Constitutional critiques : the re-emergence of Jeffersonian constitutional angst -- The preamble, then and now : a more perfect union -- Governing institutions -- Amendments and interpretation
In Defense of the Constitution argues that modern disciples of Progressivism who subtly distort fundamental principles of the Constitution are determined to centralize political control in Washington, D.C., to achieve their goal of an ...
Newly independent, the Americans formed a government under the Articles of Confederation. As a loose confederation of states, however, the growing nation had a weak national voice and little international status.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
4, with Christopher M. Duncan, The Anti-Federalists and Early American Political Thought (DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 1995), pp. 133–35. 48. Especially in Number 51. 49. See John D. Lewis, ed., Anti-Federalists ...
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Taking advantage of a newly published letterpress edition of the constitutional debates, A Revolution in Favor of Government recovers a neglected strand of the Federalist argument, making a persuasive case for rethinking the formation of ...
In the "New Federalist Papers", three prominent writers confront the threats posed by current challenges to the American Constitution.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leads the historic fight against the unprecedented overreach of the federal government.
In this provocative and lively book, John Seery presents the case for a constitutional amendment to lower the age barrier to eighteen, the same age at which citizens become eligible to vote. He divides his argument into three sections.
William N. Eskridge Jr. & John Ferejohn, A Republic of Statutes: The New American Constitution 136–37 (2010); Gardiner C. Means, U.S. Dep't of Agric., Industrial Prices and Their Relative Inflexibility (Jan. 17, 1935), reprinted in S.