No democracy lasts forever: how the Constitution threatens the United States
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Published:
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2024].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xiv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781324091585, 1324091584, 9781324091585, 1324091584

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided. Deeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now facing American democracy. Pointing out that just fifteen of the 11,848 amendments proposed since 1789 have passed, Chemerinsky contends that the very nature of our polarization results from the Constitution's 'bad bones,' which have created a government that no longer works or has the confidence of the public. Yet political armageddon can still be avoided, Chemerinsky writes, if a new constitutional convention is empowered to replace the Constitution of 1787, much as the Founding Fathers replaced the outdated Articles of Confederation. If this isn't possible, Americans must give serious thought to forms of secession--including a United States structured like the European Union--based on a recognition that what divides us as a country is, in fact, greater than what unites us"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Chemerinsky, E. (2024). No democracy lasts forever: how the Constitution threatens the United States. First edition. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Chemerinsky, Erwin. 2024. No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Chemerinsky, Erwin, No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.

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Chemerinsky, Erwin. No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States. First edition. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.

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