Constitution 2000 : A Federalist Proposal for the New Century

by Wade, Edwin L.

• ISBN13: 9780964737266
• ISBN10: 0964737264
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Let's Talk Sense Pub Co

Table of Contents

Preface To The Second Edition	xi
It Wasn't Supposed To Be This Way	3	(38)
Why They Met in Philadelphia	6	(3)
Who Were Those Guys?	9	(4)
What Did They Decide?	13	(14)
The Glorious Afterthought	27	(7)
What Did It All Mean?	34	(7)
Cut Congress In Half	41	(68)
The House of Representatives	48	(21)
The Senate	69	(29)
Terms and Term Limits	98	(8)
The Party Line	106	(3)
Let's Have a President Again	109	(58)
Election of a President	124	(15)
Cabinet and Staff	139	(16)
The Line-Item Veto	155	(6)
The Term Limit	161	(6)
Getting To Justice	167	(34)
Discovery	177	(9)
Alternative Dispute Resolution	186	(7)
The Judge Who Quits	193	(8)
Toward a Constitutional Central Bank	201	(40)
Who Can Legislate?	203	(4)
The Creation . . . and The Crash	207	(14)
Volcker versus Reagan	221	(8)
GreenspanSpeak	229	(5)
Our Central Bank---or Theirs?	234	(7)
Let's Make Free Speech Free	241	(32)
Political Rhetoric as Free Speech	242	(10)
Outrageous Conduct as Free Speech	252	(8)
Big-Time Spending as Free Speech	260	(13)
Guns, Babies, and Budgets	273	(28)
The Second Amendment	274	(9)
Abortion	283	(9)
The Balanced Budget Amendment	292	(9)
The Road To a Convention	301	(10)
An Open Letter To George Washington	311	(22)
Appendix A
Proposed Uniform Application From the Several States to Congress Requesting and Requiring That a Constitutional Convention Be Called	319	(4)
Appendix B
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America	323	(10)
Notes On Sources	333	(24)
Acknowledgments	357	(2)
Index	359