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The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In A Constitution of Many Minds, acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new way of interpreting the Constitution, one that respects the Constitution's text and history but also refuses to view the document as frozen in time. Exploring hot-button issues ranging from presidential power to same-sex relations to gun rights, Sunstein shows how the meaning of the Constitution is reestablished in every generation as new social commitments and ideas compel us to reassess our fundamental beliefs. He focuses on three approaches to the Constitution--traditionalism, which grounds the document's meaning in long-standing social practices, not necessarily in the views of the founding generation; populism, which insists that judges should respect contemporary public opinion; and cosmopolitanism, which looks at how foreign courts address constitutional questions, and which suggests that the meaning of the Constitution turns on what other nations do. Sunstein demonstrates that in all three contexts a "many minds" argument is at work--put simply, better decisions result when many points of view are considered. He makes sense of the intense debates surrounding these approaches, revealing their strengths and weaknesses, and sketches the contexts in which each provides a legitimate basis for interpreting the Constitution today. This book illuminates the underpinnings of constitutionalism itself, and shows that ours is indeed a Constitution, not of any particular generation, but of many minds.

Public law. Constitutional law --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- United States --- Constitutional law --- Interpretation and construction --- Constitutional law - United States --- Etats-Unis --- United States of America

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What is the purpose of a constitution? This book shows how a democratic constitution helps diverse people, with opposing ethical and religious commitments, to live together on terms of mutual respect.

Constitutional law --- Democracy --- Self-government --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Constitutions --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Interpretation and construction --- Public law. Constitutional law --- Political systems --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law. --- Democracy.

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Expression [Freedom of ] --- Free expression --- Freedom of expression --- Freedom of speech --- Liberty of expression --- Liberty of speech --- Liberté d'expression --- Meningsuiting [Vrijheid van ] --- Speech [Freedom of ] --- Vrijheid van meningsuiting --- Freedom of speech. --- United States

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Dissenters. --- Conformity. --- Dissidents --- Conformisme --- #SBIB:324H73 --- #SBIB:324H50 --- Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld --- Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) --- Conformity --- Dissenters --- Nonconformists --- Rebels (Social psychology) --- Conformism --- Nonconformism --- Nonconformity --- Social conformity --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Liberty --- Social influence --- Compliance --- Deviant behavior --- Individuality --- Influence (Psychology)