Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-301) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- A republic, if you can keep it. The remedy -- Controlling Republican politics : the main challenge -- Broad nationalism : the politics of the Virginia Plan -- Narrow nationalism : the Virginia Plan's opponents -- Selecting U.S. representatives -- Selecting U.S. senators -- Congressional independence -- Selecting the president -- Presidential independence and isolation -- The courts and a bill of rights -- Federalism -- Slavery -- Economic authority -- National security and foreign policy -- The end game -- A republic, if you can keep it.
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