Mark Levin: Men In Black

Mark R. Levin is a brilliant attorney, an author and the host of American syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show. He also held several posts in the Reagan Administration.

He is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation, has authored bestselling books and contributes commentary to various media outlets such as National Review Online where he is a currently credited author.

This is Levin's first book, written in 2005, and is subtitled: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America.  Levin advanced his thesis that activist judges on the Supreme Court (from all parts of the political spectrum) have "legislated from the bench."

Men in Black is a forceful indictment of what Levin identifies as an increasingly 'activist' court for amending our national Constitution in the guise of construing it.

Levin, accuses the Supreme Court of corrupting the ideals of America's founding fathers. The court, Levin explains, has pursued an ideology-based activist agenda that oversteps its authority within the government. Levin examines several decisions in the court's history to illustrate his point, beginning with the landmark Marbury v. Madison case, wherein the court granted itself the power to declare acts of the other branches of government unconstitutional.

He devotes later chapters to other key cases culminating in modern issues such as same-sex marriage and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill.

Like effective attorneys do, Levin packs in copious research material and delivers his points with tremendous vigor, excoriating the justices for instances where he feels strict constitutional constructivism gave way to biased interpretation.

This is a powerful well written book that makes a strong case for judicial restraint, and a return to strict constructivism rather than allowing judges to legislate from the bench.

Another highly recommended book from The Conservative Review.

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