Randy E. Barnett

A Federalist Notable Book "An important contribution to our understanding of the 14th Amendment." - Wall Street Journal "By any standard an important contribution…A must-read." - National Review "The most detailed legal history to date of the constitutional amendment that changed American law more than any before or since…The corpus of legal scholarship is richer for it." - Washington Examiner...

The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring the Lost Constitution, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original Constitution and its amendments to eliminate the parts that protect liberty...