It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics

It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics
ISBN-10
1612197736
ISBN-13
9781612197739
Category
Political Science
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2019-01-15
Publisher
Melville House
Author
David Faris

Description

It's time to do more than protest In It’s Time to Fight Dirty, David Faris offers accessible, actionable strategies for American political reform which doesn't require a constitutional amendment, and would have a lasting impact on our future. With equal amounts of playful irreverence and persuasive reasoning, Faris describes how the Constitution’s deep democratic flaws constantly put progressives at a disadvantage, and lays out strategies for “fighting dirty” through obstructionism and procedural warfare: establishing statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico; breaking California into several states; creating a larger House of Representatives; passing a new voting rights act; and expanding the Supreme Court. The Constitution may be the world’s most difficult document to amend, but David Faris argues that many of America’s democratic failures can be fixed within its rigid confines—and, at a time when the stakes have never been higher, he outlines a path for long-term, progressive change in the United States.

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