Professor Levinson and the “Imbecilic” Constitution: Speaking Liberty to Power

By: timelyrenewed (Diary)  |  June 11th at 06:37 PM  | 

In a recent piece in the New York Times, Professor Sanford Levinson bewailed our Imbecilic Constitution.  In his article Professor Levinson claimed that “critics across the spectrum call the American political system dysfunctional, even pathological. What they don’t mention, though, is the role of the Constitution itself in generating the pathology. … Our vaunted system of “separation of powers” and “checks and balances” … means | Read More »