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Rediscovering the Constitution, a reader for Jefferson Meeting debates, the Jefferson Foundation ; Alice O'Connor, Mary L. Henze, W. Richard Merriman, Jr

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Rediscovering the Constitution, a reader for Jefferson Meeting debates, the Jefferson Foundation ; Alice O'Connor, Mary L. Henze, W. Richard Merriman, Jr

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

Rediscovering the Constitution

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bibliography

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15054183

Responsibility statement

the Jefferson Foundation ; Alice O'Connor, Mary L. Henze, W. Richard Merriman, Jr

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a reader for Jefferson Meeting debates

Table Of Contents

To Make and to Alter Their Constitutions of Government: Article V and Amendment by Convention -- The Plain Simple Business of Election: Presidential Election and the Republican Principle -- So Great a Power to any Single Person: The Presidential Term and Executive Power -- The Root of Republican Government: Terms of Office in the Legislative Branch -- During Good Behavior: Judicial Independence and Accountability -- To Control the Abuses of Government: The Veto and the Separation of Powers -- To Collect the Wisest Sentiments: Representative Government and Direct Democracy -- The Mischiefs of Faction: Campaigns, Money, and the Public Good

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