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Separation of powers

Dissolve Congress

by Jean-Philippe Immarigeon,

A cure for constitutional crisis

Congressional Abdication

by Jim Webb,

In matters of foreign policy, Congress, and especially the Senate, was designed as a hedge against the abuses exhibited by European monarchs who for centuries had whimsically entangled their countries…

1. The Constitution

by David Cole,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” No one has captured George W. Bush’s understanding of constitutional law more precisely or presciently than Richard M. Nixon, who famously (and incorrectly) told David…

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Art by Tullio Pericoli,

An American parliament

Overcoming the separation of powers

The Grand Inquest of the Nation

by Raoul Berger,

The President can no more create a constitutional power to withhold information than he can pull himself up by his own bootstraps

Profiles in caution

by Taylor Branch,

Too many blank checks?

by Clayton Fritchey,

A new kind of national election

by Joseph S. Clark,

Editor’s note

by John Fischer,

Advise and consent

by William Smith White,

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