# What Prohibition Has Done to America

Author: Franklin, Fabian, 1853-1939

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17417

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=What+Prohibition+Has+Done+to+America+Franklin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE object of a Constitution like that of the United States is to establish certain fundamentals of government in such a way that they cannot be altered or destroyed by the mere will of a majority of the people, or by the ordinary processes of legislation. The framers of the Constitution saw the necessity of making a distinction between these fundamentals and the ordinary subjects of law-making, and accordingly they, and the people who gave their approval to the Constitution, deliberately arrogated to themselves the power to shackle future majorities in regard to the essentials of the system of government which they brought into being. They did this with a clear consciousness of the objec...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-prohibition-has-done-to-america-17417/chapters/5/index.md)