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3 posted on 03/12/2012 5:18:24 PM PDT by iowamark (The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves)
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To: iowamark

Best lecture so far.

To only add to your very good notes, the States in their 1776-1777 Constitutions provided for strong legislatures which quickly overwhelmed purposely weak executives and judiciaries. Understandably fearful of strong executives, they swung too far toward democracy.

Today, we are tending toward the same mistake of our first State constitutions, too much democracy. Most people think a non majority vote getting President to be an outrage.
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7 posted on 03/12/2012 5:31:21 PM PDT by Jacquerie (No court will save us from ourselves.)
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