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