The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic RuleLexington Books, 2004 - 162 pages The 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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... Institutional Weakness Chapter 6 Presidential Leadership and the 98 Two Publics Chapter 7 The Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government : Still the " Least Dangerous Branch " ? 112 Chapter 8 Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign ...
... Institutional Weakness Chapter 6 Presidential Leadership and the 98 Two Publics Chapter 7 The Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government : Still the " Least Dangerous Branch " ? 112 Chapter 8 Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign ...
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... institutions of American constitutional democracy — in particular , the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances . The imported theory does not square well with our institutional forms . The President is not elected by ...
... institutions of American constitutional democracy — in particular , the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances . The imported theory does not square well with our institutional forms . The President is not elected by ...
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... institutions of liberalism to restrain the excesses of democracy , while using democracy to give liberalism , which is dedicated to private freedom , a public purpose . Charged with saving the United States from the anarchy which ...
... institutions of liberalism to restrain the excesses of democracy , while using democracy to give liberalism , which is dedicated to private freedom , a public purpose . Charged with saving the United States from the anarchy which ...
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... 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 nation with ...
... 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 nation with ...
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... institutions , which appear to be unresponsive and ineffective in addressing the people's needs . For example , in the 1990s , the general feeling was , " If we could win the Cold War , then why can't we do something about ? " — with ...
... institutions , which appear to be unresponsive and ineffective in addressing the people's needs . For example , in the 1990s , the general feeling was , " If we could win the Cold War , then why can't we do something about ? " — with ...
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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