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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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How good are the brakes on the democracy train? -- Why the sudden concern about fixing the brakes? -- Would you buy this house? : repairing the cracks in democracy's foundation -- Do the external judicial brakes work anymore? -- The Fortas fiasco : how not to maintain the brakes -- What's law got to do with it? : please don't kill all the lawyers-yet -- In praise of seventh-grade civics : separation of powers in the time of Trump -- Applying separation of powers in the time of Trump : five test cases -- Which shell is the power under? : federalism as a protection of the weak -- Night sweats : what if it all comes apart? |
| Summary |
From the leading constitutional lawyer who has sued every president since LBJ, a masterful explication of the "pillars of our democracy" On November 9, 2016, many Americans feared that our democracy was on the verge of collapse. But is it' In an erudite and brilliant evaluation of the current state of our government, noted constitutional scholar Burt Neuborne administers a stress test to democracy and concludes that our unprecedented sets of constitutional protections, all endorsed by both major parties, stand between us and an authoritarian federal regime fronted by Donald Trump's tweets: namely the division of powers between the three branches, the rights reserved to the states, and the Bill of Rights. Neuborne parses the genius of our constitutional system and the ways its built-in resilience will ultimately survive current attempts to dismantle it. While many important issue areas'women's right to choose, LGBTQ rights, separation of church and state'risk erosion, Neuborne suggests that the "parchment barriers" of our Constitution, coupled with strong citizen activism, will allow us to fulfill Ben Franklin's charge to keep our republic. When at Times the Mob Is Swayed is an invitation from one of our most respected legal lights to identify, celebrate, and defend our bedrock constitutional principles |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Constitutional law -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Constitutional law -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Constitutional law. |
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Political participation -- United States.
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Political participation. |
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Democracy -- United States.
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Democracy. |
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Political culture -- United States.
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Political culture. |
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Separation of powers -- United States.
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States' rights (American politics)
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Civil rights -- United States.
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Separation of powers. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
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States' rights (American politics) |
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LAW -- Constitutional. |
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Civil rights. |
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LAW -- Public. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2017-2021 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neuborne, Burt, 1941- When at times the mob is swayed. New York : New Press, 2019 9781620973585 (DLC) 2019004699 (OCoLC)1104916957 |
| ISBN |
9781620973592 (electronic book) |
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1620973596 (electronic book) |
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9781620973585 |
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1620973588 |
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