constitutionalism

So to be more precise, one of the most difficult unsolved problems in American constitutionalism – perhaps a constitutional “abeyance” or silence – is what a president is supposed to do with an act (presumably passed over a veto) that directly encroaches on presidential power.

Balkinization 2006

The task of a progressive constitutionalism is the task of understanding that the Constitution can be better -- no, * is* better -- than those in power want it to be.

Balkinization 2004

And this idea has become so ingrained in the American mind that it will be difficult to gain credence for the assertion that the terms constitutionalism and absolutism represent the forces or systems which, have really been antagonistic ever since Christianity began to affect and animate social and political relations.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Various

Before the American experiments in constitutionalism, the most prominent example of a “president” was the presiding officer in the king’s privy council in Stuart times.

Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Trouble 2009

Here’s the abstract:Current debates in Chinese constitutionalism centering on issues such as judicial independence, the justiciability of constitutional rights, and the relationships between Party and state, political pluralism and dictatorship, and liberal conceptions of the rule of law versus more traditional Chinese articulations of the asymmetric ethical relationship between ruler and ruled are neither novel nor unfamiliar in the PRC.

Tiffert on Chinese Constitutionalism in the 1950s Dan Ernst 2009

This is the central theme of Stephen Elkin’s magnificent RECONSTRUCTING THE COMMERCIAL REPUBLIC: CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AFTER MADISON (a must read for anyone interested in American constitutionalism) and the Dred Scott book to the right (a must read for anyone interested in helping me pay for two, soon to be three, daughters at private colleges).

Balkinization 2006

The failure to ratify the New Deal, as well as other important aspects of the contemporary constitutional system, through amendments has created an ongoing issue within American constitutionalism.

Balkinization 2006

The failure to ratify the New Deal, as well as other important aspects of the contemporary constitutional system, through amendments has created an ongoing issue within American constitutionalism.

Balkinization 2006

It is not contradictory, I believe, to argue at one and the same time that Bush's conception of his prerogatives of office is dictatorial (or, if one prefers, "authoritarian" or "monarchical," which is Bruce Fein's term) AND that he gives no hint of rejecting the most basic norm of American constitutionalism, which is the opportunity to vote the rascals out in an election.

Balkinization 2006

In that work, Smith analyzes more than 1000 judicial opinions on citizenship, exploring the liberal, republican, and racist/ascriptive strands in American constitutionalism.

Empirical Studies in Law 2005