The Federalist: DESIGN FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC

The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic

History

Carey, George W.

Americas

University of Illinois Press

"Throughout this scrupulously researched interpretation of The Federalist papers, Carey provides a glimpse of our Republic's original design. He shows us what kind of federal union The Federalist's authors had in mind, and indicates how we have strayed from their intent." -- Paul Gottfried, National Review "The best book yet published on The Federalist." -- Paul Peterson, The Review of Politics "Serious scholars of American politics will find it stimulating and useful in deepening their own understanding of the American regime." -- Charles E. Umbanhowar, Perspectives on Political Science "Likely to become a classic in its own right. The Federalist is excellent: well organized, carefully considered, incisive, lucid, concise, and masterful." -- Ellis Sandoz, author of A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding

The Tree of Life: An Expose of Physical Regenesis On the Three-Fold Plane of Bodily, Chemical and Spiritual Operation

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Franklin Classics

Americans are increasingly ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other forms of quasi-law that lack the predictability and consistency essential for the legal system to function properly. As a result, the U.S. Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern, and the government no longer acts according to the rule of law. These developments can be traced back to a change in “constitutional morality,” Bruce Frohnen and George Carey argue in this challenging book.
The principle of separation of powers among co-equal branches of government formed the cornerstone of America’s original constitutional morality. But toward the end of the nineteenth century, Progressives began to attack this bedrock principle, believing that it impeded government from “doing the people’s business.” The regime of mixed powers, delegation, and expansive legal interpretation they instituted rejected the ideals of limited government that had given birth to the Constitution. Instead, Progressives promoted a governmental model rooted in French revolutionary claims. They replaced a Constitution designed to mediate among society’s different geographic and socioeconomic groups with a body of quasi-laws commanding the democratic reformation of society.
Pursuit of this Progressive vision has become ingrained in American legal and political culture―at the cost, according to Frohnen and Carey, of the constitutional safeguards that preserve the rule of law.

Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law

Frohnen, Bruce P.

Constitutional Law

Harvard University Press

When it was first published twenty-five years ago, this classic work of political theory gained notoriety because neither its approach nor its interpretations readily fit into any of the major schools of thought dealing with the American political tradition. More significantly, its arguments challenged core tenets of what had become received wisdom concerning the roots of our political beliefs and institutions. Willmoore Kendall and George W. Carey argue that a new, largely contrived political tradition has gained currency in many legal, academic, and political circles. This new tradition, set forth by Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address, holds that our fundamental political ideas are derived from the Bill of Rights and the "all men are created equal" clause of the Declaration of Independence. Proponents of this view not only champion individual rights but also believe that the achievement of a broadly defined equality represents a binding but as yet unfulfilled promise made by the American people in the Declaration.
In the present work, Kendall and Carey instead maintain that one must look to the founding era and its key documents in order to understand our indigenous political tradition. In so doing, one sees that the right of the people to govern themselves, rather than the concept of individual rights, is at the heart of the American political tradition.
 Using the analytical approach developed by Eric Voegelin, the authors examine the documents that are vital to an understanding of our political origins: the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, the Virginia Bill of Rights, the Constitution itself, and the Federalist Papers. At the same time, they consider questions highly relevant to the subsequent course of American political development. 
This thought-provoking book contributes important arguments to the fundamental debate over the place of equality in our political self-understanding. It will continue to be of immense interest to all serious students of American political thought. 
 ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
 At the time of his death Willmoore Kendall was chairman of the department of economics and politics at the University of Dallas. His major writings include John Locke and the Doctrine of Majority Rule and The Conservative Affirmation. George W. Carey is professor of government at Georgetown University and editor of The Political Science Reviewer. He is the author of numerous works in the field of American political theory, including In Defense of the Constitution and The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic.

The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition

Politics & Social Sciences

Kendall, Willmoore

Politics & Government

The Catholic University of America Press

Essays on Christianity and Political Philosophy

This collection of eight essays by leading scholars addresses the various aspects of the intricate and manifold relationship between Christianity and the political thought and movements of our time. Co-published with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Schall, James V.

Religion & Spirituality

University Press of America

A series of essays which critically examine the concept of the open society as 'the crowning achievement of Western civilization.' Analyzes the open society theory from a variety of perspectives but some go well beyond the question of adequacy to answer the critics and foes of liberal democracy. These essays do not simply extol the virtues of the open society, but each points to serious concerns or shortcomings in the open society doctrine. The contributors warn that liberal democracies need firmer moral and intellectual foundations than the open society is capable of providing. Co-published with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

Order, Freedom, and the Polity

Reference

A series of essays which critically examine the concept of the open society as 'the crowning achievement of Western civilization.' Analyzes the open society theory from a variety of perspectives but some go well beyond the question of adequacy to answer the critics and foes of liberal democracy. These essays do not simply extol the virtues of the open society, but each points to serious concerns or shortcomings in the open society doctrine. The contributors warn that liberal democracies need firmer moral and intellectual foundations than the open society is capable of providing. Co-published with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

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.

In Defense of the Constitution

Liberty Fund

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.

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The Federalist: Design for a Constitutional Republic

The Federalist: DESIGN FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC

The Tree of Life: An Expose of Physical Regenesis On the Three-Fold Plane of Bodily, Chemical and Spiritual Operation

Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law

The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition

Essays on Christianity and Political Philosophy

Order, Freedom, and the Polity

Order, Freedom, and the Polity

In Defense of the Constitution

In Defense of the Constitution