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US Politics: Hidden Mechanics
1The Anti-Majoritarian Constitution2Congress - The Broken Branch3The Imperial Presidency4The Unelected Judiciary5Weak Parties, Strong Partisanship6The Hidden Welfare State7Voting - Rational Ignorance8Money, Power, and Corruption9Federalism - Laboratory or Obstacle?10American Exceptionalism11Reform and the Possibility of Change12Case Study: The Epstein Files, the Iran Strikes, and the Diversionary Presidency13Case Study: The Ten-Year Signal — Character, Credibility, and the Russia Pattern
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The Anti-Majoritarian Constitution

The Constitution was designed against democracy, not for it. Understanding why reveals profound tensions in democratic theory.

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