Constitutional Government in the United States

Woodrow Wilson

• Editorial: Wilson Press
• Año: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781447494584
• Categoría: Politik & Internationale Beziehungen
• Categoría: Verfassungen

First published in 1908, Constitutional Government in the United States offers Woodrow Wilson's thoughts on the US political system, including his famous theories regarding constitutional interpretation.

This classic volume presents Woodrow Wilson's criticism of the US founding fathers and cements him as a thought leader during the Progressive era. In it, Wilson discusses the various branches of the US government, including the constitution, courts, party leaders and presidencies.

Based on a series of speeches given by Wilson before he won the presidential election in 1912, this classic of American political science literature is still shaping thoughts around the subject today.

Chapters in this book include: What is Constitutional Government? The Place of the United States in Constitutional Development The President of the United States The House of Representatives The Senate The Courts The States and the Federal Government Party Government in the United States

Constitutional Government in the United States is an essential read for anyone interested in the evolution of political thought and the history of the US constitution.

INDEX

Action, sobering to opinion, 39

allowed no vent becomes dangerous, 40

Acts of a session, The, not the product of common counsel, 103

Adaptation, Process of constitutional, 193

Adjustment, The principle of the freest right and opportunity of, 5–6

between the government and the individual, 18

between the government and the popular thought and need, 23–24

of the Constitution to the exigencies and new aspects of life, 192

Advisers, Independent, in position to be masters, 139

Agitation, fixed upon conviction, cannot be allayed, 37

free under popular government, 38

dangerous where there are no suitable institutions, 39

America, abounds in the vitality of variety, 51

economic and social contrasts in, do not follow state lines, 180

a nation in the making, 182

American Congress and English Parliament originally of the same model, 82, 86

American form of government, 40–44

American political system distinguished by the extreme vitality of its parts, 182

American president and English king originally of the same model, 82

American Revolution, The, a part of the Whig contest for constitutional liberties, 198–99

Appointments to office, a severe tax on the President, 79

federal, not controlled by bosses, 215

responsible and irresponsible, 215–16

Assemblies, representative, Development of functions of, 11–15

essential to a constitutional system, 24

need of, for discussion, 102, 103

need of genuine, 222

Bagehot’s, Mr., compliment to Americans, 59

Barons, The, and King John, at Runnymede, 2–3

contended for the privileges of a nation, 6, 7; 53

Bill of Rights, The, a part of the written constitution of England, 22

may be ignored by act of Parliament, 144

defines rights as against the crown, not against Parliament, 145

Body politic, Parties our real, 218–20

Boss, No national, 214

Bosses and managers, Political, nominate candidates, 190

required in party organization, 206–10

natural fruits of the tree, 210

discontent with, 213–14

control selection of members of Congress, 214–15

British North America Act, The, 146–47

Bryce, James, on our constitutions, 147

Burke, on what a free government is, 4

on American legislatures, 13

Cabinet, The, an executive, not a political body, 76

two views of the character of the, 77

Cabinet meetings deal only with larger matters of policy, not with details, 67

Cabinet officers in line of succession for presidency, 64

more active than President in executing laws, 66

are shut out from Congress, 73

various sources whence drawn, 75–76

Canada, The constitution of, an Act of Parliament, 146–47

Candidates named by political bosses and managers, 190

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