Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' Republicanism Reconsidered

By Anthony A. Peacock

This provocative and incisive critique unpacks the fraught legacy of the Voting Rights Act, examining voting rights, the Supreme Court, multiculturalism, group versus individual rights, and constitutional interpretation, as Anthony Peacock challenges readers to reconsider whether modern jurisprudence has strayed from the Founders' vision of individual liberty and representative democracy, an essential read for anyone invested in the future of American self-government.

Peacock contends that the VRA, as it is currently implemented, undermines the Founders' vision of government by emphasizing racial and ethnic group rights over individual rights.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844742635
• ISBN13: 9780844742632
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"