'Professor Sloss's proposal for a new constitutional revolution is most intriguing in its suggestion that we can get the best of the worlds of constitutionalism and democracy by using expansive exercises of national power and international human rights law (override-able by subsequent national legislation) to protect individual rights from legislative and executive abuses.' Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Emeritus, Harvard Law School 'In an erudite and deeply researched book, David Sloss has blended empirical evidence, legal analysis, and democratic theory to mount a radical and welcome challenge to the rigid orthodoxies of American constitutional law. This is a terrific and much needed effort to reframe debates that are at risk of becoming stale or irrelevant.' Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago 'David Sloss has given us a carefully documented but highly readable roadmap to counter the rise of autocratic abuse of our Constitution. As he says, it is time to respond with legitimate 'constitutional hardball'.' Russell Feingold, past President of the American Constitution Society and former U.S. Senator
