Corey Brettschneider: 3 books
When the State Speaks, What Should It Say?
How Democracies Can Protect Expression and Promote Equality
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
How should a liberal democracy respond to hate groups and others that oppose the ideal of free and equal citizenship? The democratic state faces the hard choice of either protecting the rights of hate groups and allowing their views to spread, or banning their views and violating citizens' rights...
Democratic Rights
The Substance of Self-Government
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
When the Supreme Court in 2003 struck down a Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy, it cited the right to privacy based on the guarantee of "substantive due process" embodied by the Constitution. But did the court act undemocratically by overriding the rights of the majority of voters...
by Corey Brettschneider
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
An essential guide to the presidential powers and limits of the Constitution, for anyone voting—or running—for our highest office.
Can the president launch a nuclear attack without congressional approval? Is it ever a crime to criticize the president? Can states legally resist a president’s...