By Jay Wexler
An leading edge, insightful, frequently funny examine the Constitution’’s lesser-known clauses, providing a clean point of view at the document’s relevance today
For numerous purposes, the various Constitution’s extra imprecise passages by no means make it to any court docket and hence by no means make headlines or maybe legislation college school rooms, which educate from judicial judgements. during this appealing and witty publication, Jay Wexler attracts on his large expert and academic backgrounds in constitutional legislation to illustrate how those “odd clauses” have superb relevance to our lives, our government’s constitution, and the integrity of our democracy.
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“I love this booklet. it truly is, think it or now not, an totally exciting constitutional legislations booklet. i'm blown away by means of Wexler's comedic talents and his skill to make the customarily dry material so humorous and readable.”—Gary Gulman, Finalist, final comedian status and visitor, past due evening With David Letterman and The this night Show
“In Holy Hullabaloos, Jay Wexler took us alongside on what he referred to as a "road trip" to a couple of an important areas attached to the 1st Amendment's faith clauses. This time, within the bizarre Clauses, Wexler exits off the street to take us on a journey of a few again roads of constitutional legislations: locations students and the general public seldom stopover at just like the invoice of Attainder Clause or the 3rd modification (which prohibits quartering of troops in deepest homes in the course of peacetime, should you didn't know.) the result's magical: you'll have a lot enjoyable analyzing approximately those unsung constitutional provisions that you just won't observe until eventually the journey is over how a lot you've learned.”— Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public curiosity Law
“The publication offers a clean vantage element from which to contemplate the Constitution.”—Choice Magazine
“Professor Wexler dispenses his services at the structure with a mild contact, supplying many lasting insights and some abdominal laughs alongside the best way. What a satisfaction to find that our founding record is not just exceptional, yet brilliantly weird.”—Ben H. Winters, writer of feel and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
“A know-it-all's treasure trove, a cupboard of constitutional curiosities, The strange Clauses touches down on NASA, Ellis Island, even Saturday evening stay. Jay Wexler is brilliantly snarky, erudite and comedic.”—Julianna Baggott, writer of woman speak and Pure
“The maniacs who run the trendy American political technique appear made up our minds to lessen our structure to a electoral fetish item. Thank God, then, that we've got Jay Wexler, whose clever and humorous treatise reminds us that the structure is, just like the males who drafted it, terrific yet imperfect. I realized extra studying this e-book than in my complete university occupation. This isn't asserting a lot given my collage profession, I detect. yet I now plan to wait legislations university. It's that good.”—Steve Almond, writer of Candyfreak and God Bless the US
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Finchè c’è vita, ogni singolo viva secondo una decisione sua, di essere quello che si è: ecco l’esistenza. Con l’Abbagnano pare che l’Esistenzialismo trascendentale abbia esaurito tutte le sue virtualità e sia stata detta l’ultima parola. Diamo un breve sguardo retrospettivo. L’Esistenzialismo, filosofia della crisi suscitata dalla negazione idealista del «singolo», è stato sospinto di crisi in crisi. Per Kierkegaard il «singolo» non si salva che rifugiandosi in Dio nell’atto di fede; l’essere decaduto è il Cristianesimo ufficiale che ha livellato ogni valore religioso; il problema fondamentale è quello di chiedersi: «Come si fa a diventare ancora cristiani»?
Pertanto l’esistenza davanti alla morte è come davanti al limite necessario del suo compimento possibile. Ricordandosi qui senza dubbio di Tristano ed Isotta, J. rileva il valore di liberazione che si può attaccare alla «morte di amore» (Liebestod), ma per ricordare subito che il compimento non esclude l’impotenza a sopportare il peso della vita, l’odio di sè, una certa confusione dell’angoscia e della voluttà. La morte non può avere profondità che a condizione di non essere un’evasione (con|danna del suicidio).
E non è possibile che mi tocchi morire. Sarebbe troppo orribile»13. Proprio così, l’uomo rifugge dal guardare in faccia il suo destino il quale tuttavia è inevitabile. Nella vita quotidiana la «possibilità di supplire» (Vertretbarkeit) è per tante cose un’evenienza ordinaria, un fatto di cronaca; ma essa non ha luogo per la «morte» la quale si costituisce per il carattere di essere «mia» (je - meinige) – essa è il «fenomeno» esistenziale per eccellenza, è il «debito» (Schuld) dell’esistente. La «Sorge» adunque,| quand’è approfondita, si rivela come un «essere per il niente» che è un essere per la morte»; ed è propriamente il compito dell’Angoscia di svelare la possibilità della morte e di elevare l’esistenza alla sua schietta autenticità che è la «verità»: la «verità dell’esistenza» è la «non - dissimulazione» della morte.