The Constitution Today
Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era

How Amar got to be a constitutional law prof at Yale writing dreck like he does, I don't know. This book is just the latest example, starting from the header. Only dyed-in-the-wool originalists would talk about "timeless lessons" from the Constitution with a straight face and no nuance. There are plen......more

This was one of my slowest reads of the year -- not because it wasn't interesting or compelling, but because it really made me stop to pause, to reflect, to ponder, and sometimes to look up more information. I picked it up because I have substantial concerns about where we are as a country and felt......more

Amar is an interesting fellow. He is both more or less an originalist, and also politically liberal. (Yes, that is possible!) Well worth a read by anybody interested in getting interesting ideas and a different viewpoint on constitutional questions.......more

Amar has an interesting takes on Constitutional issues as a liberal originalist. However, I thought that on some of the points we disagree on, he was being too simplistic in his thinking—though by no means all of them. This was a thought provoking book even if I mostly plodded through it without muc......more

Whether or not you agree with Amar's take on the issues, his analysis is thought-provoking and thoroughly researched. His occasional attempts at humor come across as an Ivy League scholar giving you a wink and a nudge. Which is not particularly funny, but it's a pretty spot on authorial voice.......more