Absolutism redux.(The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever)(Book Review) From: National Review | Date: December 13, 2004| Author: Palmer, Tom G. | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever, by Cass Sunstein (Basic, 282 pp., $25)

YOU owe your life--and everything else--to the sovereign. The rights of subjects are not natural rights, but merely grants from the sovereign. There is no right even to complain about the actions of the sovereign, except insofar as the sovereign allows the subject to complain. These are the principles of unlimited, arbitrary, and absolute power...