Politics and Political Science
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p. 136). Basically this posed the question whether legislation which restricts political processes should not be subjected to more exacting scrutiny than other types of legislation. Mason goes on to note that those who emphasize the First Amendment freedoms are on more solid constitutional ground than those whose preference runs to property rights since the only constitutional safeguard to property is "due process of law" while the First Amendment sets forth the specific injunction that "Congress shall make no law . . . ." Chapter Nine, "State Power Today," in the Roettinger book cannot be too highly recommended. Actually, the book as a whole is excellently done in the way of material presented. The mode of presentation is not the best. It lacks readability; there is not adequate documentation, particularly.in the matter of citations for court cases, and the names of cases might well be placed in italics. Certainly it is a fine reference book. There is a list of sources by chapters in the appendix, an index of cases cited, and a subject index. The Mason book is well documented, but, in the modern trend, the references are in the appendix, a most inconvenient placement for the reader. These reference notes contain valuable portions of the book which the casual reader may miss as, for example, those on pages 231-233 concerning Jefferson and judicial review.