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Informationen zum Autor George W Carey is a Professor of Government at Georgetown University and the editor of several major works on American government. James McClellan is James Bryce Visiting Fellow in American Studies at the Institute of United States Studies! University of London! and the author of Liberty! Order! and Justice. Klappentext "In Defense of the Constitution" refutes modern critics of the Constitution who assail it as "reactionary" or "undemocratic." The author argues that modern disciples of Progressivism are determined to centralize political control in Washington, D.C., to achieve their goal of an egalitarian national society. Furthermore, he contends, Progressive interpreters of the Constitution subtly distort fundamental principles of the Constitution for the precise purpose of achieving their egalitarian goals. It is in their distrust of self-government and representative institutions that Progressivists advocate, albeit indirectly, an elitist regime based on the power of the Supreme Court--or judicial supremacy. Key elements and issues in this transformation of the original republic into an egalitarian mass society are thoroughly examined. George W. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and editor of The Political Science Reviewer. Zusammenfassung Defends the Founders' Constitution and its underlying principles. The prognosis is that only a return to these principles will lead to a restoration of constitutionalism and the rule of law. The book answers modern critics of the Constitution who assail it as "reactionary" and "undemocratic".
