The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy /
Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and...
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Cambridge, MA :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2005
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Table of Contents:
- 1: The people's president
- American on the brink
- The original misunderstanding
- John Marshall for president
- Jefferson counts himself in
- On the brink
- What went right?
- 2: The people and the court
- Constitutional brinksmanship
- Federalist counterattack
- Republican triumph
- Marbury v. Stuart
- Presidential purge
- Synthesis
- Reverberations
- Documents: Horatius's presidential knot
- Judge Bassett's protest
- Part 1 The People's President
- Introduction: America on the Brink 3
- 1 The Original Misunderstanding 16
- 2 John Marshall for President 36
- 3 Jefferson Counts Himself In 55
- 4 On the Brink 77
- 5 What Went Right? 93
- Part 2 The People and the Court
- Introduction: Constitutional Brinksmanship 111
- 6 Federalist Counterattack 116
- 7 Republican Triumph 142
- 8 Marbury v. Stuart 163
- 9 Presidential Purge 199
- 10 Synthesis 224
- 11 Reverberations 245
- Documents
- Horatius's Presidential Knot 269
- Judge Bassett's Protest 276
- Pt. 1 The people's president
- Introduction : American on the brink
- 1. The original misunderstanding
- 2. John Marshall for president
- 3. Jefferson counts himself in
- 4. On the brink
- 5. What went right?
- Pt. 2. The people and the Court
- Introduction : constitutional brinksmanship
- 6. Federalist counterattack
- 7. Republican triumph
- 8. Marbury v. Stuart
- 9. Presidential purge
- 10. Synthesis
- 11. Reverberations
- Horatius's presidential knot
- Judge Bassett's protest.