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1 online resource (video file (54 min.)) : sound, color |
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Filmakers Library online |
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Filmakers Library online
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| Summary |
Original Intent is the judicial philosophy promoted by President George W. Bush and Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Originalists believe the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted in the way the Founding Fathers understood it in 1789 -- an era when only white men were allowed to vote and slavery was legal. Others believe the Constitution was crafted in broad, open-ended language and that its meaning evolves over time. Original Intent: The Battle for America argues that the far right is using originalism as a cover to advance a radically conservative political agenda. With the appointments of Justices Roberts and Alito, the balance of the Supreme Court shifted dramatically to the right. Many laws that are considered fundamental rights can be overturned, particularly laws that protect civil rights, voting rights, affirmative action, reproductive rights, privacy, and sexual freedom. The film contains interviews with: Robert Bork, Supreme Court nominee; Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Irvine Law School; Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School; Edwin Meese, Attorney General, Reagan Administration; Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY); Prof. Nadine Strassen, NY Law School and President, ACLU; and Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, National Public Radio. An essential film for courses in political science, government, constitutional law and American studies |
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Originally released as DVD |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011) |
| Audience |
For College; Adult audiences |
| Notes |
English |
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Best Feature Documentary, Harlem International Film Festival, 2007 |
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Best Feature Film, Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2007 |
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Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2007 |
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Kansas International Film Festival, 2007 |
| Subject |
United States. Constitution
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| SUBJECT |
Constitution (United States) fast |
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Constitutional law -- United States -- Philosophy
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Judicial power -- United States
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Judicial review -- United States
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Constitutional law -- Philosophy
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Judicial power
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Judicial review
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United States
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Documentary
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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Nonfiction films
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Sherin, Anthony, director.
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Bork, Robert, interviewee (expression)
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, interviewee (expression)
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Dershowitz, Alan M., interviewee (expression)
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Meese, Edwin, interviewee (expression)
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Simpson, Alan K., interviewee (expression)
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Strassen, Nadine, interviewee (expression)
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Totenberg, Nina, interviewee (expression)
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