TIME The Constitution: Does It Still Matter?

About this book

Americans have debated the Constitution since the day it was signed, but seldom have so many disagreed so fiercely about so much. People on the right and left constantly ask what the framers would say about some event happening today. In an unabridged version of TIME’s cover story, managing editor Richard Stengel explores the debate over what the constitutions says about four current Libya, Obamacare, the debt ceiling and immigration. exclusive interviews with America’s top legal scholars.