REDISCOVERING THE CONSTITUTION A READER FOR JEFFERSON MEETING DEBATES THE JEFFERSON FOUNDATIONPDF电子书下载

1. To Make and to Alter Their Constitutions of Government: Article V and Amendment by Convention 1

2. The Plain Simple Business of Election: Presidential Election and the Republican Principle 19

3. So Great a Power to Any Single Person: The Presidential Term and Executive Power 57

4. The Root of Republican Government: Terms of Office in the Legislative Branch 79

5. During Good Behavior: Judicial Independence and Accountability 101

6. To Control the Abuses of Government: The Veto and the Separation of Powers 117

7. To Collect the Wisest Sentiments: Representative Government and Direct Democracy 135

8. The Mischiefs of Faction: Campaigns, Money, and the Public Good 155

Appendix A: The Jefferson Meeting on the Constitution 177

Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States of America 197

Acknowledgments 221