Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution

By John Paul Stevens

Categories: Law, Politics & Social Sciences

Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution (2014) is a book by retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens proposes six constitutional amendments on issues including gerrymandering, campaign finance, the death penalty, gun control and sovereign immunity. Drawing on his decades on the Court, he explains how each change would reverse rulings he considered wrong and why amending the text itself is needed.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “This week's book of the week is John Paul Stevens, "Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution." After a lifetime on the Supreme Court, this middle-of-the-road justice has proposed six simple and elegant ways to solve some of the stickiest problems in America. Whether you agree with all or not, this brilliant, brief book will make you think at length.”