• The Naked Constitution:
 • Makes the case for “originalism”—the quest to understand what the Constitution meant when it was written—in clear, accessible language.
 • Presents the originalist perspective on the major controversies headed to the Supreme Court over the next two years, such as healthcare, immigration, and gay marriage.
 • Offers insight into the perennial issues at the center of our national political debate, including states’ rights, judicial activism, and presidential powers.
 • Exposes the tactics used by elite judges, politicians, and academics to distort the real meaning of the Constitution.
 • Proposes a new Constitutional Convention to restore the spirit of the original Constitution—an idea that is gaining support from both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements
 
• Adam Freedman, a popular podcaster and writer, brings an unexpected dose of good humor and common sense to thorny issues of constitutional law. With solid scholarship—his commentary has been cited in briefs opposing Obama’s health care mandate and in law review articles—Freedman conducts a guided tour of constitutional law.

In The Naked Constitution, conservative legal scholar Adam Freedman defends originalism as the only way to restore the Founding Fathers’ vision of American liberty.  Freedman argues that the fashionable “Living Constitution” theory has been used by judges and politicians since the Progressive era of the early 1900s to centralize power in Washington and threaten individual freedom. From FDR’s New Deal to the Warren Court’s invention of phony rights to Obama’s national healthcare mandate, America’s elites have come to regard the Constitution as a mere decorative parchment to be kept under glass at the National Archives.

The Naked Constitution explains the fundamental themes animating America’s founding charter: limited government, federalism, separation-of-powers, and individual liberty. Freedman explores the nature of each of the three branches of government as well as the key individual rights enshrined in the Constitution to show how original meaning can help answer the most pressing questions facing America today: Is Obamacare constitutional? Can the president invade another country without the approval of Congress? Can he assassinate or spy on American citizens in the name of fighting terrorism? Do corporations have the same “free speech” rights as individuals?  Can the federal government coerce states to adopt particular policies? Ultimately, he calls for a new Constitutional Convention that will free the nation from capricious courts and idiosyncratic judges and limit the growth of government for decades to come.