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Loading... Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment: The Irony of Constitutional Democracyby Ralph A. Rossum
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Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which, by eliminating federalism's structural protection, altered the very nature and meaning of federalism. Ralph A. Rossum's provocative new book considers the forces unleashed by an amendment to install the direct election of U.S. Senators. Far from expecting federalism to be protected by an activist court, the Framers, Rossum argues, expected the constitutional structure, particularly the No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)320.473Social sciences Political Science Political Science Democracy; Structure and functions of government North America United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |