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The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government
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The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom Hardcover - 2008

by Robert A. Levy, William Mellor

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A non-lawyer's guide to the worstSupreme Court decisions of themodern era

The Dirty Dozen takes on twelve Supreme Courtcases that changed American history and yet are notwell known to most Americans.

Starting in the New Deal era, the Court hasallowed breathtaking expansions of government powerthat significantly reduced individual rights and abandonedlimited federal government as envisioned by thefounders.

For example:
á Helvering v. Davis (1937) allowed the governmentto take money from some and give it toothers, without any meaningful constraints
á Wickard v. Filburn (1942) let Congress use theinterstate commerce clause to regulate even themost trivial activities neither interstate norcommerce
á Kelo v. City of New London (2005) declared thatthe government can seize private property andtransfer it to another private owner

Levy and Mellor untangle complex Court opinionsto explain how The Dirty Dozen harmed ordinaryAmericans. They argue for a Supreme Court that willenforce what the Constitution actually says about civilliberties, property rights, racial preferences, gun ownership,and many other controversial issues.

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'Cato Institute senior fellow Levy and lawyer Mellor, in this excellent examination of twelve far-reaching Supreme Court cases and their consequences, force readers to question the direction in which the judiciary has led our country over the past century and possibly their own attitudes toward the federal government. The authors deftly navigate the complicated proceedings without slipping into lawyer-speak, while unapologetically leaning on their libertarian sentiments to color their commentary and analysis. Though the writers defend well their claim that the dozen cases under discussion with a number of 'dishonorable mentions' and an appendix each for Roe v. Wade and Bush v. Gore have expanded the federal government and eroded civil liberties, one can't help but feel a creeping sense of arrogance when Levy and Mellor assert repeatedly that they know how the Constitution's authors would view the document were they alive today. Still, the authors' canny investigation into the Supreme Court should call into doubt some of the staid political viewpoints readers may have taken too long for granted.'
--Publisher's Weekly(May)

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