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The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy Book

The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the US. This book describes the aspects of electoral college crisis. It shows how Thomas Jefferson counted his Federalist rivals out of the House runoff and how the Federalists threatened to place John Marshall in the presidential chair.Read More

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  • Product Description

    American History. Ackerman presents a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective.

  • 0674018664
  • 9780674018662
  • B Ackerman
  • 11 October 2005
  • Harvard University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 400
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