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Giving Up Is Unforgivable

A Manual for Keeping a Democracy

by Joyce Vance ...

Narrated by Joyce Vance ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

**Instant New York Times bestsellerA political manifesto for our present moment—part history lesson, part call to save the Republic"Brilliant, galvanizing, and inspirational. A road map to help us find our way out of the darkness." —Mary L. Trump**We’re in this together.For the past several years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her chart-topping Substack, "Civil Discourse", with these four ... Read more

$15.99 USD

**Instant New York Times bestsellerA political manifesto for our present moment—part history lesson, part call to save the Republic"Brilliant, galvanizing, and inspirational. A road map to help us find our way out of the darkness." —Mary L. Trump**We’re in this together.For the past several years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her chart-topping Substack, "Civil Discourse", with these four
... Read more
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates

Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

Unabridged

16 hours 31 min

The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America.Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people?Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States?How should judges be appointed?What ... Read more

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The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America.Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people?Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States?How should judges be appointed?What
... Read more
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Taking Back the Constitution

Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law

by Mark Tushnet ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

9 hours 54 min

How the Supreme Court's move to the right has distorted both logic and the ConstitutionThe Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings, and social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into Supreme Court justices' impressions of how they think a case should be decided. Mark Tushnet traces the ways ... Read more

$25.99 USD

How the Supreme Court's move to the right has distorted both logic and the ConstitutionThe Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings, and social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into Supreme Court justices' impressions of how they think a case should be decided. Mark Tushnet traces the ways
... Read more
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Banned

Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump

by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia ...

Narrated by Siiri Scott ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

Within days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. Banned examines the tool of discretion, or the choice a government has to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and describes how the Trump administration has wielded this tool in creating and executing its immigration policy.Banned combines personal interviews, immigration law, ... Read more

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Within days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. Banned examines the tool of discretion, or the choice a government has to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and describes how the Trump administration has wielded this tool in creating and executing its immigration policy.Banned combines personal interviews, immigration law,
... Read more
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The Most Dangerous Branch

Inside the Supreme Court's Assault on the Constitution

by David A. Kaplan ...

Narrated by Dan Woren ...

Unabridged

16 hours 35 min

In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government—and how we’ve come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before ... Read more

$25.99 USD

In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government—and how we’ve come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before
... Read more
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The Words That Made Us

America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

by Akhil Reed Amar ...

Narrated by Fajer Al-Kaisi ...

Unabridged

27 hours 6 min

From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decadesWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen ... Read more

$44.99 USD

From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decadesWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen
... Read more
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Constitution of the United States of America, The

by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay ...

Narrated by Gary Middleton ...

Unabridged

32 min

Experience the foundation of American democracy in The Constitution of the United States, brought to life through the powerful narration of Gary Middleton. Written in 1787 by the James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, this defining document established the framework for the world’s first enduring republic — outlining the balance of powers, the rights of the people, and the principles of ... Read more

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Experience the foundation of American democracy in The Constitution of the United States, brought to life through the powerful narration of Gary Middleton. Written in 1787 by the James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, this defining document established the framework for the world’s first enduring republic — outlining the balance of powers, the rights of the people, and the principles of
... Read more
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The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told

Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution

by Keith Richotte, Jr. ...

Narrated by Jason Grasl ...

Unabridged

6 hours 47 min

When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Thus begins Keith Richotte's playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history. When the Supreme Court first embraced plenary power in the 1880s it did not bother to seek ... Read more

$20.99 USD

When did the federal government's self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better story. Thus begins Keith Richotte's playful, unconventional look at Native American and Supreme Court history. When the Supreme Court first embraced plenary power in the 1880s it did not bother to seek
... Read more
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Why America Does Not Need Gun Control: The Vanishing Of The Second Amendment

by Trevor Clinger ...

Narrated by Clay Lomakayu ...

Unabridged

13 min

In the perpetual debate over gun rights and the interpretation of the Second Amendment, differing opinions abound. From statistically supported arguments to those seemingly from left field, this book presents crucial data for both pro and anti-gun activists to consider. Offering an argumentative and persuasive narrative, it aims to make a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse on ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the perpetual debate over gun rights and the interpretation of the Second Amendment, differing opinions abound. From statistically supported arguments to those seemingly from left field, this book presents crucial data for both pro and anti-gun activists to consider. Offering an argumentative and persuasive narrative, it aims to make a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse on
... Read more
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Roadmap to Understanding the United States Constitution, A

Your United States Constitutional Rights

by Sebastian Burroughs Windsor Esq ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

16 hours 55 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This course is about your United States Constitutional Rights, as provided by Constitutional doctrines that have developed over the past 250+ years. In the United States, we are a democracy governed by a constitution that establishes citizens' rights against the potential for governmental overreach. The key to Democracy is sunlight and more people ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This course is about your United States Constitutional Rights, as provided by Constitutional doctrines that have developed over the past 250+ years. In the United States, we are a democracy governed by a constitution that establishes citizens' rights against the potential for governmental overreach. The key to Democracy is sunlight and more people
... Read more
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Active Liberty

Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution

by Justice Stephen Breyer ...

