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Preface=ix
PART ONE INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Veneration and Criticism of the American Constitution / Thomas J. Main=5
The Progressive Critique=6
The Antifederalist Critique=9
The Abolitionist Critique=10
Constitutional Criticism Today=11
PART TWO THE CONSTITUTION : PRO AND CON
Chapter 2. Democracy and the Constitution / Daniel Lazare=15
The Limits of Pragmatism=17
The Political Implications=19
End Times, Anyone?=21
Chapter 3. We Should Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution―Not Trash It / Jeremy Rabkin=25
Why Fix It if It's Not Broke?=26
The Authority of the Second Best=29
Too Much Constitutional Reform Will Undo the Constitution=31
A Fixed Constitution Must Sometimes Be a Flexible Constitution=35
The Most General Case for Constitutional Conservatism=37
PART THREE RACE AND THE CONSTITUTION
Chapter 4. Slavery's Constitution : The Creation of America's Covenant with Death / Paul Finkelman=43
Slavery in the Constitutional Structure=45
Slavery and Congressional Representation=48
Slavery and the Executive Branch=57
Commerce and Slavery : The Dirty Compromise=57
Toward Sectional Harmony=65
The Proslavery Compact=66
Chapter 5. Planned Obsolescence? The Constitution and Slavery / Mark A. Graber=69
In the Beginning=72
Framing=72
Ratification=75
Slavery and the Northern Ratification Debates=75
Southern Ratification Conventions=77
Obsolescence Over Time=79
The Southern Perception=80
Northern Perceptions=81
Contemporary Lessons?=82
PART FOUR THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE : END IT OR MEND IT?
Chapter 6. Why the U.S. Needs Direct Election of the President / George C. Edwards III=87
Constitutional Consistency=88
Defending Interests=89
Attention to State Interests=92
Fragmenting the Party System=95
Preserving Federalism=98
Protecting Non-State-Based Minority Interests=100
Why Not Elect Everyone by the Same Rules?=100
Campaigns under Direct Election=101
Conclusion=102
Chapter 7. The Electoral College : Mend It, Don't End It / Larry A. Sabato=105
The Founding of a College=106
Advantages of the Electoral College=107
Concerns with the Current Electoral College=108
Reforms That Abolish the Electoral College=109
Reforms That Mend the Electoral College… but Have Unintended Consequences=110
Reform Approaches That Mend the Electoral College… and Can Work=113
PART FIVE THE CONSTITUTION AND GRIDLOCK
Chapter 8. Thinking about Gridlock / Sanford Levinson=121
Chapter 9. Does the Constitution Encourage Gridlock? / R. Shep Melnick=135
From Stalemate to Gridlock=137
Where's the Beef?=139
From Veto Points to Opportunity Points=143
Compared to What?=146
PART SIX JUDICIAL REVIEW AND DEMOCRACY
Chapter 10. Against Judicial Review / Mark Tushnet=151
The Positive Component=152
The Negative Component=154
Justice-Related Justifications=155
Democracy-Related Justifications=157
Redundancy Justifications=159
Conclusion=160
Chapter 11. In Defense of Judicial Review / Stephen Macedo=163
Majoritarian vs. Constitutional Conceptions of Democracy=164
Constitutional Democracy=165
Majoritarianism Reexamined=166
Constitutional Democracy and Judicial Review=170
Democracy-Enhancing Judicial Review : From Theory to Practice=172
Judicial Review, Popular Constitutional Choice, and Global Constitutionalism=174
Is the American Constitution Ideal?=176
Conclusion=177
PART SEVEN AN IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY?
Chapter 12. The Imperial Presidency, or "Who Doesn't Belong and Why?" : Lincoln, FDR, Bush 43 and Obama / Richard M. Pious=181
Lincoln's Constitutional Dictatorship=184
FDR's "Dr. Win the War" Prerogatives=188
Surveillance Authority=191
Status of Enemy Combatants=191
Indefinite Detention of American Citizens=192
Interrogation of Unlawful Combatants=193
Military Tribunals=194
Denial of Habeas Corpus and Counsel to American Citizens=196
Partial Separation of Powers=197
Partial Separation and Parallel Governance=197
Congress and Interbranch Collaborative Frameworks=201
Ending Judicial Evasion=202
In sum…=204
Chapter 13. Vindicating the Presidency in a Time of Terror / Marc Landy=207
President and Congress=208
Judicial Supremacy=212
Partisanship and Foreign Policy=216
Iran Contra=217
The False Peace=220
9/11, the War Metaphor and the Rebirth of Foreign Policy Partisanship=220
The War on Terror=222
Acquitting Bush=223
Coercive Interrogation=225
Conclusion=228
PART EIGHT SUMMARY
Chapter 14. Conclusions and Further Questions / Akhil Reed Amar=233
We the People=233
Remember the States=236
Remember the Amendments=238
Imagine=240
Notes=245
About the Authors=291
Index=295