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The Cult of the Constitution

Mary Anne Franks

In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism.

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was presented as a recent book emphasizing how constitutional rights are fetishized and urging a more purposive view of the Constitution.

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The third book, I'd say, is a more recent book by Mary Ann Frank called The Cult of the Constitution, which emphasizes ways in which we tend to fetishize certain kinds of constitutional rights instead...

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It was presented as a recent book emphasizing how constitutional rights are fetishized and urging a more purposive view of the Constitution.

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The third book, I'd say, is a more recent book by Mary Ann Frank called The Cult of the Constitution, which emphasizes ways in which we tend to fetishize certain kinds of constitutional rights instead of stepping back and thinking more purposively about what the Constitution is really for.

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