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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Consensus And Constitutional Order
We live in a constitutional federated republic. It’s a unique arrangement in the history of political systems, despite the many attempts to imitate it while omitting its most important characteristics. But far too many Americans fail to grasp the significance of the arrangement: that is; they misconceive its why. The following essays explore the matter in some detail.
- Consensus And Constitutional Order
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part II
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Three: Our Foreign Correspondents
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Four: Failures Of Consensus
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Five: Unintended Consequences
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Six: Look To Your Margins!
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Seven: Density Effects
- Consensus And Constitutional Order, Part Eight: Conceptual and Nomenclatural Needs
- Consensus And Constitutional Order: The One-Vote Effect
Comments
Fran,
I whole-heartedly agree with this post! While I don’t think I could be a genuine Libertarian, I could easily be a Constitutionalist. If there were a new political party to be formed, I would argue that it should adhere strictly to the Constitution. This would place it somewhere to the right of the current Republican party (probably a greater distance than most appreciate).There is speculation that if the Democrats fall as badly as some think, that their party will be taken over by the lunatic left fringe. My personal feeling is that they already have been, and that this will remove them (the Democrats) from useful contention in the political arena in the future.
Meanwhile, the Republicans have drifted toward, or even beyond, the center of the political spectrum, leaving a possible place for a new conservative party.
Power to the people!
Vote the Conservative Party!
Uphold the Constitution!
Well, it’s nice to dream.
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