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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... opinion polls remained strong , so he should be allowed to continue in office . This argument apparently persuaded not only Democrats but also many Republicans in the Senate , who seemed to want nothing more than to get Clinton's trial ...
... opinion polls remained strong , so he should be allowed to continue in office . This argument apparently persuaded not only Democrats but also many Republicans in the Senate , who seemed to want nothing more than to get Clinton's trial ...
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... opinion polls a crucial role in government . The President's supporters did not , of course , develop this new theory of American government for the occasion of the impeachment crisis . They were appealing to an understanding of ...
... opinion polls a crucial role in government . The President's supporters did not , of course , develop this new theory of American government for the occasion of the impeachment crisis . They were appealing to an understanding of ...
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... opinion of democracy is the result of the political success of the United States . The Americans ' victory in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain demonstrated that a democratic people could defeat a pow- erful monarchy . The ...
... opinion of democracy is the result of the political success of the United States . The Americans ' victory in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain demonstrated that a democratic people could defeat a pow- erful monarchy . The ...
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... opinion and insulate political decision - makers from the momentary whims of popular passion . The success of representative democracy endangers such forms , however , by blinding the people to their necessity . The American system of ...
... opinion and insulate political decision - makers from the momentary whims of popular passion . The success of representative democracy endangers such forms , however , by blinding the people to their necessity . The American system of ...
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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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