Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American CultureTransaction Publishers - 530 pages |
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... Jefferson called the Constitution " the text of civil in- struction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust . " That is , those entrusted with responsibility for public affairs . More re- cently Associate Justice ...
... Jefferson called the Constitution " the text of civil in- struction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust . " That is , those entrusted with responsibility for public affairs . More re- cently Associate Justice ...
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... Jefferson to support states ' rights polemics , especially be- tween the 1820s and the 1850s , were simply outrageous.27 A similar pat- tern developed during the half century following 1875 among persons with divergent views about the ...
... Jefferson to support states ' rights polemics , especially be- tween the 1820s and the 1850s , were simply outrageous.27 A similar pat- tern developed during the half century following 1875 among persons with divergent views about the ...
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... Jefferson wrote in 1791. " Our credit both at home & abroad equal to our wishes . So that on the whole we are in as prosperous a way as a nation can well be . This shews the advantage of the changeableness of a constitution . Had our ...
... Jefferson wrote in 1791. " Our credit both at home & abroad equal to our wishes . So that on the whole we are in as prosperous a way as a nation can well be . This shews the advantage of the changeableness of a constitution . Had our ...
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... Jefferson's first inaugural ( 1801 ) , he pointed to " the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor , as the sheet anchor of our peace at home , " a formulation so logical in the age of sail that anti ...
... Jefferson's first inaugural ( 1801 ) , he pointed to " the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor , as the sheet anchor of our peace at home , " a formulation so logical in the age of sail that anti ...
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... Jefferson active at the Convention when , in fact , they were serving in 1787 as our ministers to Great Britain and France , respec- tively . We also learn that the famous rising sun , utilized by Benjamin Franklin on the Convention's ...
... Jefferson active at the Convention when , in fact , they were serving in 1787 as our ministers to Great Britain and France , respec- tively . We also learn that the famous rising sun , utilized by Benjamin Franklin on the Convention's ...
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 |
Other editions - View all
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Russell Fraser Limited preview - 2017 |
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Michael G. Kammen Limited preview - 2006 |
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