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... Henry Steele Commager wrote to Andrew C. McLaughlin upon the latter's re- tirement from the University of Chicago in 1935 : " I am inclined to doubt that you will have a successor , because it seems to me that constitutional history has ...
... Henry Steele Commager wrote to Andrew C. McLaughlin upon the latter's re- tirement from the University of Chicago in 1935 : " I am inclined to doubt that you will have a successor , because it seems to me that constitutional history has ...
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... Henry Cabot Lodge considered the formation of the Constitution " the most momentous event in the history of the American people , " and others concurred . Almost no one , however , per- ceived the political or ideological meaning of ...
... Henry Cabot Lodge considered the formation of the Constitution " the most momentous event in the history of the American people , " and others concurred . Almost no one , however , per- ceived the political or ideological meaning of ...
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... Henry M. Bates , discussed the great issues of the day in terms of Hamilton and Marshall versus Jefferson and Madison . As Bates , the dean of Michigan's Law School , explained : " While my own judgment has been for a strong national ...
... Henry M. Bates , discussed the great issues of the day in terms of Hamilton and Marshall versus Jefferson and Madison . As Bates , the dean of Michigan's Law School , explained : " While my own judgment has been for a strong national ...
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... Henry Steele Commager , who wrote in 1943 that " judicial review has been a drag upon democracy " ; not to mention many members of Congress during the decade following 1956 . 87 From 1789 until 1869 the Court invalidated only six acts ...
... Henry Steele Commager , who wrote in 1943 that " judicial review has been a drag upon democracy " ; not to mention many members of Congress during the decade following 1956 . 87 From 1789 until 1869 the Court invalidated only six acts ...
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Contents
2 | 43 |
PART | 125 |
The American and the British Constitution | 156 |
The Crisis in Constitutionalism | 185 |
God Knows How Dearly We Need | 219 |
Decisions Are Politics When Constitutional | 255 |
My God Making a Racket out | 282 |
PART FOUR | 313 |
The Public Got Strange and Distorted | 357 |
Its What Holds Us All Together | 381 |
Appendix A A Note on the Sources | 403 |
Abbreviations | 411 |
95 | 417 |
156 | 429 |
Index | 509 |
Our Bill of Rights Is Under | 336 |
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