Debating reform conflicting perspectives on how to fix the American political system
Presenting a range of essays from top scholars in the field, this reader helps students to understand how American Government institutions can be made to work better.
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Sage/CQ Press
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Constitution
- 1. Resolved, Article V should be revised to make it easier to amend the Constitution and to call a constitutional convention
- Pro: Sanford Levinson
- Con: David E. Kyvig
- Federalism
- 2. Resolved, Congress should restore each state's freedom to set its drinking age
- Pro: John Mccardell
- Con: James C. Fell
- Civil Liberties
- 3. Resolved, the Constitution should be amended to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United
- Pro: Jamie Raskin
- Con: John Samples
- Civil Rights
- 4. Resolved, Congress should pass the Democracy Restoration Act restoring the right to vote in federal elections to people with criminal records
- Pro: Erika L. Wood
- Con: Roger Clegg
- Political Participation
- 5. Resolved, the United States should adopt a national initiative and referendum
- Pro: Todd Donovan
- Con: Richard J. Ellis
- 6. Resolved, the United States should adopt compulsory voting
- Pro: Martin P. Wattenberg
- Con: Jason Brennan
- The Media
- 7. Resolved, Congress should bring back the fairness doctrine
- Pro: Marjorie Randon Hershey
- Con: James Gattuso
- Political Parties
- 8. Resolved, political parties should nominate candidates for president in a national primary
- Pro: Caroline J. Tolbert
- Con: David P. Redlawsk
- 9. Resolved, states should require open primaries
- Pro: Mark A. Siegel
- Con: Seth E. Masket
- Interest Groups
- 10. Resolved, earmarks for special interests should be abolished
- Pro: Jeffrey Lazarus
- Con: Scott A. Frisch And Sean Q Kelly
- House of Representatives
- 11. Resolved, proportional representation should be adopted for U.S. House elections
- Pro: Douglas J. Amy
- Con: Brendan J. Doherty
- 12. Resolved, the redistricting process should be nonpartisan
- Pro: Elaine C. Kamarck
- Con: Justin Buchler
- Senate
- 13. Resolved, the Senate should represent people, not states
- Pro: Bruce I. Oppenheimer
- Con: John J. Pitney Jr.
- 14. Resolved, Senate Rule XXII should be amended so that filibusters can be ended by a majority vote
- Pro: Steven S. Smith
- Con: Wendy J. Schiller
- Presidency
- 15. Resolved, the electoral college should be abolished
- Pro: George C. Edwards III
- Con: Gary L. Gregg II
- 16. Resolved, the president should be granted a line-item veto
- Pro: Michael Nelson
- Con: Robert J. Spitzer
- Bureaucracy
- 17. Resolved, bring back the spoils system
- Pro: Domonic A. Bearfield
- Con: Marissa Martino Golden
- Judiciary
- 18. Resolved, the terms of Supreme Court justices should be limited to eighteen years
- Pro: David Karol
- Con: Ward Farnsworth
- Domestic and Budgetary Policy
- 19. Resolved, the United States should adopt a balanced budget amendment
- Pro: David M. Primo
- Con: John B. Gilmour
- Foreign and Defense Policy
- 20. Resolved, Congress should pass the War Powers Consultation Act
- Pro: Nancy Kassop.