Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-237) and index.
Contents
How good are the brakes on the democracy train? -- Why the sudden concern about fixing the brakes? -- Would you buy this house? : repairing the cracks in democracy's foundation -- Do the external judicial brakes work anymore? -- The Fortas fiasco : how not to maintain the brakes -- What's law got to do with it? : please don't kill all the lawyers-yet -- In praise of seventh-grade civics : separation of powers in the time of Trump -- Applying separation of powers in the time of Trump : five test cases -- Which shell is the power under? : federalism as a protection of the weak -- Night sweats : what if it all comes apart?
