1. Liberalism
Taylor stood on liberal ground in holding that men were a mixture of good and evil. Self-interest was the only real constant in human action.43 He broke with archaic-republican ideas of mixed constitutions and social balance. His key idea was to divide power up so many ways, federally and departmentally that no set of officials possessed enough of it to overawe the government or the people. This goes far beyond the tame notions of “checks and balances” and “separation of powers.”
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But power does find a way to combine. The separation of powers is to some degree effective but I think the Bill of Rights has been as effective of more so. The reason is the rights are well defined and easy to understand. It is hard to fudge the variables. Separation of powers is easier to fudge.
ReplyDeleteAll should work well if there were honorable men in office as they would follow the founders' intent.
DeleteThe Fourteenth Amendment was designed by the Framers for
ReplyDeletethe states, namely to leave suffrage and segregation beyond
federal control, to leave it with the States, where control
over internal, domestic matters resided from the beginning.
Some dirty judge named Chief Justice Warren revised it and
reshaped it. George Wallace was right.
Thanks.
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