Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It)Oxford University Press, 28. 9. 2006. - 272 страница Levinson argues that too many of our Constitution's provisions promote either unjust or ineffective government. Under the existing blueprint, we can neither rid ourselves of incompetent presidents nor assure continuity of government following catastrophic attacks. Less important, perhaps, but certainly problematic, is the appointment of Supreme Court judges for life. Adding insult to injury, the United States Constitution is the most difficult to amend or update of any constitution currently existing in the world today. Democratic debate leaves few stones unturned, but we tend to take our basic constitutional structures for granted. Levinson boldly challenges the American people to undertake a long overdue public discussion on how they might best reform this most hallowed document and construct a constitution adequate to our democratic values. "Admirably gutsy and unfashionable." --Michael Kinsley, The New York Times "Bold, bracingly unromantic, and filled with illuminating insights. He accomplishes an unlikely feat, which is to make a really serious argument for a new constitutional convention, one that is founded squarely on democratic ideals." --Cass R. Sunstein, The New Republic "Everyone who cares about how our government works should read this thoughtful book." --Washington Lawyer |
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... certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of ...
... certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of ...
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... certainly what political theorists call an “essentially contested concept.” It would be tendentious to claim that there is only one understanding—such as “numerical majorities always prevail”—that is consistent with “democracy.” Liberal ...
... certainly what political theorists call an “essentially contested concept.” It would be tendentious to claim that there is only one understanding—such as “numerical majorities always prevail”—that is consistent with “democracy.” Liberal ...
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... certainly construct her own list of issues that are not seriously confronted at all—or, if confronted, resolved in totally inadequate ways—by the national government. Serious liberals and conservatives would likely disagree on the ...
... certainly construct her own list of issues that are not seriously confronted at all—or, if confronted, resolved in totally inadequate ways—by the national government. Serious liberals and conservatives would likely disagree on the ...
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... certainly nothing “un-American” about such a procedure. As Professor John J. Dinan has noted in his recent comprehensive study of what he terms “the American state 11 1 The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New ...
... certainly nothing “un-American” about such a procedure. As Professor John J. Dinan has noted in his recent comprehensive study of what he terms “the American state 11 1 The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New ...
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... to Paris and London, respectively. Moreover, it certainly did not hurt that Rhode Island had refused to send any delegates at all and therefore had no opportunity to make almost inevitable mischief, not to The Ratification Referendum 17.
... to Paris and London, respectively. Moreover, it certainly did not hurt that Rhode Island had refused to send any delegates at all and therefore had no opportunity to make almost inevitable mischief, not to The Ratification Referendum 17.
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TooPowerful Presidents Chosen in an Indefensible Process Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent | 79 |
An Idea Whose Time Has Passed | 123 |
5 The Constitution as Creator of SecondClass Citizens | 141 |
6 The Impermeable Article V | 159 |
What Is to Be Done? | 167 |
The Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson | 181 |
The Constitution of the United States | 183 |
AFTERWORD FOR THE PAPERBACK EDITION | 201 |
NOTES | 217 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 239 |
INDEX | 243 |
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