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Back to basics: looking for an alternative to dysfunction in Washington? maybe it's time to turn to Berlin / Caryl, Christian   Journal Article
Caryl, Christian Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
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Finding the common good in an era of dysfunctional governance / Mann, Thomas E; Ornstein, Norman J   Journal Article
Ornstein, Norman J Journal Article
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Publication 2013.
Summary/Abstract The framers designed a constitutional system in which the government would play a vigorous role in securing the liberty and well-being of a large and diverse population. They built a political system around a number of key elements, including debate and deliberation, divided powers competing with one another, regular order in the legislative process, and avenues to limit and punish corruption. America in recent years has struggled to adhere to each of these principles, leading to a crisis of governability and legitimacy. The roots of this problem are twofold. The first is a serious mismatch between our political parties, which have become as polarized and vehemently adversarial as parliamentary parties, and a separation-of-powers governing system that makes it extremely difficult for majorities to act. The second is the asymmetric character of the polarization. The Republican Party has become a radical insurgency - ideologically extreme, scornful of facts and compromise, and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. Securing the common good in the face of these developments will require structural changes but also an informed and strategically focused citizenry.
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Teaching the presidency: idealizing a constitutional office / Fisher, Louis   Journal Article
Fisher, Louis Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract From World War II to the present, prominent scholars placed their hopes in the presidency to protect the nation from outside threats and deal effectively with domestic crises. Their theories weakened the constitutional system of separation of powers and checks and balances by reviving an outsized trust in executive power (especially over external affairs) that William Blackstone and others promoted in eighteenth-century England. The American framers of the Constitution studied those models with great care and fully rejected those precedents when they declared their independence from England.
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