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No democracy lasts forever : how the Constitution threatens the United States / Erwin Chemerinsky.
Deeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now facing American democracy. Pointing out that just fifteen of the 11,848 amendments proposed since 1789 have passed, Chemerinsky contends that the very nature of our polarization results from the Constitution's "bad bones," which have created a government that no longer works or has the confidence of the public. Yet political Armageddon can still be avoided, Chemerinsky writes, if a new constitutional convention is empowered to replace the Constitution of 1787, much as the Founding Fathers replaced the outdated Articles of Confederation. If this isn't possible, Americans must give serious thought to forms of secession-including a United States structured like the European Union-based on a recognition that what divides us as a country is, in fact, greater than what unites us.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324091585
- ISBN: 1324091584
- Physical Description: xiv, 223 pages : 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | United States. Constitution. United States. Constitution. Democracy > United States. Constitutional law > Political aspects > United States. Constitutional conventions > United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Main Library | 342.73 (Text) | 33062009926792 | New Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
