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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: "The Year of Living Constitutionally" b
 y A.J. Jacobs
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DTSTAMP:20260421T110900Z
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LOCATION:Cliff View Branch, 10 Cliff View Dr, Wentzville, MO 63385, United
  States
ROOM: Community Room
DESCRIPTION:"In The Year of Living Constitutionally , A.J. Jacobs tri
 es to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as
  possible to the original meaning of the Constitution. He exercises his Se
 cond Amendment rights by marching around Manhattan with a colonial musket.
  He asserts his right to free speech by writing his opinions on parchment 
 and handing them out in Times Square. He turns his home into a traditional
  1790s household by lighting candles, boiling mutton, and—because women 
 were not allowed to sign contracts—taking over the household finances fr
 om his much more business-savvy wife.The book blends unforgettable adventu
 res—traveling to the Capitol to personally deliver a list of grievances 
 to Congress, consenting to quarter soldiers in his apartment, and battling
  Redcoats as part of a Revolutionary War reenactment group--with dozens of
  interviews from constitutional experts from both sides of the debate. Muc
 h like he did with the Bible in The Year of Living Biblically , Jacobs pro
 vides a crash course on our Constitution as he experiences the benefits an
 d perils of living like it’s the 1790s. In the process, he showcases the
  potentially dangerous effects originalism has on our democracy as well as
  the progress we’ve made since the time of its writing in 1789, when, fo
 r instance, life expectancy was forty-five years and married women couldnâ
 €™t own property."
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