The core theme of this book is that the justices, both liberal and conservative, do not simply call balls and strikes, as Chief Justice Roberts memorably stated, in formulating their decisions. Instead, as shown in some 200 cases, they have expanded or limited prior precedent, created new rights, and eliminated others.
Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume that examines the history of Japan's constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, history and activism, and activists' ties to party politics and fellow activists overseas.
Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism since the New Deal explores the scope and significance of conservative constitutional analysis amid the broader field of American political thought.
Explores both the tensions and benefits associated with governing places in an increasingly fragmented - and inequitable - economic landscape. The authors hope to provoke new thinking among practitioners, policymakers, leaders, planners, scholars, students, and philanthropists about how, why, and for whom place governance matters.
In Democratic Theory Naturalized, Walter Horn proposes his theory of CHOICE Voluntarism to distill populism to its core premise: giving people the power to govern themselves without the constraints imposed by those on the left or the right. Horn analyzes what makes for fair aggregation and appropriate, deliberative representation.
Some wish the Founders had all agreed on a coherent vision for the United States, especially on how to interpret the Constitution. Such agreement has never existed, and Defining the Republic documents the dispute between two of the most important Founders: Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy
US government has been repeatedly renewed during its over 230 years. Major aspects of the federal system were broken again during the Trump administration, so it's time for even more fixes. This book sets out the damage that was done and ideas on how the repairs should be made, focusing on ethics, the rule of law, and democracy.
This book analyzes the rhetoric of Donald Trump to argue that Trump embraces conflicting populist and Republican values, and as a result has relied on populist and polarizing rhetoric, along with fabricated crises, to reconcile these combating ideals and uphold his image of an "anti-status quo politician."
This book explores the Trump presidency as an expression of the decline of the pluralist model and the rise of mass society as a working conceptualization of contemporary American democracy. Professor Melone describes, explains, and evaluates the isolation, alienation, and polarization of a significant share of the American electorate.