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  • You Can't Teach That!

    The Battle over University Classrooms

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Who controls what is taught in American universities – professors or politicians?The answer is far from clear but suddenly urgent. Unprecedented efforts are now underway to restrict what ideas can be promoted and discussed in university classrooms. Professors at public universities have long assumed that their freedom to teach is unassailable and that there were firm constitutional protections ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • The Impeachment Power

    The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    An essential primer on impeachment for today’s divided public squareWe are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common. In today’s partisan environment, it is more vital than ever that government officials, scholars, and ordinary citizens understand what an impeachment can reasonably be expected to accomplish. In this incisive and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Repugnant Laws

    Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Series series Constitutional Thinking
    Winner: Thomas M. Cooley Book PrizeChoice Outstanding Academic TitleWhen the Supreme Court strikes down favored legislation, politicians cry judicial activism. When the law is one politicians oppose, the court is heroically righting a wrong. In our polarized moment of partisan fervor, the Supreme Court’s routine work of judicial review is increasingly viewed through a political lens, decried by ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

    Edited by Keith E. Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, Gregory A. Caldeira ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy

    The Presidency, the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Leadership in U.S. History

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Court's justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Speak Freely

    Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Series series New Forum Books
    Why colleges and universities live or die by free speechFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, as critics on and off campus challenge the value of freewheeling debate. In Speak Freely, Keith Whittington argues that universities must protect and encourage vigorous free speech because it goes to the heart of their mission to foster freedom of thought, ideological diversity, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    The Impeachment Power

    The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Narrated by Mike Lenz ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 3 min

    We are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common. In today's partisan environment, it is more vital than ever that government officials, scholars, and ordinary citizens understand what an impeachment can reasonably be expected to accomplish. In this incisive and accessible book, Keith Whittington provides needed clarity on the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Feminist Promise

    1792 to the Present

    by Christine Stansell ...
    “A unique, elegant, learned sweep through more than two centuries of women’s efforts to overcome the most fundamental way that human beings have been wrongly divided into the leaders and the led. It’s full of surprises from the past and guiding lights for the future.”—Gloria SteinemFor more than two centuries, the ranks of feminists have included dreamy idealists and conscientious reformers, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Shadow University

    The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses

    by Alan Charles Kors, Harvey Silverglate ...
    Universities once believed themselves to be sacred enclaves, where students and professors could debate the issues of the day and arrive at a better understanding of the human condition. Today, sadly, this ideal of the university is being quietly betrayed from within. Universities still set themselves apart from American society, but now they do so by enforcing their own politically correct ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Why Marriage

    The History Shaping Today's Debate Over Gay Equality

    by George Chauncey ...
    Angry debate over gay marriage has divided the nation as no other issue since the Vietnam War. Why has marriage suddenly emerged as the most explosive issue in the gay struggle for equality? At times it seems to have come out of nowhere-but in fact it has a history. George Chauncey offers an electrifying analysis of the history of the shifting attitudes of heterosexual Americans toward gay people, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Pledging Allegiance

    The Politics of Patriotism in American's Schools

    Edited by Joel Westheimer ...
    Series series Teaching for Social Justice Series
    What does it mean to be “patriotic” in the United States after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? And how have the prevailing notions of patriotism—loudly trumpeted in the American media—affected education in American schools? In this spirited book, renowned educational leaders and classroom practitioners answer these questions with insights, opinions, and hard facts. They focus on ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

    by Ben Shapiro ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it's taken us 250 years to build—and they'll start by canceling our shared history, ideals, and culture.Traditional areas of civic agreement are vanishing. We can't agree on what makes America special. We can't even agree that America is special. We're coming to the point that we can't even agree what the word America ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook