Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 páginas Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. |
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... Constitution , which is the distillation of a great deal of concrete political experience , is in the separation ... Constitution was designed to prevent a concentration of power , and the intent of the Framers was to give the ...
... constitution and of the navy through which Crete ruled the Aegean world , was the son of Zeus and Europa , and hus- band of the moon goddess , Pasiphaë . On his death he was made one of the three judges of the underworld , at the ...
... Constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity . " ( September 14 ) draft of the Constitution . The 10 THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
... constitutions of the several States . The Massachusetts Constitution and Bill of Rights , for example , adopted in 178o in a text largely by John Adams , affirmed : The end of the institution , maintenance , and administration of gov ...
... constitutional way , than to trust to chance and violence . " In the papers of the Federalist , Hamilton , Madison and Jay did not recommend the new Constitution to " the People of the State of New York " as a perfect document , or as a ...
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The Diffusion of Power | 45 |
Power and Limits | 62 |
Public and Private | 75 |
The Place of Congress | 91 |
The Traditional Balance | 103 |
The Escape of the Treaty Power | 205 |
The Investigatory Power | 221 |
The Attack on Investigations | 236 |
Theoretical Gravediggers | 253 |
The Case Against Congress | 262 |
The Reform of Congress | 271 |
Democracy and Liberty | 281 |
The Logic of Democratism | 290 |
The Fall of Congress | 127 |
The LawMaking Power | 140 |
The Rise of the Fourth Branch | 157 |
The Purse | 169 |
And The Sword | 184 |
The Problem of Treaties | 194 |
Conditions of Liberty | 301 |
What Is a Majority | 311 |
Leader of the Masses Assembly of the People | 317 |
Can Congress Survive? | 333 |