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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... past seem to presage . In their handling of the problem and problems of government , the Fathers were indeed reasonable , and precisely therefore they — in such notable contrast to their French contemporaries — admitted the limits of ...
... past shaped into institutions as well as principles , and relying on the future interplay between individuals and their inheritance of tradition , might devise an orienting directive which would itself become an essential , even ...
... past ) . In Congress the chairmen of standing committees are drawn from the majority party on the basis of seniority . Although some rational ar- guments can be offered in favor of this practice , they are on the whole less convincing ...
... past . They were faced with the dilemma that we have examined . Con- vinced that the government under the Articles of Confederation was too impotent to endure , they wanted a new government that would be strong enough to defend America ...
... of the governmental framework , popular pressure has in the past always swung in due course against any social group- slaveholders or industrialists or financiers — that has threatened to THE PARADOX OF SOVEREIGNTY 39.
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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 |