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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... example, it did not include any of the subsequent amendments, including the Bill of Rights. Moreover, the viewer had been made aware in the course of the exhibit that the 1787 Constitution included several terrible compromises with ...
... example, it did not include any of the subsequent amendments, including the Bill of Rights. Moreover, the viewer had been made aware in the course of the exhibit that the 1787 Constitution included several terrible compromises with ...
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... example, would correctly place certain constraints on what majorities can do to vulnerable minorities. That being said, I believe that it is increasingly difficult to construct a theory of democratic constitutionalism, applying our own ...
... example, would correctly place certain constraints on what majorities can do to vulnerable minorities. That being said, I believe that it is increasingly difficult to construct a theory of democratic constitutionalism, applying our own ...
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... example, a May 2005 poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that only 44 percent of voters approved of the decisions of the Supreme Court, down from 56 percent approval in a March 5, 2003, poll.10 An analysis of public opinion and ...
... example, a May 2005 poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that only 44 percent of voters approved of the decisions of the Supreme Court, down from 56 percent approval in a March 5, 2003, poll.10 An analysis of public opinion and ...
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... example, provides that the state electorate be given the opportunity every twenty years to vote on the following question: “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” Should the majority answer in the ...
... example, provides that the state electorate be given the opportunity every twenty years to vote on the following question: “Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?” Should the majority answer in the ...
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... example is the bar placed on Congress's ability to forbid the participation by Americans in the international slave trade until 1808.4 The most charitable interpretation of the framers, articulated by Frederick Douglass, is that they ...
... example is the bar placed on Congress's ability to forbid the participation by Americans in the international slave trade until 1808.4 The most charitable interpretation of the framers, articulated by Frederick Douglass, is that they ...
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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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