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Engines of Liberty

Engines of Liberty

The Power of Citizen Activists to Make Constitutional Law

The premise is covered pretty well in the first third (on the movement for same-sex marriage) and the rest can be safely skimmed or skipped. The idea that citizen activists and groups lay the groundwork for SCOTUS decisions through local, state, and federal activism is intriguing and worth remembering, but ultimately this would have worked better if it were about half as long.

March 19, 2017