The Constitution in 2020is a powerful blueprint for implementing a more progressive vision of constitutional law in the years ahead. Edited by two of America's leading constitutional scholars, the book provides a new framework for addressing the most important constitutional issues of the future in clear, accessible language. Featuring some of America's finest legal minds--Cass Sunstein, Bruce Ackerman, Robert Post, Harold Koh, Larry Kramer, Noah Feldman, Pam Karlan, William Eskridge, Mark Tushnet, Yochai Benkler and Richard Ford, among others--the book tackles a wide range of issues, including the challenge of new technologies, presidential power, international human rights, religious liberty, freedom of speech, voting, reproductive rights, and economic rights.The Constitution in 2020calls on liberals to articulate their constitutional vision in a way that can command the confidence of ordinary Americans.
I. Introduction Preface and Acknowledgements 1. The Constitution in 2020,Jack M. Balkin and Reva B. Siegel II. Interpreting Our Constitution 2. Fidelity to Text and Principle,Jack M. Balkin 3. Democratic Constitutionalism,Robert Post and Reva B. Siegel III. Social Rights and Legislative Constitutionalism 4. The Minimalist Constitution,Cass R. Sunstein 5. Economic Power and the Constitution,Frank Michelman 6. Social and Economic Rights in the American Grain,William Forbath 7. State Action in 2020,Mark Tushnet 8. The Missing Jurisprudence of Legislated Constitutionalism,Robin West 9. Remembering How To Do Equality,Jack M. Balkin and Reva B. Siegel IV. Citizenship and Community 10. The Citizenship Agenda,Bruce Ackerman 11. National Citizenship and the Promise of Educational Opportunity,Goodwin Liu 12. Terms of Belonging,Rachellã)