Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment : the irony of constitutional democracy / Ralph A. Rossum.
Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which, by eliminating federalism's structural protection, altered the v...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
c2001.
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| Summary: | Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which, by eliminating federalism's structural protection, altered the very nature and meaning of federalism. Ralph A. Rossum's provocative new book considers the forces unleashed by an amendment to install the direct election of U.S. Senators. Far from expecting federalism to be protected by an activist court, the Framers, Rossum argues, expected the constitutional structure, particularly the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 307 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739154991 0739154990 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |