Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis by Gadson, Marcus Alexander
Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis by Gadson, Marcus Alexander

Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis

How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in...
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Author: Marcus Alexander Gadson
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Language: English
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Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis by Gadson, Marcus Alexander

Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis

$131.14
Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis by Gadson, Marcus Alexander

Sedition: How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis

$131.14
Author: Marcus Alexander Gadson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history

Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them.

Sedition takes readers through six instances of constitutional crisis: The Buckshot War, Dorr's Rebellion, Bleeding Kansas, the Brooks-Baxter War, a successful terrorist campaign to overthrow South Carolina's government during Reconstruction, and the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. He chronicles these turbulent periods of violent anti-government conflict on the state level, explaining what it was like to experience coup d'?tats, rival governments fighting in the streets, and disputed elections that gave way to violence. As he addresses constitutional breakdown, Gadson urges Americans to pay increased attention to the risk of constitutional instability in their home states. His sweeping historical analysis provides new insights on the fight to protect democracy today.

As Americans mobilize to prevent future crises, Sedition reminds us that our constitutional order can fail, that democratic collapse is possible, and offers us advice on how to save our constitutional system.

Author: Marcus Alexander Gadson
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 05/13/2025
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781479828883


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2025

About the Author
Marcus Alexander Gadson is Assistant Professor of Law at Campbell University and the author of articles published in places such as the UCLA Law Review and the Georgetown Law Journal.
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