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

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, Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent. 4. Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed. 5. The Constitution as Creator of Second-Class Citizens. 6. The Impermeable Article V. 7. Disenchantment and Desire: What Is to Be Done?. Coda: The Wisdom of Woo
eBook, English, 2006
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006
1 online resource (ix, 231 pages)
9780195345612, 9781280564451, 9780199885718, 0195345614, 1280564458, 0199885710
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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?