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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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| + | *"For a generation, conservatives have dominated our constitutional conversation. Now as a new day dawns, this inspiring book recaptures a progressive vision of a Constitution that can fulfill the country's oldest commitments to a robust and inclusive democracy." ''[[Linda Greenhouse]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of <u>Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey</u>''<ref name=constabt>[http://constitution2020.org/about About the Book] The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)</ref> | ||
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| + | *"For much too long, progressive thinkers have been either responding reflexively to agendas set by the right, or wringing their hands over the absence of constructive options of their own. This volume marks the end of that time in the wilderness. Constitutional progressives who read this book's veritable cornucopia of carefully conceived alternatives are bound to be energized by the vistas opened here - and challenged by the puzzles posed in every sparkling chapter." ''[[Laurence Tribe]], author of <u>The Invisible Constitution</u>''<ref name=constabt>[http://constitution2020.org/about About the Book] The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:52, 2 April 2011
Yale Law School Prof. Jack Balkin on The Constitution In 2020, July 16, 2009
Yale Law School Prof. Reva Siegel on Origins of The Constitution In 2020, July 21, 2009
Cass Sunstein - Most Conservatives view of the Constitution Requires a Time Machine, Sept. 26, 2010
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]
Book Reviews
- "For a generation, conservatives have dominated our constitutional conversation. Now as a new day dawns, this inspiring book recaptures a progressive vision of a Constitution that can fulfill the country's oldest commitments to a robust and inclusive democracy." Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey[1]
- "For much too long, progressive thinkers have been either responding reflexively to agendas set by the right, or wringing their hands over the absence of constructive options of their own. This volume marks the end of that time in the wilderness. Constitutional progressives who read this book's veritable cornucopia of carefully conceived alternatives are bound to be energized by the vistas opened here - and challenged by the puzzles posed in every sparkling chapter." Laurence Tribe, author of The Invisible Constitution[1]
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 About the Book The Constitution in 2020 (accessed 04/02/11)