Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment: The Irony of Constitutional Democracy by Ralph a. Rossum

Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment: The Irony of Constitutional Democracy

Ralph a. Rossum

312 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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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 structur...

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