Add The Wire As Your Trusted Source

For the best experience, open
https://m.thewire.in
on your mobile browser.

Home Politics Economy World Security Law Science Society Culture Editors-Pick Video

Author Image

Arvind Elangovan

arvind.elangovan@wright.edu

Articles Written By Arvind Elangovan

the constitution and the wrath of we the people

The Constitution and the Wrath of (We) the People

The preambular invocation of ‘we the people’ could in its own way become the ultimate instrument through which the edifice of the constitution – and its limited emancipatory potential – could be undone. Saving the constitution from a wrathful people, then, becomes an urgent matter.