The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
"The ink was barely dry on the constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
©2005.
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| Summary: | "The ink was barely dry on the constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down by the Constitution exacerbated the crisis. Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis. Marbury v. Madison is the case that first asserted the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. Ackerman shows that Marbury is best seen in combination with another case, Stuart v. Laird, as part of a retreat by the Court in the face of the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 384 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674018664 (hardcover : alk. paper) |