The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic RuleThe American Constitution held out the hope that ordinary people were capable of deciding their own fates, and in doing so it immeasurably elevated the dignity of common people. The organization and interplay of the parts that comprise the whole American government exist to provide people the opportunity to govern themselves and, at the same time, reveal the limits of democratic self-rule. The forgetting of these limits is not only destructive to the constitution but the nation as a whole. |
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... Madison's Constitution of Freedom 9 25 Chapter 3 Woodrow Wilson's Progressive Constitution 50 Chapter 4 Franklin Roosevelt , the Great Depression , and the Rise of Interest - Group Government 67 Chapter 5 Congress : Increased Power and ...
... Madison's Constitution of Freedom 9 25 Chapter 3 Woodrow Wilson's Progressive Constitution 50 Chapter 4 Franklin Roosevelt , the Great Depression , and the Rise of Interest - Group Government 67 Chapter 5 Congress : Increased Power and ...
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... Madison summarized the historical record in the observation that the an- cient democracies were " as short in their lives " as they were " violent in their deaths . " 10 Alexander Hamilton declared that it was " impossible to read the ...
... Madison summarized the historical record in the observation that the an- cient democracies were " as short in their lives " as they were " violent in their deaths . " 10 Alexander Hamilton declared that it was " impossible to read the ...
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... Madison called the " great desideratum by which alone " democracy could be " rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored and be rec- ommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind . " 15 The present favorable opinion ...
... Madison called the " great desideratum by which alone " democracy could be " rescued from the opprobrium under which it has so long labored and be rec- ommended to the esteem and adoption of mankind . " 15 The present favorable opinion ...
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... Madison's words , " Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates , every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob . " The history of democratic government demonstrates that in order to work it requires representative institutions ...
... Madison's words , " Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates , every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob . " The history of democratic government demonstrates that in order to work it requires representative institutions ...
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... Madison , and John Jay , the Federalist Papers , http : // libertyonline.hypermall.com/ , # 10 , hereafter cited as Federalist . 11. Federalist # 9 . 12. Federalist # \ . 13. The one exception was Benedict Spinoza , who argued for ...
... Madison , and John Jay , the Federalist Papers , http : // libertyonline.hypermall.com/ , # 10 , hereafter cited as Federalist . 11. Federalist # 9 . 12. Federalist # \ . 13. The one exception was Benedict Spinoza , who argued for ...
Contents
James Madisons Constitution of Freedom | 9 |
Abraham Lincolns New Birth of Freedom | 25 |
Woodrow Wilsons Progressive Constitution | 50 |
Franklin Roosevelt the Great Depression and the Rise of InterestGroup Government | 67 |
Congress Increased Power and Institutional Weakness | 79 |
Presidential Leadership and the Two Publics | 98 |
The Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government Still the Least Dangerous Branch? | 112 |
Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign Policy | 126 |
National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism The Persistence of Wilsonian Administrative Thought | 136 |
Conclusion | 149 |
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