The Taming of the ShrewIn the opening chapter of this book, Elizabeth Price Foley writes, 'The slow, steady, and silent subversion of the Constitution has been a revolution that Americans appear to have slept through, unaware that the blessings of liberty bestowed upon them by the founding generation were being eroded.' She proceeds to explain how, by abandoning the founding principles of limited government and individual liberty, we have become entangled in a labyrinth of laws that regulate virtually every aspect of behaviour and limit what we can say, read, see, consume, and do. Foley contends that the United States has become a nation of too many laws where citizens retain precious few pockets of individual liberty. With a close analysis of urgent constitutional questions - abortion, physician-assisted suicide, medical marijuana, gay marriage, cloning, and U. S. drug policy - Foley shows how current constitutional interpretation has gone astray. Without the bias of any particular political agenda, she argues convincingly that we need to return to original conceptions of the Constitution and restore personal freedoms that have gradually diminished over time. |
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... Married people—Drama. 3. Padua (Italy)—Drama. 4. Sex role—Drama. I. Raffel,Burton. II. Bloom,Harold. III. Title. IV. Series. pr2832.a2r34 2005 822.3 3—dc22 2005007313 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British ...
... Married people—Drama. 3. Padua (Italy)—Drama. 4. Sex role—Drama. I. Raffel,Burton. II. Bloom,Harold. III. Title. IV. Series. pr2832.a2r34 2005 822.3 3—dc22 2005007313 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British ...
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... marriage, but (dressed in male clothing) she is capable (with to be sure significant professional assistance) of performing brilliantly as a lawyer, though as a mere female she has no background or training in the legal arts. However ...
... marriage, but (dressed in male clothing) she is capable (with to be sure significant professional assistance) of performing brilliantly as a lawyer, though as a mere female she has no background or training in the legal arts. However ...
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... logical beginning would be to examine some aspects of comic wooing. No motif was more widespread. . . . Parodies of wooing and marriage usually emphasized shrewish wives and the noisy bawdry of brawling females. . . . xxiv introduction.
... logical beginning would be to examine some aspects of comic wooing. No motif was more widespread. . . . Parodies of wooing and marriage usually emphasized shrewish wives and the noisy bawdry of brawling females. . . . xxiv introduction.
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