Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Democracy

How Democratic is America?
Howard Zinn

How Democratic is America? A Response to Howard Zinn
Sidney Hook

Rebuttal to Sidney Hook
Howard Zinn

Rejoinder to Howard Zinn
Sidney Hook

Chapter 2 The Constitution

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Charles A. Beard

Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
Robert E. Brown

Chapter 3 Federalism

Unfunded Mandates

Unfunded Mandates: Laws that Bind Us Together
George Miller

The Federal Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: “Lost in the Weeds”
Lamar Alexander

Gay Marriage: A Matter for the States or the Federal Government?

‘States, Right?' Not in the Gay Marriage Debate
Adam White

Rules of Law: Let States Decide
John Yoo

Chapter 4 Public Opinion

Vox Populi in Cyberspace
Dick Morris

The Promise and Perils of Cyberdemocracy
Norman Ornstein and Amy Schenkenberg

Chapter 5 Voting

Turnout in the 2004 Presidential Election
Martin P. Wattenberg

Compulsory Voting is the Best Way to keep Democracy Strong
Arend Lipjhart

Nonvoting Is Not a Social Disease
Austin Ranney

Chapter 6 Campaigns and the Media

TV Ad Wars
Fred Wertheimer

Damned Spots: A Defense of Thirty-Second Campaign Ads
Stephen Bates and Edwin Diamond

Chapter 7 Elections

Nominations

Choosing Our Choices 2004
Robert E. DiClerico

The National Primary: An Excellent Idea
John Armor

The Graduated Random Presidential Primary Election
Thomas Gangale

The Electoral College

Not the People's Choice: How to Democratize American Democracy
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The Electoral College Didn't Do It
Robert Weissberg

Chapter 8 Political Parties

Do Cultural + Security Issues = National Republican Era?
Darrell M. West

Movement Interruptus
John B. Judis and Ruy Texeira

Chapter 9 Interest Groups

Power in America
G. William Domhoff

The Forces that Set the Agenda
Jeffrey A. Birmbaum

Chapter 10 Congress

Representation: Redistricting

Redistricting, A Bipartisan Sport
Earl Blumenauer and Jim Leach

You Can't Compete with Voters' Feet
Bill Bishop

Representation: Legislative Role

The Legislator as Delegate
General Assembly of Virginia

The Legislator as Trustee
John F. Kennedy

The Legislator as Politico
George B. Galloway

Legislative Process: The Filibuster

It's Time to Change the Filibuster
Tom Harkin

Defending the Dinosaur: The Case for Not Fixing the Filibuster
Bill Frenzel

Chapter 11 The Presidency

The Return of the Imperial Presidency?
Donald R. Wolfensberger

All hail…King George?
Eric A. Posner

Chapter 12 Bureaucracy

Civil Service Rules: A Drag on Our National Security
Philip K. Howard

A Strong Civil Service System is the Cure, Not the Problem
Gerald Pops

Chapter 13 Courts

The Supreme Court and Judicial Review

A Jurisdiction of Original Intention
Edwin Meese, III

What Did the Founding Father Intend?
Irvin R. Kaufman

Judicial Selection

The Senate is Supposed to Advise and Consent, Not Obstruct and Delay
John C. Eastman and Timothy Sandefer

Of Course Ideology Should Matter in Judicial Selection
Erwin Chemerinsky

Chapter 14 Civil Liberties

Free Speech

Mandatory Student Fees do not Abridge Freedom of Speech
American Council on Education

Mandatory Student Fees Violate Students' Right to Free Speech
Pacific Legal Foundation

Civil Liberties and Terrorism

America 's Unpatriotic Acts
Walter M. Brasch

Liberty and Terrorism
Robert H. Bork

Criminal Rights

“We're in the Fight of Our Lives”
Bernard Gavzer

“Just Make It A Fair Fight”
John C. Kilwein

Chapter 15 Civil Rights

Affirmative Action

Law School Admissions: The Case For Affirmative Action
Sandra Day O'Connor

Law School Admissions: The Case Against Affirmative Action
Clarence Thomas

Gender Equality

Wrestling with Title IX
John Irving

We Must Preserve Equity for Women in College Athletics
Joanna Grossman

Abortion

Abortion Politics: The Case for the Right to Privacy
Susan R. Estrich and Kathleen M. Sullivan

Abortion on Demand Has No Constitutional or Moral Justification
James Bopp, Jr. and Richard E Coleson