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Watergate has already told us much about the political dynamics of the presidency. In Political Discourse, L. H. LaRue shows that it can also reveal much about Congress, the men and women we elect to be our collective voice in Washington. Retracing the debates in the House Judiciary Committee as it voted on the articles of impeachment, LaRue shows that our representativesâall of them lawyersâchose to center their discussions largely on the presidentâs violation of the law.Yet, LaRue suggests, far greater matters than simple lawlessness were at stake. By choosing to organize their discussions predominantly around the concept of ârule of law,â our representatives sidestepped the crucial issues of government ethics, the public trust, and democracy itself that Watergate raised. In this way, they failed in their role as representatives and misstated the deepest concerns of their constituents. LaRue proposes that breach of trust, not rule of law, should have been the focus of the discussions. Such a metaphor would have been less legalistic, closer to most Americansâ true concerns. It would have created a more wide-ranging debate that better encompassed the crucial issues that surrounded Watergateâone that spoke for our determination as a people to resist tyrants who threaten our democracy.
Hardcover:
9780820309804 | Univ of Georgia Pr, April 1, 1988, cover price $25.00
Paperback:
9780820336275 | Univ of Georgia Pr, June 1, 2010, cover price $22.95
9780820310275 | Univ of Georgia Pr, March 1, 1988, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Watergate has already told us much about the political dynamics of the presidency.
Product Description: The fundamental thesis of Constitutional Law as Fiction is that in writing the opinion that explains a judgment, a judge not only analyzes and organizes precedent and makes and defends policy or value judgments, but he or she also tells a story, much as a historian does...read more
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9780271014067 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, May 1, 1995, cover price $50.95 | About this edition: The fundamental thesis of Constitutional Law as Fiction is that in writing the opinion that explains a judgment, a judge not only analyzes and organizes precedent and makes and defends policy or value judgments, but he or she also tells a story, much as a historian does.
Paperback:
9780271014074 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, May 1, 1995, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: The fundamental thesis of Constitutional Law as Fiction is that in writing the opinion that explains a judgment, a judge not only analyzes and organizes precedent and makes and defends policy or value judgments, but he or she also tells a story, much as a historian does.
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