Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment : the irony of constitutional democracy /

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Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which, by eliminating federalism's structural protection, altered the v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rossum, Ralph A., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2001.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Elections.
United States. > Constitution. > 17th Amendment.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Congress. > Senate
United States. > Supreme Court
USA > Supreme Court
Constitution (United States)
Verfassung <1787> / Amendment 17.
Federal government > United States.
States' rights (American politics)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Elections
Federal government
Föderalismus
United States
USA
USA > Amendment 17.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Supreme Court, judicial activism, and the protection of federalism
  • Constitutional structure, federalism, and the securing of liberty
  • How the framers protected federalism
  • The Senate's protection of federalism in the First Congress
  • Marshall's understanding of the original federal design
  • Altering the original federal design : the adoption and ratification of the seventeenth amendment
  • The Supreme Court's attempts to protect the original federal design.

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