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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... diverge from the documentary one . The change , which has taken place piecemeal over time , has occurred almost completely unnoticed by the American people , and perhaps also by their political leaders . The people have even less.
... diverge from the documentary one . The change , which has taken place piecemeal over time , has occurred almost completely unnoticed by the American people , and perhaps also by their political leaders . The people have even less.
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... less understanding of the consequences the costs as well as the benefits — of this change for the actual functioning of their government . The Clinton impeachment crisis was an embarrassingly low point in American political history ...
... less understanding of the consequences the costs as well as the benefits — of this change for the actual functioning of their government . The Clinton impeachment crisis was an embarrassingly low point in American political history ...
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... less effective institutions for mass political participation . By the end of the twentieth century , after win- ning three world wars — two " hot " and one " cold " —the United States emerged as the world's sole superpower , the only ...
... less effective institutions for mass political participation . By the end of the twentieth century , after win- ning three world wars — two " hot " and one " cold " —the United States emerged as the world's sole superpower , the only ...
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... less to prevent , the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of those nations ' ethnic minorities , arguably have been the result of the inability to recognize democracy's inherent dangers . The universal triumph of democracy has led many ...
... less to prevent , the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of those nations ' ethnic minorities , arguably have been the result of the inability to recognize democracy's inherent dangers . The universal triumph of democracy has led many ...
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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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