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On Appreciating Congress by Louis Fisher

This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government. Even though its record over the past two centuries presents a mixed picture, the record of the other two branches is also decidedly mixed. The author has worked for Congress for the past four decades and writes from a perspective that intimately understands its shortcomings while appreciating its strengths. He contends that portraying Congress as so inherently inept that it must be kept subordinate to presidential or judicial power is misguided and uninformed. The Constitution looks to Congress as the first branch because it is the institution through which citizens at the local and state level engage in self-government. Although Presidents claim to be the national representative, they cannot substitute for the knowledge and legitimacy brought by members of Congress. Congress, after all, is the people's branch and this book restores it to its rightful claim.
Louis Fisher is a highly respected expert and author on the US. Congress and the U.S. Constitution. He has combined his considerable knowledge of both to analyze the role of Congress in America's constitutional system. His latest endeavor, On Appreciating Congress: The People's Branch, is a much needed and very informative book that explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government. * U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd *
Louis Fisher, a political scientist and specialist in constitutional law, is author of nineteen books, including, most recently, The Constitution and 9/11: Recurring Threats to America s Freedoms (University Press of Kansas 2008).
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ISBN 13 9780199945931
ISBN 10 0199945934
Title On Appreciating Congress
Author Louis Fisher
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 2014-01-09
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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