Narrated by Justice Stephen Breyer ...

Unabridged

3 hours 38 min

A highly respected associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994, Stephen Breyer delivers a lucid and persuasive declaration that "active liberty"-the participation of American citizens in the process of government-should be a guiding principle of our nation. In this exceedingly polarized time, with the high court facing some of its most controversial issues, Active Liberty is a ... Read more

$10.99 USD

A highly respected associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994, Stephen Breyer delivers a lucid and persuasive declaration that "active liberty"-the participation of American citizens in the process of government-should be a guiding principle of our nation. In this exceedingly polarized time, with the high court facing some of its most controversial issues, Active Liberty is a
... Read more
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The Gun Debate

What Everyone Needs to Know

by Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades.The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® delves into the issues that Americans debate ... Read more

$19.99 USD

No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades.The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® delves into the issues that Americans debate
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The Challenge

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight over Presidential Power

by Jonathan Mahler ...

Narrated by William Hughes ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

In November 2001, a thirty-one-year-old Yemeni man named Salim Ahmed Hamdan was captured near the Pakistan border and turned over to US forces in Afghanistan. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden’s driver, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay and designated for trial before a special military tribunal.The Pentagon assigned a young military defense lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Charles ... Read more

$20.99 USD

In November 2001, a thirty-one-year-old Yemeni man named Salim Ahmed Hamdan was captured near the Pakistan border and turned over to US forces in Afghanistan. After confessing to being Osama bin Laden’s driver, Hamdan was transferred to Guantánamo Bay and designated for trial before a special military tribunal.The Pentagon assigned a young military defense lawyer, Lieutenant Commander Charles
... Read more
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Lies the Government Told You

Myth, Power, and Deception in American History

by Andrew P. Napolitano ...

Narrated by Andrew Napolitano ...

Unabridged

11 hours 53 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYOU’VE BEEN LIED TO BY THE GOVERNMENTWe shrug off this fact as an unfortunate reality. America is the land of the free, after all. Does it really matter whether our politicians bend the truth here and there?When the truth is traded for lies, our freedoms are diminished and don’t return.In Lies the Government Told You, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano reveals how America’s... ... Read more

$29.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYOU’VE BEEN LIED TO BY THE GOVERNMENTWe shrug off this fact as an unfortunate reality. America is the land of the free, after all. Does it really matter whether our politicians bend the truth here and there?When the truth is traded for lies, our freedoms are diminished and don’t return.In Lies the Government Told You, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano reveals how America’s...
... Read more
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The Supermajority

How the Supreme Court Divided America

by Michael Waldman ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

11 hours 15 min

A “terrific, if chilling, account” (The Guardian) of how the Supreme Court’s new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction.In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021–2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy ... Read more

$26.99 USD

A “terrific, if chilling, account” (The Guardian) of how the Supreme Court’s new conservative supermajority is overturning decades of law and leading the country in a dangerous political direction.In The Supermajority, Michael Waldman explores the tumultuous 2021–2022 Supreme Court term. He draws deeply on history to examine other times the Court veered from the popular will, provoking controversy
... Read more
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Through the Gates of Hell

American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay

by Joshua Colangelo-Bryan ...

Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

An inspiring true story about an American attorney and his client confronting prejudice and persecution in a prison outside the law, as one fights for the other’s freedom, and the other fights for his life.“We’ll be watching,” the sergeant said, pointing at a video monitor inside Camp Echo’s guard booth. “For your protection.” In 2004, attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan arrived at Guantanamo Bay to ... Read more

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An inspiring true story about an American attorney and his client confronting prejudice and persecution in a prison outside the law, as one fights for the other’s freedom, and the other fights for his life.“We’ll be watching,” the sergeant said, pointing at a video monitor inside Camp Echo’s guard booth. “For your protection.” In 2004, attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan arrived at Guantanamo Bay to
... Read more
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A Liberdade de Expressão e a Justiça Brasileira

tolerância, discurso de ódio e democracia (Voz Sintética)

by Vitor Amaral Medrado ...

Narrated by Voz Sintética ...

