The Other Athens: Constitution Should Be Embraced

Read the column here.

My concern is not just with the various branches the federal government ignoring the Constitution, but with the manner in which the federal government, those of the respective states, and even local governments (county, municipal, school boards) increasingly seem willing to skirt constitutions, codes, ordinances and good government practices in a wholesale manner. And if you don't believe it, just keep track of the news for a couple of weeks with that thought in mind.

For Seidman’s op/ed in the New York Times (30 December 2012), see:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/opinion/lets-give-up-on-the-constitution.html?pagewanted=all

For Seidman’s book, see:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199898278?ie=UTF8&tag=lewrockwell&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0199898278

For a review article of such thinking, see Alexander C. Kafka in The Chronicle of Higher Education (10 December 2012):

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Constitution-Who-Needs/136147/

For a variety of responses to Seidman, see:

http://www.redstate.com/timelyrenewed/2013/01/08/lets-not-give-up-on-the-constitution/

http://lewrockwell.com/mcclanahan/mcclanahan11.1.html

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2012/12/31/nyt-op-ed-let-s-give-constitution

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/31/1175075/-Con-Law-Professor-Op-Ed-Let-s-Give-Up-on-the-Constitution#

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52167