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A must read!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2016

I'm not a scholar or brilliant mind but love America and all she stands for.... well all she originally stood for... even having been originally organized by flawed man, our country was well planned but we've drifted... perhaps flowed... or maybe even have been swept away from her original intent, America is the greatest democratic republic man has know... this book is well written and thought out... don't agree totally with all Mark says but that's why we have discourse.... we've got to get back to the Constitution and stop despotic political behavior... mankind (all inclusive!!! Not just other people but myself included) are fallen creatures and MUST have boundaries or we crush those around us expecially those who differ... the Constitution set up basic limited government and when one side is championed for runing out of control then that side looses power to another "my way or the highway" type mentality (as has happened recently) it becomes all the more evident that limits must be in place and enforced... gee what a brilliant idea!!!!! Great ideas in these pages... not new just a great reminder to those of us who seem to have forgotten our country's roots...

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Ken Deshaies

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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2018

My first red flag was in the author's first chapter, when he used significant space to rant against President Obama's use of executive orders to move forward things that his intransigent Congress was unwilling to tackle (take immigration reform, for example). With no mention of the fact that President Bush before him used far more EOs. I then took a look at his list of proposed Amendments to the Constitution. While there are ones I could support, like term limits for federal and Supreme Court justices, his takes on limiting taxes and reverting to state's rights started ringing familiar. So, I looked him up. First, he is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, which is a conservative think tank which, according to SourceWatch, an "important part of its strategy is filing complaints with government agencies on various issues." Another important strategy is "defunding the Left", it supports school vouchers, and it went after Wisconsin judges who signed on to a recall petition against the State's governor, Scott Walker. And according to Wikipedia, the organization nominated Rush Limbaugh for the Nobel Prize.

That ought to be enough to alert you to the extreme bias of this author. I am sorry I bought this book. Should have done my research beforehand.

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Edward T Colligan

Some good points, but...

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2017

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The overall intent of this book is strong, but some of the remedies are weak. It is interesting that the author is supposedly interested in limited government, but his solution is a huge pile of amendments. Great progress could be made with 3 or 4 much simpler amendments which would be easier for the people to understand and get behind.

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Tony

I was left with a craving for... the how.

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2014

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Something is missing here.

Our founding fathers had a encyclopedic knowledge of government and the effects of each type of government on the freedom of people and the longevity of those governments. As an engineer-like person I can only recognize the genius of their system they designed; allow government to do this and you get that and, given these causes and effects, this design will prevent those effects and guarantee the natural rights of the governed. I am not convinced there is the conceptual framework in these the liberty amendments that match the level of genius found in our founding fathers... close but they lack a coherence found in our founder's work.

That said, few of our intellectuals on the right go back to the types of arguments our founders used, Mark Levin's is closer to the mark than many others but... it still misses the mark!. One might say he fails to argue at the levels of the basics found in our founder's writings.

I think that this book is a necessary contribution to the restoration of personal freedoms as a driving force in our country but... it is only a small part of the changes that are necessary. The changes that the constitutionalists and seekers of freedom think are necessary are yet to be fully articulated. The people of this country, of this world, need to find a path towards that great rectification our country, and this world, needs to restore personal freedoms to what our founders envisioned and that they designed into our republican form of government.

This is a GOOD book! But, I think it is only a part of the contributions required by our current thinkers needed with to begin that great rectification our country needs to go back to the basics our founders put into place.

I am still waiting for the start of that process, this book seems to be preparatory for, rather than be, sufficient to the restoration of freedom in this country. I am still waiting.

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MaryM

Gave as a gift.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020

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Gave as a gift. I didn't read it.

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Mike Dollfus

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2018

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Mark Levin is a hard read for me. Too dry

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Michael Finch

A needed topic, perhaps too quickly written

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014

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This topic is the most important in modern politics of the topics that are never discussed. The author does a fairly good job pulling from different parts of history to show that the structure of the Constitution is what determines so many political outcomes, and the balances of power between departments is essential to prevent abuses of power. Where the book falters, in my opinion, is in some of the rash conclusions and amendments proposed. Some are quite good, and although not particularly original, the author does a good job summarizing the reasons given for them.
Some however are quite radical and the author gives only the reasons why he wants the amendment, but does not explain the effects that the amendment might have. For instance, he does a good job arguing why the 17th Amendment should be repealed to restore a check upon the national government and bolster Federalism. But he does not give a good argument for what effects term limits would have, or a legislative veto on the Supreme Court. This is somewhat troubling, considering that the 17th amendment passed because people saw that it would solve one problem, but didn't consider how many other problems it might cause. It would be quite embarrassing if the same thing were to happen with some of these proposals.

In sum, a good starting point and some good ideas, but I would find myself opposing some of these were I a delegate in Mr. Levin's constitutional convention.

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Allen

THINK ABOUT THIS ONE BEFORE YOU GET TOO EXCITED!

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2016

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The idea is interesting but to go after constitutional changes is not without considerable risk not only to the views expressed but to the original document liberties.

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