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Reconstructing State Republics, Francesca L. Procaccini
Reconstructing State Republics, Francesca L. Procaccini
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Our national political dysfunction is rooted in constitutionally dysfunctional states. States today are devolving into modern aristocracies through laws that depress popular control, entwine wealth and power, and insulate incumbents from democratic oversight and accountability. These unrepublican states corrupt the entire United States. It is for this reason that the Constitution obligates the United States to restore ailing states to their full republican strength. But how? For all its attention to process, the Constitution is silent on how the United States may exercise its sweeping Article IV power to “guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of …
Congressional Power To Guarantee State Democracy, Benjamin Plener Cover
Congressional Power To Guarantee State Democracy, Benjamin Plener Cover
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Initiative Enigmas, Richard Collins