A New Constitution For A New America

Author : William MacDonald
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230337852
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Constitution for a New America written by William MacDonald and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI WIDENING THE POWERS OF CONGRESS It has generally been regarded as one of the great virtues of the American Constitution that the powers which it granted to the President, to Congress, or to the courts were in most instances phrased in broad and general terms, and thus could be applied, without doing violence to their obvious meaning, to changing social conditions. The grant to Congress for example, of the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes," has proved sufficient, it has been pointed out, for the days of the stage-coach and the days of the railway, for those of the sailing vessel and those of the steamship. But for this adaptability to changing circumstances the Constitution would have been much more frequently amended than it has been, and the amendments would certainly have taken a wider range. Not even the American Constitution, however, is perfect. The lapse of time, the experience acquired in working the constitutional machinery, strained and inconsistent interpretations by the courts and by the executive, and the rise of new issues or the development of new social conditions which the framers of the Constitution could by no possibility have foreseen, have combined to reveal certain important defects or limitations in the Constitution which should now be remedied. Some of those defects and limitations which concern the Constitution itself have already been considered. Those which concern Congress, especially as that body would be under a responsible government, remain to be discussed. i. Corporations. The Constitution gives to Congress no direct power to create corporations. The famous controversy in 1791, however, over the incorporation of the first...

Author : William MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book A New Constitution for a New America written by William MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George William Van Cleve
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735548906
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Making a New American Constitution written by George William Van Cleve and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about constitutional reform. Today the Constitution is a dangerous threat to Abraham Lincoln's vision of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. It served the United States well during its early years, but has numerous remarkably undemocratic features. And the Constitution has an even graver overarching flaw. It is preventing us from making reforms needed to address the collapse of the middle class and to renew our rapidly decaying social bonds. The Constitution is a massive obstruction to national unity and to our country's survival.Today we are a multicultural, racially diverse, heavily urbanized society. And we are now in danger of being governed permanently by a wealthy oligarchy. Our middle class is headed toward collapse, and our democracy cannot survive its demise. Steadily deteriorating socioeconomic conditions facing millions of poor and middle-class Americans are almost certain to result in a political crisis that may weaken or shatter our union.To avoid such a catastrophe, it will be essential for us to make extensive political, social, and economic reforms based on constitutional changes that will enable all Americans to view their government as truly fair and firmly committed to creating equal life opportunities and justice for everyone, not just for one elite class or dominant race. This book explains why the Constitution is a major obstacle to reform, and what we will need to do to create a resilient democracy. It takes a deep look at the Constitution's undemocratic features, and then explores why the Constitution also makes unworkable piecemeal reforms, such as a constitutional amendment to take money out of politics or a balanced budget amendment. The time to change our government has come. Americans can and must hold a popular convention that can achieve a constitutional grand bargain resolving divisive issues, which will renew republican government and avoid permanent authoritarian rule by a wealthy oligarchy. The book explores how a popular convention can be held, and proposes a series of essential constitutional reforms.

Author : William MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Download or read book A New Constitution for a New America written by William MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William N. Eskridge (Jr.)
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300120885
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Republic of Statutes written by William N. Eskridge (Jr.) and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Eskridge and John Ferejohn propose an original theory of constitutional law whereby, while the Constitution provides a vision, our democracy advances by means of statutes that supplement or even supplant the written Constitution.

Author : Larry J. Sabato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802777562
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A More Perfect Constitution written by Larry J. Sabato and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The reader can't help but hold out hope that maybe someday, some of these sweeping changes could actually bring the nation's government out of its intellectual quagmire...his lively, conversational tone and compelling examples make the reader a more than willing student for this updated civics lesson." --The Hill The political book of the year, from the acclaimed founder and director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia. A More Perfect Constitution presents creative and dynamic proposals from one of the most visionary and fertile political minds of our time to reinvigorate our Constitution and American governance at a time when such change is urgently needed, given the growing dysfunction and unfairness of our political system . Combining idealism and pragmatism, and with full respect for the original document, Larry Sabato's thought-provoking ideas range from the length of the president's term in office and the number and terms of Supreme Court justices to the vagaries of the antiquated Electoral College, and a compelling call for universal national service-all laced through with the history behind each proposal and the potential impact on the lives of ordinary people. Aware that such changes won't happen easily, but that the original Framers fully expected the Constitution to be regularly revised, Sabato urges us to engage in the debate and discussion his ideas will surely engender. During an election year, no book is more relevant or significant than this.

Author : John F. Kowal
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620975629
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The People’s Constitution written by John F. Kowal and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution—the product of compromises and an artifact of its time—and made it more democratic Who wrote the Constitution? That’s obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It’s a story of how We the People have improved our government’s structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change. The People’s Constitution is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy. From the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the post–Civil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the “noble experiment” of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, The People’s Constitution is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America’s national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers’ promise of a more perfect union.

Author : William Macdonald
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484027731
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Constitution for a New America (Classic Reprint) written by William Macdonald and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Constitution for a New America Senators by popular vote, both of which were adopted in 1913. The Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors, adopted in 1919 but not effective until 1920, and the Nineteenth Amendment, which did away with sex discrimination in voting, adopted in 1920, completed the list. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Charles A. Beard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486140458
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Download or read book An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States written by Charles A. Beard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study — one of the most influential in the area of American economic history — questioned the founding fathers' motivations and prompted new perceptions of the supreme law of the land.

Author : William 1863-1938 MacDonald
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015329393
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book A New Constitution for a New America written by William 1863-1938 MacDonald and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.