Book Review: The Constitution in Exile

Just finished this book a couple of days ago. Very good. Starts out a little slow as it explains the first 40 years or so of the Supreme Court, but moves well after that.

There's not much new here to anyone that's familiar with the abuses the Constitution has seen historically. But for anyone fairly new to the subject, it's explained well imho. One criticism I read argued that Judge Napolitano didn't offer any real solutions to the problem. I think the solutions are self-evident, simply follow the Constitution as written and intended (I know, often easier said than done at this point). Napolitano also does a good job of calling it out as it is, Republicans and Democrats are equally blamed for their part in the trampling of the Constitution.

Amazon.com: The Constitution in Exile: How the Federal Government Has Seized Power by Rewriting the Supreme Law of the Land: Books: Andrew P. Napolitano: "The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchment that boldly established the God-given rights and freedoms of America. Today that parchment has been shred to ribbons, explains Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, as the federal government trounces state and individual rights and expands its reach far beyond what the Framers intended.

An important follow-up to Judge Napolitano's best-selling Constitutional Chaos, this book shows with no-nonsense clarity how Congress has 'purchased' regulations by bribing states and explains how the Supreme Court has devised historically inaccurate, logically inconsistent, and even laughable justifications to approve what Congress has done.

It's an exciting excursion into the dark corners of the law, showing how do-gooders, busybodies, and control freaks in government disregard the limitations imposed upon Congress by the Constitution and enact laws, illegal and unnatural, in virtually every area of human endeavor."

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