Download or read book Volume of Speeches Delivered in Congress 1840 written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electing the House written by Jay K. Dow and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States we elect members of the House of Representative from single-member districts: the candidate who receives the most votes from each geographically defined district wins a seat in the House. This system—so long in place that it seems perfectly natural—is, however, unusual. Most countries use proportional representation to elect their legislatures. Electing the House is the first book-length study to explore how the US came to adopt the single-member district system, how it solidified into a seemingly permanent fixture of American government and whether it performs well by the standards it was intended to achieve. The US Constitution grants the states the authority to elect representatives in a manner of their own choosing, subject to restrictions that Congress might impose. Electing the House reminds us that in the nation's early years the states exercised this privilege and elected their representatives using a variety of methods. Dow traces the general adoption of the present system to the Jacksonian Era—specifically to the major franchise expansion and voter mobilization of the time. The single-member district plurality-rule system was the Federalists' solution to tyranny of the majority under the expectation of universal franchise, and the Jacksonian-Whigs–Era response to the political uncertainty caused by large-scale voter mobilization. The system was solidified concurrently with the enfranchisement of women in the early twentieth century and African Americans in the Civil Rights Era. Dow persuasively argues that the single-member district system became the way that we elect our representatives because it fits especially well within the corpus of political thought that informs our collective understanding of good governance and it performs well by the standards it was meant to achieve, and these standards are still relevant today. Locating the development of single-member district system within the context of American political thought, Dow's study clarifies the workings and the significance of a critical electoral process in our time. In the process, the book informs and enhances our understanding of the evolution of the American political system.
Download or read book Feardom written by Connor Boyack and published by Libertas Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do history's most notorious despots have in common with many of the flag-waving, patriotic politicians of our day? Both groups rise to power through the exploitation of fear. Sometimes the fear derives from a pre-existing threat. At other times, crises are created or intensified to invoke a sense of panic and anxiety where none previously existed. This pattern is as predictable as it is destructive. The end result is the same: a loss of liberty. Policies that are costly, oppressive, and harmful are supported by people who abandon any interest in freedom or personal responsibility in hopes of feeling safe. Manufactured fear, with its negative impact on liberty, is a societal plague. There have been widespread casualties. We need an antidote. Feardom offers its readers a much-needed immunization.
Download or read book The Works of Daniel Webster Speeches in Congress and legal arguments and speeches to the ury written by Daniel Webster and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Speeches in Congress and legal arguments and speeches to the jury written by Daniel Webster and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Speeches of the Hon Henry Clay in two Volumes written by Daniel Mallory and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of Daniel Webster Speeches in Congress and legal arguments and speeches to the jury written by Daniel Webster and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech delivered in the House of Representatives December 29 and 30 upon the motion to refer so much of the President s Message as relates to discriminating duties and domestic manufactures to the Committee on Manufactures written by James A. MERIWETHER and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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