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| Preface | |
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| Correlation Guide | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Democracy and the American Political Process | |
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| Should Americans Believe in a Unique American "Mission"? | |
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| YES: Wilfred M. McClay, from "The Founding of Nations," First Things (March 2006) | |
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| NO: Howard Zinn, from "The Power and the Glory: Myths of American Exceptionalism," Boston Review (Summer 2005) | |
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| Does the Tea Party Represent a Revival of America's Revolutionary Ideals? | |
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| YES: Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe, from Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto (HarperCollins, 2010) | |
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| NO: Jill Lepore, from The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History (Princeton University Press, 2010) | |
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| Is Bigger Government Better Government? | |
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| YES: Jeff Madrick, from The Case for Big Government (Princeton University Press, 2008) | |
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| NO: Jim DeMint, from Saving Freedom (Fidelis, 2009) | |
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| Should America Adopt Public Financing of Political Campaigns? | |
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| YES: Mark Green, from "Change, for Good," Selling Out: How Big Corporate Money Buys Elections, Rams Through Legislation, and Betrays Our Democracy (HarperCollins, 2002) | |
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| NO: John Samples, from "Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns," in John Samples, ed., Welfare for Politicians? Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns (Cato Institute, 2005) | |
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| The Institutions of Government | |
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| Does the President Have Unilateral War Powers? | |
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| YES: John C. Yoo, from Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Counsel to the President (September 25, 2001) | |
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| NO: Michael Cairo, from "The 'Imperial Presidency' Triumphant," in Christopher S. Kelley, ed., Executing the Constitution (SUNY, 2006) | |
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| Should the Courts Seek the "Original Meaning" of the Constitution? | |
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| YES: Antonin Scalia, from "Constitutional Interpretation," Remarks at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (March 14, 2005) | |
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| NO: Stephen Breyer, from Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution (Knopf/Vintage, 2005) | |
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| Is Congress a Dysfunctional Institution? | |
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| YES: Ezra Klein, from "What Happens When Congress Fails to Do Its Job," Newsweek (March 27, 2010) | |
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| NO: Lee H. Hamilton, from "Public Criticisms of Congress," How Congress Works (Indiana University Press, 2004) | |
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| May Congress Require People to Buy Health Insurance? | |
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| YES: George Caram Steeh, from "Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion," Thomas More Law Center v. Obama (October 7, 2010) | |
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| NO: Henry Hudson, from "Memorandum Opinion," Virginia v. Sebelius (December 13, 2010) | |
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| Should the President Be Allowed "Executive Privilege"? | |
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| YES: Mark J. Rozell, from "Pro," in Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive (CQ Press, 2006) | |
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| NO: David Gray Adler, from "Con," in Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds., Debating the Presidency: Conflicting Perspectives on the American Executive (CQ Press, 2006) | |
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| Social Change and Public Policy | |
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| Does Affirmative Action Advance Racial Equality? | |
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| YES: Glenn C. Loury, from The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2002) | |
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| NO: Walter E. Williams, from "Affirmative Action Can't Be Mended," in David Boaz, ed., Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World (Cato Institute, 2002) | |
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| Should Abortion Be Restricted? | |
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| YES: Robert P. George, from "God's Reasons," The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis (ISI Books, 2001) | |
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| NO: Mary Gordon, from "A Moral Choice," The Atlantic Monthly (March 1990) | |
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| Is the Welfare State Obsolete? | |
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| YES: Yuval Levin, from "Beyond the Welfare State," National Affairs (Spring 2011) | |
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| NO: Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding, from Wealth & Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader? (Oxford University Press, 2010) | |
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| Are Americans Overtaxed? | |
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| YES: Curtis S. Dubay, from "Seven Myths About Taxing the Rich," Backgrounder, The American Heritage Foundation (August 3, 2009) | |
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| NO: Steve Brouwer, "If We Decided to Tax the Rich," from Sharing the Pie: A Citizen's Guide to Wealth and Power (Holt Paperbacks, 1998) | |
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| Is America Becoming More Unequal? | |
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| YES: Robert Greenstein, from Testimony before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and Labor (July 31, 2008) | |
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| NO: Christopher C. DeMuth, from "The New Wealth of Nation Commentary (October 1997) | |
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| Should Same-Sex Marriage Be a Constitution. Right? | |
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| YES: Theodore B. Olson, from "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage: Why Same-Sex Marriage Is an American Value/' The Daily Beast (January 8, 2010) | |
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| NO: Sam Shulman, from "Gay Marriage-and Marriage," Commentary (November 2003) | |
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| Should There Be a "Wall of Separation" Betwec Church and State? | |
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| YES: John Paul Stevens, from Dissenting Opinion in Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (June 27, 2005) | |
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| NO: Antonin Scalia, from Dissenting Opinion in McCreary County, et ah, v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al., 545 U.S. 844 (June 27, 2005) | |
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| Do Corporations Have the Same Free Speech Rights as Persons? | |
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| YES: Anthony Kennedy, from Opinion of the Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) | |
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| NO: John Paul Stevens, from Dissenting Opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) | |
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| Should "Recreational" Drugs Be Legalized? | |
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| YES: Bryan Stevenson, from "Drug Policy, Criminal Justice, and Mass Imprisonment," paper presented to the Global Commission on Drug Policies January 2011) | |
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| NO: Theodore Dalrymple, from "Don't Legalize Drugs," City Journal (Spring 1997) | |
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| America and the World | |
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| Is Indefinite Detention of Suspected Terrorists Justified? | |
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| YES: Jack Goldsmith, from "Long-Term Terrorist Detention and a U.S. National Security Court," Legislating the War on Terror: An Agenda for Reform (Brookings Institution Press, 2009) | |
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| NO: Sarah H. Cleveland, from "The Legal, Moral and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention'," Subcommittee on the Constitution of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (June 9, 2009) | |
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| Do We Need to Curb Global Warming? | |
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| YES: Gregg Easterbrook, from "Case Closed: The Debate About Global Warming Is Over," Issues in Governance Studies (June 2006) | |
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| NO: Larry Bell, from Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax (Greenleaf Book Group, 2011) | |
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| Is Warrantless Wiretapping Ever Justified to Protect National Security? | |
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| YES: Andrew C. McCarthy, from "How to 'Connect the Dots'," National Review (January 30, 2006) | |
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| NO: Al Gore, from "Restoring the Rule of Law," from a Speech Presented to The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and The Liberty Coalition (January 15, 2006). | |
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| Contributors | |