“Unraveled” – Early Reviews & Ready for Pre-Order

August 1st, 2016

My second book, “Unraveled: Obamacare, Religious Liberty, and Executive Power,” is now available for pre-order from Amazon. Cambridge is scheduled to publish it on September 27, so please ignore the October 31 publication date. Also, Amazon has a pre-order price guarantee, so when the price drops below $29.99 prior to the release date (it will), you will only be billed the lowest amount.

I am happy to provide some of the early reviews of the book from George Will, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael McConnell, Nick Bagley, and Ramesh Ponnuru:

“Obamacare has remarkably, if perversely, made American political discourse more interesting. It has stimulated braided debates about the proper scope and actual competence of government, about the role of the judiciary in supervising democratic processes, and about how religious liberty becomes a casualty of ‘comprehensive’ social legislation enlarging the entitlement state. Josh Blackman, who has been immersed in all this as a scholar and participant, gives readers an invaluable inside tour of an ongoing controversy.”
George F. Will, newspaper columnist and political commentator

“Josh Blackman has written a thorough and engaging account of the political and legal issues surrounding Obamacare. This book is a must-read for all who are interested in the history of the Obama presidency and especially of its most important legislative accomplishment. Blackman presents the conservative perspective but he is even-handed, and all, including those (like me) who disagree with him, will learn a great deal from reading this book.”
Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine School of Law

“Health care involves some of the most personal and – to many people – sacred and spiritually significant issues of life and death. So it is no surprise that an attempt by government to standardize health care coverage for all Americans would raise a host of issues of conscience, choice, and conviction. Josh Blackman’s new book Unraveled chronicles the legal struggles over these issues in a fair, complete, and immensely readable narrative. Three things are certain: death, taxes, and that these conflicts are far from over. This book will help us all to understand the stakes and the arguments.”
Michael W. McConnell, Stanford Law School

“Even-keeled and exhaustive, Blackman’s Unraveled offers the consummate insider’s take on the titanic legal struggles at the Supreme Court over the future of health reform. It is an indispensable resource and a gripping read.”
Nicholas Bagley, University of Michigan Law School

“Josh Blackman continues to bring a gimlet eye to the legal controversies surrounding the Affordable Care Act. He combines a careful, even meticulous attention to detail with a grasp of the important issues at stake. Even people who paid close attention to the debate will find much to learn from Unraveled.”
Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review

 

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I will write much moreĀ about Unraveled in the coming days.