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socraticgadfly's review
5.0
A must-read laundry list of how anachronistic the US Constitution really is, and why, with Lazare making a strong argument for junking the whole thing (not counting the amendments that give us our rights) and starting over ... with an eye to a non checks-and-balances gridlock parliamentary government instead of our current nonsense.
This is a book I have re-read more than once.
And, in what is arguably a bit of serendipitous timing, Lazare starts the book with a threat of secession by the state of California, in conjunction with the 2020 election.
Beyond this, readers should look for other books about the realities of the Constitutional Convention. Sheldon Wolin is one good one.
This is a book I have re-read more than once.
And, in what is arguably a bit of serendipitous timing, Lazare starts the book with a threat of secession by the state of California, in conjunction with the 2020 election.
Beyond this, readers should look for other books about the realities of the Constitutional Convention. Sheldon Wolin is one good one.
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