Our Undemocratic Constitution Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It)

Name: Our Undemocratic Constitution Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It)
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ISBN: 9780195365573

ISBN-10: 0195365577

ISBN-13: 9780195365573

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sanford Levinson

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Levinson argues that too many of our Constitution's provisions promote either unjust or ineffective government. Under the existing blueprint, we can neither rid ourselves of incompetent presidents nor assure continuity of government following catastrophic attacks. Less important, perhaps, butcertainly problematic, is the appointment of Supreme Court judges for life. Adding insult to injury, the United States Constitution is the most difficult to amend or update of any constitution currently existing in the world today. Democratic debate leaves few stones unturned, but we tend to takeour basic constitutional structures for granted. Levinson boldly challenges the American people to undertake…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson


Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings



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?


Coda: The Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson



The Constitution of the United States


Afterword for the Paperback Edition


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index