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"The Constitution of the United States: An Introduction" by Floyd C. It is true that a progressive-minded person wrote the book. Instead, it is very simply written - definitely not for Ivy League students. All that said, however, I thought it was very understandable and informative for the $3.35 I paid.
Yet, they made the reader actively participate rather than just read. (Rush Limbaugh would disagree politically). (Most interpretative works are not truly objective). Conclusion:I recommend this book for someone who knows little about the U.S. The blanks (for fill in) and the questions at the end were also informative, albeit elementary. Cullop is not a complicated study of the United States Constitution.
However, I did not find the work too biased to the left. Constitution and wants to learn more yet does not have the money to purchase an expensive DVD series, take a college class, or purchase a comprehensive college textbook. The grammar is not very good, comma usage is excessive, and passive voice is very common. While I have read much more complicated Constitutional books, this book seems nearly perfect for a high school student who begins his or her study knowing very little about the Constitution.
At least it has a copy of the actual document in the back half of the book.My "Revised and Updated Edition" was last revised two presidential terms ago and we have raised salaries for the states government jobs and the new Cabinet position of Secretary for Homeland Security are not in the book. The Only reason why I bought the book was it was required reading for a teacher test that is given by a government school system and I need to take the test for a credential. The latter has somewhat "juggled" the succession for president and that should be noted as well.My suggestion.skip this book unless required by a class and even then, suggest a different title. I was less than impressed with this "analysis" of our Constitution. This guy was a junior high school teacher and he must have started the "dumbing down" of our American society.
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Everyone in the US should read it. This booklet helps explain our founding documents.
A. The parenthetical definitions of even the most simple terms are so frequent that the book is often difficult to read: "Congress has the power to enforce this article by appropriate (necessary) legislation (laws)." Most readers aside from small children can probably do without "tyranny" being defined as "unusually harsh rule."Mr. Mr. No, they were GIVEN THIS RIGHT [emphasis added] by Amendment 19 in 1920."If this irresponsible analysis of the US Constitution was written for children, it should be marketed as such. He repeats this interpretation at least two times in the test portions of the book without offering any dissent. Buy it only if the price is 50% off.
In the first 60 pages, the left-leaning declarations are so bizarre, it is hard to consider this book a serious work. Cullop either lacks understanding of the basic concepts of the Constitution, or he makes very unfortunate choices in language: "Q: Have women always had the right to vote in the United States. That's because the first half of the work is a poorly written interpretation of our nation's most sacred document. Interestingly, the author's aversion to gun rights collides with his need to define all but basic words: ".may keep and bear (own) arms (weapons)." Hopefully, most readers know that "bear" in fact means to carry, not own. And if so, impressionable young readers should be especially discouraged from reading it. Thankfully, the actual Constitution is provided in the second half.
Cullop claims that the 16th Amendment allows for economic redistribution through Federal income tax, "The higher the earnings, the higher the percentage collected from them." This concept comes from the author, not the 16th Amendment.Cullop also settles the controversial 2nd Amendment by declaring that the people have gun rights only as they apply to the militia.
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