More Perfect Constitution Why the Constitution Must Be Revised: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation

Name: More Perfect Constitution Why the Constitution Must Be Revised: Ideas to Inspire a New Generation
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ISBN: 9780802716835

ISBN-10: 0802716830

ISBN-13: 9780802716835

Edition: Revised

Authors: Larry J. Sabato

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The political book of the year, from the acclaimed founder and director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia. A More Perfect Constitutionpresents creative and dynamic proposals from one of the most visionary and fertile political minds of our time to reinvigorate our Constitution and American governance at a time when such change is urgently needed, given the growing dysfunction and unfairness of our political system . Combining idealism and pragmatism, and with full respect for the original document, Larry Sabato's thought-provoking ideas range from the length of the president's term in office and the number and terms of Supreme Court justices to the vagaries of the…

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List price: $19.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Dr. Sabato is an election analyst, a former Rhodes Scholar & Danforth fellow. He has appeared on dozens of nationally broadcast television shows, including "Nightline", "Face the Nation", "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", "48 Hours", "Larry King Live", & the "Jim Lehrer News Hour". He has served on many national & state commissions & is the recipient of more than two dozen major scholarships, grants & academic awards.



Preamble



Creating a Capital Congress


Reforming the Senate


Reforming the House


Congressional Term Limits: Extreme or Mainstream?


Balancing the Budget: Setting the Stage for a Great Convention Debate


Continuity of Government: Preparing for the Unthinkable



Perfecting the Presidency


The Presidential Term of Choice


The Six-Year Term


The Alternative: A Presidential Confirmation Election


A Lengthened House Term (and Changes in the Senate Term)


War-Making Limits: Presidential Downsizing


Item Veto


Fairness for All: Making the Presidency Possible for Americans Who Are Not "Natural-Born"



The New Courts: Supreme But not Eternal


The Error of Lifetime Tenure


Fixed Terms


Not-So-Early Retirement


A Balanced Bench


Power of the Purse



Politics: America's Missing Constitutional Link


Of Parties, Presidential Politics, and the Quadrennial Orgy


The Regional Lottery Plan for the New Constitution


The Electoral College: Mend It, Don't End It


Adding Some Political Rules of the Game for the Twenty-first Century



A Citizenship of Service: Asking what we can do for our Country ... and Ourselves


An American History of Service: Military Calls and Civilian Supplements


The Case for Universal National Service (UNS)


Universal National Service and America's Future



Vox Populi: What do the People Think of Constitutional Change?


The Caution Light Blinks Steadily


Dissatisfaction with the Status Quo


Look Who's Talking



Rasmussen Poll on the Proposed New Constitution



Calling the Twenty-First-Century Constitutional Convention


The Founders' Daring-and Our Timidity


The Legal Netherworld Surrounding a New Convention


Setting the Ground Rules Prior to the Convention


Calling the Convention


After the Convention: Ratification and Its Aftermath


Conclusion: Getting There from Here


Afterword



United States Constitution and Amendments


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index