Fifteen books on why & how to preserve democracy

One title on Tertulia's list of "books that explain how we have arrived at a precarious state of democracy and what is to be done about it:"

The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Madiba K. Dennie

Blending scholarship with accessible analysis of Constitutional law, this book underscores the ambition of the Reconstruction Amendments, which were adopted in the wake of the Civil War and sought to build a democracy with equal membership for marginalized people. The author argues the law must serve to make that promise of democracy real in spirit, not in following the original interpretation of a bygone era.

Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 99 Test: The Originalism Trap.

--Marshal Zeringue