The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to Follow the Original Meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America\'s foundational document? A.
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Jacobs provides an entertaining yet illuminating look into how this storied document fits into our democracy today..
As politicians and Supreme Court Justices wage a high-stakes battle over how literally we should interpret the Constitution, A.
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Now more than ever, Americans need to understand the Meaning and value of the Constitution.
But also discovers the progress we\'ve made since 1789 when married women couldn\'t own property.
He relishes, for instance, the slow thinking of the era, free from social media alerts.
Much like he did with the Bible in The Year of Living Biblically, Jacobs provides a crash course on our Constitution as he experiences the benefits and perils of Living like it\'s the 1790s.
Jacobs dives deep into originalism and Living constitutionalism, the two rival ways of interpreting the document.
The book blends unforgettable adventures--delivering a handwritten petition to Congress, applying for a Letter of Marque to become a legal pirate for the government, and battling redcoats as part of a Revolutionary War reenactment group--with dozens of interviews from constitutional experts from both sides.
He turns his home into a traditional 1790s household by lighting candles instead of using electricity, boiling mutton, and--because women were not allowed to sign contracts-- feebly attempting to take over his wife\'s day job, which involves a lot of contract negotiations.
He consents to quartering a soldier, as is his Third Amendment right.
He asserts his right to free speech by writing his opinions on parchment with a quill and handing them out to strangers in Times Square.
Jacobs tries to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by Living as closely as possible to the Original Meaning of the Constitution.
In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.
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In the wake of several controversial rulings by the Supreme Court and the on-going debate about how the Constitution should be interpreted, Jacobs set out to understand what it means to live by the Constitution.
Jacobs learned the hard way that donning a tricorne hat and marching around Manhattan with a 1700s musket will earn you a lot of strange looks.
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to Follow the Original Meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America\'s foundational document? A.
J
