The Dirty Dozen (book)

The Dirty Dozen (book)

The Dirty Dozen is a Cato Institute book, written by Robert A. Levy and William Mellor and released in May 2008, about twelve U.S. Supreme Court decisions that were viewed as greatly undermining individual freedom by expanding the power of government. [http://www.acslaw.org/node/6807] The decisions mentioned are Wickard v. Filburn, Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell, Whitman v. American Trucking Association, Inc., McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, United States v. Miller, Korematsu v. United States, Bennis v. Michigan, Kelo v. City of New London, Penn Central Transport Co. v. New York, United States v. Caroline Products, and Gutter v. Bollinger. [http://www.minnpost.com/craigwestover/2008/05/27/1967/how_the_dirty_dozen_changed_our_lives] The book was the subject of many reviews and much press.

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