Author: Lane, Eric & Oreskes, Michael

The authors celebrate the document that has made our country the longest surviving democracy in history, and warn us that our system is at risk. They show how the Constitution's framers devised a system that takes human nature into account and how it weathered early attempts at political tyranny. A period of consensus (FDR through Johnson) and another of division (Reagan through the present) both demonstrate the Constitution's effectiveness. Finally, the authors challenge us to let this great document work as it was designed to. 224 pp. October.