Abridged

5 hours 32 min

Narrado por voz sintética. Fruto de tese de doutorado defendida no início de 2018, a 1 edição desta obra pretendeu aliar, de um lado, uma profunda reconstrução dos fundamentos históricos, filosóficos e jurídicos da liberdade de expressão e, de outro, a análise das principais decisões brasileiras sobre o assunto. De lá para cá, todavia, sobrevieram vários casos jurídicos dignos de nota, cujas ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Narrado por voz sintética. Fruto de tese de doutorado defendida no início de 2018, a 1 edição desta obra pretendeu aliar, de um lado, uma profunda reconstrução dos fundamentos históricos, filosóficos e jurídicos da liberdade de expressão e, de outro, a análise das principais decisões brasileiras sobre o assunto. De lá para cá, todavia, sobrevieram vários casos jurídicos dignos de nota, cujas
... Read more
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Guns across America

Reconciling Gun Rules and Rights

by Robert J. Spitzer ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed when the British were coming. They have had great success in conflating unfettered gun ownership with the Founding Fathers, the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In vast swathes of America, the sacredness of the Second Amendment has become a political third rail, never to be questioned. Gun rights supporters wear tri-cornered hats, wave the stars and stripes, and ask what would have happened if the revolutionaries had been unarmed when the British were coming. They have had great success in conflating unfettered gun ownership with the Founding Fathers, the
... Read more
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Democracy and Equality

The Enduring Constitutional Vision of the Warren Court

by Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Series series Inalienable Rights
Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren Court declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of ... Read more

$19.99 USD

From 1953 to 1969, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren brought about many of the proudest achievements of American constitutional law. The Warren Court declared racial segregation and laws forbidding interracial marriage to be unconstitutional; it expanded the right of citizens to criticize public officials; it held school prayer unconstitutional; and it ruled that people accused of
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The Oath

The Obama White House and The Supreme Court

by Jeffrey Toobin ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

12 hours 13 min

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obama's inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational.
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The Case Against the Supreme Court

by Erwin Chemerinsky ...

Narrated by Philip Hernandez ...

Unabridged

14 hours 11 min

Both historically and in the present, the Supreme Court has largely been a failureIn this devastating book, Erwin Chemerinsky—“one of the shining lights of legal academia” (The New York Times)—shows how, case by case, for over two centuries, the hallowed Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power than to stop them. Drawing on a wealth of rulings, some famous, others little ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Both historically and in the present, the Supreme Court has largely been a failureIn this devastating book, Erwin Chemerinsky—“one of the shining lights of legal academia” (The New York Times)—shows how, case by case, for over two centuries, the hallowed Court has been far more likely to uphold government abuses of power than to stop them. Drawing on a wealth of rulings, some famous, others little
... Read more
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The Digital Fourth Amendment

Privacy and Policing in Our Online World

by Orin Kerr ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

When can the government read your email or monitor your web surfing? When can the police search your phone or copy your computer files? In the United States, the answers come from the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and its ban on "unreasonable searches and seizures."The Digital Fourth Amendment takes the listener inside the legal world of how courts are interpreting the Fourth Amendment in ... Read more

$19.99 USD

When can the government read your email or monitor your web surfing? When can the police search your phone or copy your computer files? In the United States, the answers come from the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and its ban on "unreasonable searches and seizures."The Digital Fourth Amendment takes the listener inside the legal world of how courts are interpreting the Fourth Amendment in
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De geschiedenis van de grondwet

Een hoorcollege over constitutioneel denken, van de oudheid tot nu

by Wim Voermans ...

Narrated by Wim Voermans ...

Unabridged

2 hours

We leven in de eeuw van de grondwet. Bijna alle landen ter wereld hebben er tegenwoordig wel een. Een betrekkelijk recent fenomeen trouwens, want driekwart van al die grondwetten is van na 1975. En dat terwijl de wortels ervan net na de landbouwrevolutie liggen, meer dan tienduizend jaar geleden, toen nieuwe sociale organisatie- en leiderschapsvormen opkwamen en ook het recht ontstond als manier ... Read more

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We leven in de eeuw van de grondwet. Bijna alle landen ter wereld hebben er tegenwoordig wel een. Een betrekkelijk recent fenomeen trouwens, want driekwart van al die grondwetten is van na 1975. En dat terwijl de wortels ervan net na de landbouwrevolutie liggen, meer dan tienduizend jaar geleden, toen nieuwe sociale organisatie- en leiderschapsvormen opkwamen en ook het recht ontstond als manier
... Read more
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The Bill of Rights and Other 17 Amendments

by James Madison ...

Narrated by Deaver Brown ...

Series series American History
Unabridged

39 min

The Bill of Rights & 17 additional amendments and background speaks to the stability of the USA that has kept a relatively steady course throughout its history to be the longest standing government in the world. ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Bill of Rights & 17 additional amendments and background speaks to the stability of the USA that has kept a relatively steady course throughout its history to be the longest standing government in the world.
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