Congress and the American TraditionTransaction Publishers - 363 Seiten Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. |
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... Chief Executive who will serve as the embodiment of the people's will , which notion is itself an abstraction because there are only individual human wills . The power of the Ex- ecutive then flows from its ability to gratify the ...
... chief , to be con- firmed and amplified by His Son . John Adams — though destined to become himself almost a demigod— was inclined to our modern agreement that these old tales are " preju- dice , " " popular delusion " and ...
... chief . Delay in finding a successor was bound to lead — and in the event did lead — to mounting conflicts and a weakening of the entire Soviet system . The need for a successor and the damaging consequences of the failure to name one ...
... chief magistrate : No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men , more than the people of the United States . Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an ...
... chief executive since the adoption of the 12th amendment ( 1804 ) 11. Not merely the selection of committee chairmen but the procedures and organization of Congress are in general governed by seniority . It is perhaps worth remarking ...
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The Diffusion of Power | 45 |
Power and Limits | 62 |
Public and Private | 75 |
The Place of Congress | 91 |
The Traditional Balance | 103 |
The Escape of the Treaty Power | 205 |
The Investigatory Power | 221 |
The Attack on Investigations | 236 |
Theoretical Gravediggers | 253 |
The Case Against Congress | 262 |
The Reform of Congress | 271 |
Democracy and Liberty | 281 |
The Logic of Democratism | 290 |
The Fall of Congress | 127 |
The LawMaking Power | 140 |
The Rise of the Fourth Branch | 157 |
The Purse | 169 |
And The Sword | 184 |
The Problem of Treaties | 194 |
Conditions of Liberty | 301 |
What Is a Majority | 311 |
Leader of the Masses Assembly of the People | 317 |
Can Congress Survive? | 333 |