Our undemocratic constitution : where the constitution goes wrong (and how we the people can correct it) /

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Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson. Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings. 1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair. 2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process. 3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States.
Law reform > United States.
Droit > Réforme > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Constitutional law
Law reform
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The ratification referendum : sending the constitution to a new convention for repair
  • Our undemocratic legislative process
  • The legacy of Article II : too-powerful presidents, chosen in an indefensible process, who cannot be displaced even when they are manifestly incompetent
  • Life tenure for Supreme Court justices : an idea whose time has passed
  • The constitution as creator of second-class citizens
  • The impermeable Article V?
  • Disenchantment and desire : what is to be done?

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