A single review cannot do justice to such a rich collection of thirty-eight essays spanning 736
pages. In this review essay, I will synthesize the insights of the authors to attempt an answer …

Are individual rights a danger to civil society? For almost forty years now, critics of individual
rights have argued that such rights damage, rather than support, our national aspirations for …

The shutdown of the United States government for sixteen days in October 2013 symbolized
a distinctively American version of political failure. Failure is, of course, not uncommon in the …

Proponents of constitutional reform in the United States maintain that constitutional change
must be initiated from outside the regular channels of constitutional politics.'In his book, Our …

Nations around the world are facing various crises of ineffective government. Basic
governmental functions-protecting rights, preventing violence, and promoting material well …

" The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of
Government...."'These words expound the fundamental federal constitutional safeguard of …

As the contributions to this Symposium illustrate, there is great disagreement over whether
the constitutional order of the United States suffers from serious dysfunction and, if so …

Is the survival ofconstitutional democracy in America at serious risk? Given the actions of the
Trump administration, and given the decline ofdemocracy and concomitant rise …

From the perspective of partisan politics, the fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
Act was not unusual-the pipeline largely is opposed by Democrats, who fear its …

The Madisonian premises of the Constitution need modernization. This modernization,
ironically, requires drawing upon the insights of Madison's fellow Enlightenment Era political …