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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... leaders were approved by only 33 percent of the respondents, one point less than their Democratic counterparts (34 percent).9 Compared to the president and Congress, members of the Supreme Court might feel considerably better. Yet even ...
... leaders were approved by only 33 percent of the respondents, one point less than their Democratic counterparts (34 percent).9 Compared to the president and Congress, members of the Supreme Court might feel considerably better. Yet even ...
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... leaders may not be able to overcome the barriers to effective government constructed by the Constitution. No less a founder than Alexander Hamilton emphasized that “[a]ll observations” critical of certain tendencies in the Constitution ...
... leaders may not be able to overcome the barriers to effective government constructed by the Constitution. No less a founder than Alexander Hamilton emphasized that “[a]ll observations” critical of certain tendencies in the Constitution ...
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... leaders of the new nation should “remember the ladies.”13 One need not see the framers in Philadelphia as an entirely homogeneous group—they were not—in order to realize that the room was devoid of those groups in America that were ...
... leaders of the new nation should “remember the ladies.”13 One need not see the framers in Philadelphia as an entirely homogeneous group—they were not—in order to realize that the room was devoid of those groups in America that were ...
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... leaders,” which, he says, fortunately “stifled the ordinary diversity of opinions on great national questions.” He is extremely skeptical that the “future situations in which we must expect to be usually placed” will “present any ...
... leaders,” which, he says, fortunately “stifled the ordinary diversity of opinions on great national questions.” He is extremely skeptical that the “future situations in which we must expect to be usually placed” will “present any ...
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... leader during the 1960s, once said, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.”4 The Bridge to Nowhere involves legislation that did get through Congress and receive presidential assent. But I ...
... leader during the 1960s, once said, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.”4 The Bridge to Nowhere involves legislation that did get through Congress and receive presidential assent. But I ...
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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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