Right from the very beginning of the nation, there have been rules that limit the ability of the people to choose their leaders.
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The framers decided that members of both the House and Senate would be required to be “an inhabitant” of the state they represent.
Compromises, no matter how horrible, have long been used to solve seemingly intractable political problems – but at a cost.
Five scholars explain different aspects of the history, workings and effects of the Electoral College.
Three approaches were debated during the Constitutional Convention – election by Congress, selection by state legislatures and a popular election, though that was restricted to white landowning men.
The framers of the Constitution were very clear that presidential terms have time limits. Not four years and a day. Not three years and 364 days. Four years.
With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders’ two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.
Calling witnesses and reviewing documents fit the Founders’ goals for impeachment to curb the president’s unilateral power.
The Founders saw impeachment as a regular part of ensuring presidential accountability. A constitutional scholar offers a possible process for a rapid and smooth impeachment inquiry.
The now-infamous section 44 of the Australian Constitution was a last-minute change by the authors, drafted in private and accepted out of weariness.
Treaties have to be the foundation for constitutional recognition, not the reverse.
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