{"product_id":"no-democracy-lasts-forever-how-the-constitution-threatens-the-united-states-9781324091585","title":"No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeeply troubled by the Constitution's inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that our nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now facing American democracy. Pointing out that just \u003cem\u003efifteen\u003c\/em\u003e of the 11,848 amendments proposed since 1789 have passed, Chemerinsky contends that the very nature of our polarization results from the Constitution's \"bad bones,\" which have created a government that no longer works or has the confidence of the public. Yet political armageddon can still be avoided, Chemerinsky writes, if a \u003cem\u003enew\u003c\/em\u003e constitutional convention is empowered to replace the Constitution of 1787, much as the Founding Fathers replaced the outdated Articles of Confederation. If this isn't possible, Americans must give serious thought to forms of secession--including a United States structured like the European Union--based on a recognition that what divides us as a country is, in fact, greater than what unites us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324091585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erwin Chemerinsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337900814517,"sku":"9781324091585","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_af95d0e0-7cc0-412b-838b-79ecfdd5b482.jpg?v=1719329708","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-democracy-lasts-forever-how-the-constitution-threatens-the-united-states-9781324091585","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}