1. 1787: An Introduction
2. 1825
3. 1863
4. 1903
5. 1953
6. 2022
Beau Breslin holds the Joseph C. Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government Professor at Skidmore College. He is the author of From Words to Worlds (2009) and The Communitarian Constitution (2004, 2006).
"A fascinating work of counterfactual history. Breslin offers
consistently fruitful insights that are not only stimulating, but
also edifying about the political controversies that have raised
deep questions about the adequacy of the existing
Constitution."
—Sanford Levinson, coauthor of Fault Lines in the Constitution
"This remarkably creative and daring book is a work of deep
scholarship and imagination. The result is an illuminating and
thought-provoking survey of American constitutional history and
ideas. A pleasure to read, and a rewarding exploration of the
constitutional words that have been and that might have been."
—Keith E. Whittington, Princeton University "A lively, riveting act
of political imagination. In telling of an alternative American
constitution-making process, one in which sequential constitutional
conventions had addressed national disputes over issues such as
slavery, suffrage, and labor rights, Breslin ably contends that the
current reverence for – coupled with a near-total disengagement
from – the founding document has it all wrong. And in bringing to
life two centuries of constitutional actors and debates, he boldly
invites us to step in and reclaim a process and core values that
are anything but imaginary."
—Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Legal Correspondent, Slate "Beau Breslin
takes readers on a fascinating, richly informed, and highly
instructive thought experiment. What if Americans had rewritten
their constitution every generation, as Jefferson suggested they
should? Imagining what might have been can help all to see more
clearly what might yet be today."
—Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania "Entertaining,
instructive, and learned, Breslin's creative narratives brim with
analytical and historical detail that explain the workings of the
U.S. Constitution and Constitutional framing. His work will educate
and excite readers at every level who are interested in the
Constitution's force, function, and future."—Thomas J. Davis,
Library Journal starred review
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