This was just great. I have followed Elie for years and I just knew I would love this book. As he says in the beginning, this isn't a book of legalese, this is a book of things you can tell those people in your life who like to throw around the constitution as why they can do a variety of horrible things. Our constitution has been misconstrued and misinterpreted for a very long time. Even worse, it has been waved in the air to rationalize bad behavior. This quote is a great peek at the approach Elie takes to evaluating each piece of the Constitution, especially the amendments:

"The other difference one will notice about this book is that I treat the law as an argument. People are told that the law is an "objective" thing, almost like it's a form of physics. But it's not: the law is a collection of subjective decisions we have made over the years to protect people and activities we like, and to punish people and activities we don't like."

I am ignorant when it comes to the in and outs of law. This book was an education for me in more way than one, but it was never dry or dull.

I appreciate the author's candor and personality he injected into the writing.

Overall it's frustrating to see just how much the constitution (or laws in general) can be manipulated so easily.