| Preface | p. iii |
| Introduction: Labels and Alignments in American Politics | p. xiv |
| Democracy and the American Political Process | p. 1 |
| Should Americans Believe in a Unique American "Mission"? | p. 2 |
| Yes: Wilfred M. McClay, from "The Founding of Nations," First Things (March 2006) | p. 4 |
| No: Howard Zinn, from "The Power and the Glory: Myths of American Exceptionalism," Boston Review (Summer 2005) | p. 13 |
| Is Democracy the Answer to Global Terrorism? | p. 22 |
| Yes: George W. Bush, from Speech at National Defense University (March 8, 2005) | p. 24 |
| No: F. Gregory Gause III, from "Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?" Foreign Affairs (September/October 2005) | p. 29 |
| Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? | p. 38 |
| Yes: George C. Edwards III, from Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America (Yale University Press, 2004) | p. 40 |
| No: Gary L. Gregg, from "The Electoral College Is Good for America," National Review Online (October 25-27, 2004) | p. 45 |
| Do the Media Have a Liberal Bias? | p. 51 |
| Yes: Bernard Goldberg, from Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite (Warner Books, 2003) | p. 53 |
| No: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from Crimes Against Nature (Harper Collins, 2005) | p. 62 |
| Should America Adopt Public Financing of Political Campaigns? | p. 73 |
| Yes: Mark Green, from Selling Out: How Big Corporate Money Buys Elections, Rams Through Legislation, and Betrays Our Democracy (Regan Books, 2002) | p. 75 |
| No: John Samples, from "Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns," in John Samples, ed., Welfare for Politicians? Taxpayer Financing of Campaigns (Cato Institute, 2005) | p. 81 |
| The Institutions of Government | p. 89 |
| Is Congress Barred from Regulating Commerce Within a State? | p. 90 |
| Yes: William H. Rehnquist, from Majority Opinion, United States v. Lopez, U.S. Supreme Court (April 26, 1995) | p. 92 |
| No: Stephen G. Breyer, from Dissenting Opinion, United States v. Lopez, U.S. Supreme Court (April 26, 1995) | p. 99 |
| Should the Courts Seek the "Original Meaning" of the Constitution? | p. 106 |
| Yes: Antonin Scalia, from Remarks at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (March 14, 2005) | p. 108 |
| No: Stephen Breyer, from Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution (Knopf, 2005) | p. 115 |
| May the President Wiretap Without a Warrant to Protect National Security? | p. 122 |
| Yes: Andrew C. McCarthy, from "How to 'Connect the Dots'," National Review (January 30, 2006) | p. 124 |
| 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) | p. 130 |
| Social Change and Public Policy | p. 139 |
| Is Capital Punishment Justified? | p. 140 |
| Yes: Robert W. Lee, from "Deserving to Die," The New American (August 13, 1990) | p. 142 |
| No: Eric M. Freedman, from "The Case Against the Death Penalty," USA Today Magazine (March 1997) | p. 150 |
| Does Affirmative Action Advance Racial Equality? | p. 158 |
| Yes: Glenn C. Loury, from The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2002) | p. 160 |
| 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) | p. 165 |
| Is "Middle Eastern" Profiling Ever Justified? | p. 174 |
| Yes: Daniel Pipes, from "Fighting Militant Islam, Without Bias," City Journal (November 2001) | p. 176 |
| No: David A. Harris, from "'Flying While Arab,' Immigration Issues, and Lessons from the Racial Profiling Controversy," Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (October 12, 2001) | p. 183 |
| Should Abortion Be Restricted? | p. 190 |
| Yes: Robert P. George, from The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis (ISI Books, 2001) | p. 192 |
| No: Mary Gordon, from "A Moral Choice," The Atlantic Monthly (March 1990) | p. 198 |
| Are Tax Cuts Good for America? | p. 206 |
| Yes: Amity Shales, from The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It (Random House, 1999) | p. 208 |
| No: Paul Krugman, from "The Tax-Cut Con," The New York Times Magazine (September 14, 2003) | p. 215 |
| Is America Becoming More Unequal? | p. 230 |
| Yes: Jeff Madrick, from "Inequality and Democracy," in George Packer, ed., The Fight Is for Democracy (Perennial, 2003) | p. 232 |
| No: Christopher C. DeMuth, from "The New Wealth of Nations," Commentary (October 1997) | p. 241 |
| Does the Patriot Act Abridge Essential Freedom? | p. 250 |
| Yes: Nat Hentoff, from The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance (Seven Stories Press, 2003) | p. 252 |
| No: Heather Mac Donald, from "Straight Talk on Homeland Security," City Journal (Summer 2003) | p. 262 |
| Stopping Illegal Immigration: Should Border Security Come First? | p. 274 |
| Yes: Mark Krikorian, from "Comprehensive Immigration Reform II," Testimony Before Senate Committee on the Judiciary (October 18, 2005) | p. 276 |
| No: Frank Sharry, from "Comprehensive Immigration Reform II," Testimony Before Senate Committee on the Judiciary (October 18, 2005) | p. 286 |
| America and the World | p. 297 |
| Is Free Trade Fair Trade? | p. 298 |
| Yes: Douglas A. Irwin, from Free Trade Under Fire (Princeton University Press, 2002) | p. 300 |
| No: David Morris, from "Free Trade: The Great Destroyer," in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, eds., The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Return to the Local (Sierra Club Books, 1996) | p. 308 |
| Does the War in Iraq Help the War Against Terrorism? | p. 318 |
| Yes: J. R. Dunn, from "Prospects of Terror," The American Thinker (March 21, 2006) | p. 320 |
| No: Robert Jervis, from "Why the Bush Doctrine Cannot Be Sustained," Political Science Quarterly (Fall 2005) | p. 331 |
| Is the Use of Torture Against Terrorist Suspects Ever Justified? | p. 342 |
| Yes: Charles Krauthammer, from "The Truth About Torture," The Weekly Standard (December 5, 2005) | p. 344 |
| No: Andrew Sullivan, from "The Abolition of Torture," New Republic (December 19, 2005) | p. 352 |
| Does the United Nations Promote World Peace and Security? | p. 363 |
| Yes: Madeleine K. Albright, from "Think Again: The United Nations," Foreign Policy (September/October 2003) | p. 365 |
| No: Joshua Muravchik, from "The Case Against the UN," Commentary (November 2004) | p. 371 |
| Must America Exercise World Leadership? | p. 381 |
| Yes: Robert J. Lieber, from The American Era: Power and Strategy for 21st Century (Cambridge University Press, 2005) | p. 383 |
| No: Niall Ferguson, from "An Empire in Denial," Harvard International Review (Fall 2003) | p. 390 |
| Does the President Have Unilateral War Powers? | p. 400 |
| Yes: John C. Yoo, from Memorandum Opinion for the Deputy Counsel to the President (September 25, 2001) | p. 402 |
| No: Michael Cairo, from "The 'Imperial Presidency' Triumphant," in Christopher S. Kelley, ed., Executing the Constitution (Suny, 2006) | p. 409 |
| Should There Be a "Wall of Separation" between Church and State? | p. 418 |
| Yes: John Paul Stevens, from Dissenting Opinion in Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (June 27, 2005) | p. 420 |
| No: Antonin Scalia, from Dissenting Opinion in McCreary County, et al., v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al., 545 U.S. 844 (June 27, 2005) | p. 429 |
| Contributors | p. 440 |
| Index | p. 445 |
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