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The '''Constitution 2020''' movement is based upon ''The Constitution in 2020'', a book published by [[Oxford University Press]] that is a powerful blueprint for implementing a Marxist vision of constitutional law in the years ahead and that is written by progressives. Edited by two of America's leading constitutional scholars, [[Jack Balkin]] and [[Reva Siegel]], the book provides a new framework for addressing the most important constitutional issues of the future in a progressive manner. Featuring some of America's so-called finest legal minds - [[Cass Sunstein]], [[Bruce Ackerman]], [[Robert Post]], [[Harold Koh]], [[Larry Kramer]], [[Noah Feldman]], [[Pam Karlan]], [[William Eskridge]], [[Mark Tushnet]], [[Yochai Benkler]] and [[Richard Ford]], among others - the book tackles a wide range of issues, including the challenge of new technologies, presidential power, international human rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, voting, reproductive rights and economic rights. ''The Constitution in 2020'' calls on liberals to articulate their constitutional vision in a way that can command the confidence of ordinary Americans and sway them to the progressive side of dogma. It is a propaganda piece laid out in painstaking and alarming detail.<ref name=constabt>[http://constitution2020.org/about About the Book] The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)</ref> | The '''Constitution 2020''' movement is based upon ''The Constitution in 2020'', a book published by [[Oxford University Press]] that is a powerful blueprint for implementing a Marxist vision of constitutional law in the years ahead and that is written by progressives. Edited by two of America's leading constitutional scholars, [[Jack Balkin]] and [[Reva Siegel]], the book provides a new framework for addressing the most important constitutional issues of the future in a progressive manner. Featuring some of America's so-called finest legal minds - [[Cass Sunstein]], [[Bruce Ackerman]], [[Robert Post]], [[Harold Koh]], [[Larry Kramer]], [[Noah Feldman]], [[Pam Karlan]], [[William Eskridge]], [[Mark Tushnet]], [[Yochai Benkler]] and [[Richard Ford]], among others - the book tackles a wide range of issues, including the challenge of new technologies, presidential power, international human rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, voting, reproductive rights and economic rights. ''The Constitution in 2020'' calls on liberals to articulate their constitutional vision in a way that can command the confidence of ordinary Americans and sway them to the progressive side of dogma. It is a propaganda piece laid out in painstaking and alarming detail.<ref name=constabt>[http://constitution2020.org/about About the Book] The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)</ref> | ||
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The Constitution 2020 movement is based upon The Constitution in 2020, a book published by Oxford University Press that is a powerful blueprint for implementing a Marxist vision of constitutional law in the years ahead and that is written by progressives. Edited by two of America's leading constitutional scholars, Jack Balkin and Reva Siegel, the book provides a new framework for addressing the most important constitutional issues of the future in a progressive manner. Featuring some of America's so-called finest legal minds - Cass Sunstein, Bruce Ackerman, Robert Post, Harold Koh, Larry Kramer, Noah Feldman, Pam Karlan, William Eskridge, Mark Tushnet, Yochai Benkler and Richard Ford, among others - the book tackles a wide range of issues, including the challenge of new technologies, presidential power, international human rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, voting, reproductive rights and economic rights. The Constitution in 2020 calls on liberals to articulate their constitutional vision in a way that can command the confidence of ordinary Americans and sway them to the progressive side of dogma. It is a propaganda piece laid out in painstaking and alarming detail.[1]
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- ↑ About the Book The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)