Author Jill Lepore will discuss he
r latest book\, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
.
Each ticket ($35 +fees) includes a seat at the autho
r&rsquo\;s talk\, a copy of We the People\, and
a donation to the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation. \; \;
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About the author:
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Jill Lepore \;is the David Woods Kemper &rsquo\;41
Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law
at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at \;The New Yorker.
\;Her many books include the international bestseller\, \;These T
ruths: A History of the United States.
The U.S.
Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world&mdash\;and one
of the most difficult to amend. At what cost? In We the Peopl
e\, Harvard professor of history and law Jill Lepore argues
that the philosophy of amendment is foundational to American constitutiona
lism. Challenging both originalism and the Supreme Court&rsquo\;s monopoly
on constitutional interpretation\, Lepore argues that the framers never i
ntended for the Constitution to be kept\, like a butterfly\, under glass\,
but instead expected that future generations would be forever tinkering w
ith it\, improving the machinery of government. \;At the 250th \;a
nniversary of the nation&rsquo\;s founding and in an account as radical as
Charles Beard&rsquo\;s \;An Economic Interpretation of the United Sta
tes\, Lepore offers a sweeping\, lyrical\, and democratic constitutional h
istory\, telling the stories of generations of Americans who have attempte
d everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environ
mental rights\, hoping to mend America by amending its Constitution.
FAQs
< em>Additional books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac&rsquo\; s Backs &ndash\; Books on Coventry.
\nFor questions ab out accessibility or to request accommodations for individuals with hearin g\, visual or mobility impairments\, please email \;events@cuyahogalibrary.org.
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\, please contact events@cuyah
ogalibrary.org to claim the book(s) included with your ticket purchase
and schedule pick up from the CCPL branch of your choice. Books not claim
ed within 7 days of the event will be donated to the Library.
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