that all bills to raise taxes must originate in the House of Representatives, but contempt for the clause ensured the passage of Obamacare.
• The Fourth Amendment protects us against unreasonable searches and seizures, but the NSA now collects our private data without a warrant.
• The Legislative Powers Clause means that only Congress can pass laws, but unelected agencies now produce ninety-nine out of every one hundred pages of legal rules imposed on the American people.Lee’s cast of characters includes a former Ku Klux Klansman, who hijacked the Establishment Clause to strangle Catholic schools; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who called the Second Amendment a fraud; and the revered president who began his first of four terms by threating to shatter the balance of power between Congress and the president, and who began his second term by vowing to do the same to the Supreme Court.Fortunately, the Constitution has always had its defenders. Senator Lee tells the story of how Andrew Jackson, noted for his courage in duels and politics, stood firm against the unconstitutional expansion of federal powers. He brings to life Ben Franklin’s genius for compromise at a deeply divided constitutional convention. And he tells how in 2008, a couple of unlikely challengers persuaded the Supreme Court to rediscover the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms.Sections of the Constitution may have been forgotten, but it’s not too late to bring them back—if only we remember why we once demanded them and how we later lost them. Drawing on his experience working in all three branches of government, Senator Lee makes a bold case for resurrecting the Lost Constitution to restore and defend our fundamental liberties.

About Mike Lee

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) is a tireless advocate for our founding constitutional principles. A former Supreme Court clerk, he serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. He was recently named chairman of the Senate Steering Committee. He lives with his family in Alpine, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

A concise and interesting summary of some key provisions of the U. S. Constitution and Bill of Rights that have, in recent decades, been steered well adrift from their original intent. Mike Lee is a U. S. Senator from Utah, whose father served as U. S. Solicitor General in the 1980's during Reagan's......more

Goodreads review by Luisa

An enlightening look at how certain sections of our constitution came to be and how, over the years, various court cases and rulings have chosen to redefine, alter or ignore portions of our law. It goes over such topics as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the Privacy Act, the Patriot Act, Oba......more

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) offers a detailed glimpse into key constitutional provisions that are overlooked by many today. He also makes a great case against big government policies. Highly recommend you read it!......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

I'll have to reread this book at a later time as I'm not into Politics that much. But right now it is a 3 rated book. It is about Politics and of course about the constitution. Parts of it is Interesting and many other parts ---- not so. Mike Lee is concerned about how some politicians and the curre......more

Goodreads review by Alan

A very informative book that should be read if you care about the Constitution and the politicians who are subverting it. It describes the cowardly politicians who abdicate their oath of office to the unelected agencies who are really setting policy. These agencies are not accountable to the people,......more