Locke, Jefferson, and the Justices: Foundations and Failures of the US Government

Arguing that there is an unbroken political-philosophical line running through John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and Newt Gingrich, the author explores how some of Locke's ideas have showed up in different forms throughout American history. In a rather scattershot manner, he touches upon how some of these ideas have been treated in the courts, bemoaning what he sees as the extinguishing of Lockean ideals. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR