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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... Court , would be removed somewhat from the winds of popular passions . However , through the elephantiasis of the Execu- tive branch bureaucracy , and through Presidential power grabs insuffi- ciently resisted by Congress , the power ...
... Court ? " in Na- tional Review , an article advocating a Congressional investigation of the Su- preme Court for decisions that seemed to exceed its rightful powers . 18. Samuel Francis regards Congress and the American Tradition as " a ...
... and in the catastrophic stages of massive military defeat , revolution and inflation . The remote frontier is beyond the reach of government . There are no officials , courts , police , army or jails . THE MIRACLE OF GOVERNMENT 13.
James Burnham. officials , courts , police , army or jails . Instead there are gunmen , lynch gangs , brigands , the noose , knives and assassins . The picturesque an- archy of the frontier is first - rate material for movies and ...
... courts shall govern me because they have been chosen by prescribed forms ( however strange in them- selves , and very strange they are ) that have been honored by observance and prior acceptance . The governors do not use their strength ...
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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 |