Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law 0465060900, 9780465060900

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Engines of Liberty: The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law
 0465060900, 9780465060900

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
PART ONE: Marriage Equality
1The Vision
2A Marathon, Not a Sprint: Vermont
3One Step Forward, How Many Back? Massachusetts
4A Victory Lost—and Regained: California
5Losing Forward: Maine
6The End Game: Windsor and Obergefell
PART TWO: Right to Bear Arms
7One State at a Time
8Revisionist History
9Federal Forums
10Supreme Recognition
11People Power
PART THREE: Human Rights in the War on Terror
12“Completely Hopeless”
13Korematsu’s Legacy
14At Home Abroad
15Messages and Messengers
16Transformative Transparency
17The Obama Difference
Conclusion
Chronologies
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by David Cole
Praise for Engines of Liberty
Notes
Index

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