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The Failure of the Founding Fathers

- Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy

About The Failure of the Founding Fathers

This book revisits the electoral college crisis of 1800, offering a new understanding of the early plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court struggling to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective. Ackerman shows how the early court integrated Federalist and Republican themes into the Constitution.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674023956
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 400
  • Published:
  • April 29, 2007
  • Dimensions:
  • 157x233x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 466 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 3, 2025

Description of The Failure of the Founding Fathers

This book revisits the electoral college crisis of 1800, offering a new understanding of the early plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court struggling to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective. Ackerman shows how the early court integrated Federalist and Republican themes into the Constitution.

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