Sales of copies of U.S. Constitution topped 1 million during Trump years

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Along with dystopian novels and White House tell-alls, the U.S. Constitution was a bestseller during Donald Trump's presidency.

Larry King, who gained fame with his CNN show ‘Larry King Live,’ died Saturday in Los Angeles. King was hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this month.According to NPD BookScan, which tracks around 85% of the print market, more than 1 million copies of the Constitution in various editions have sold since Trump took office, compared with around 600,000 during the second term of President Obama.

A chart shared by BookScan with the Associated Press shows several moments in the Trump presidency that coincided with increased sales of the Constitution: when he formally accepted the Republican nomination, in July 2016; his inauguration in January 2017; the hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M.

UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, who says he has free copies on hand, expressed surprise that so many people would choose to buy the Constitution instead. He wondered if one factor was the kinds of Constitutional questions that Trump helped raise. “You have people wondering what the emoluments clause says or the impeachment clause,” Volokh says. “I’m sure we’ll have debates under Biden about the the protection clause or the 1st Amendment, but maybe people won’t buy a copy of the Constitution because they think they know what it says” on those issues.

 

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Just write your congressman or Senator and they will send you one for free.

Reading of said Constitution declined by hundreds of thousands.

Wonder if Trump ever read it?

Those ppl need to read it, if they can !

Pretty sure DT didn’t purchase one.

Wonder how many read it? Feels like an excellent protest sign for the impeachment trial. I know at least 81 million people who are deeply outraged by an attempt to overthrow our votes, democracy & ultimately our very republic!!

You can literally print it online for free

Think of all the royalties Jefferson could have had if he hadn't taken that vacation in France

It makes sense as his base had never read it before 🤷‍♀️😂

Too bad reading it didn’t. 💀

Yeah.. well they should F’N READ IT!

The US Constitution is for sale❓

Too bad the halfheads still don't understand it nor critical think about it.

The same crowd probably fuels bible sales. And yet, none of them has read either one.

So did toilet paper, so what’s your point?

And no one wearing a red hat bought one.

And very few actually read it

.....and?

Why ? When they could go online take a screen shot

You can't just Google it for free?

That’s because no one ever bothered to read it. Too bad trump didn’t read or follow it.

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