The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential DemocracyHarvard University Press, 28 Okt 2005 - 400 halaman The ink was barely dry on the Constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down by the Constitution exacerbated the crisis. With Republican militias preparing to march on Washington, the House of Representatives deadlocked between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis. Ackerman 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. Nevertheless, the Constitution managed to survive through acts of statesmanship and luck. |
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... created a seventh seat on the Court to accommodate a new circuit for Kentucky , Ohio , and Tennessee . In contrast to his prior conduct , this time Jefferson didn't keep his cards close to his chest . Instead , he officially requested ...
... creating judicial offices ; but it reserves the right of fixing the duration of those offices when created under the constitution . It has , in fact , prescribed their duration . As soon as Congress have executed their power of ...
... created 16 new judgeships , in contrast to the 25 proposed previously . See id . , 11-15 . Only one new judgeship was created for the frontier states of Tennessee and Kentucky in the Sixth Circuit . This new cir- cuit judge would ...
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PART ONE The Peoples President | 3 |
Constitutional Brinksmanship | 111 |
Republican Triumph | 142 |
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