The topic of this episode is, “Does Congress still suffer from Demosclerosis?"
My guest is Jonathan Rauch, the author of the classic book, Demosclerosis: The Silent Killer of American Government (Times Books, 1994). Jonathan is a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author of numerous...
Published 06/03/24
The topic of this episode is, "what is Congress' role in a contingent presidential election?"
Two centuries ago, America had a contingent presidential election. No candidate got a majority of votes, and thus it fell to Congress to decide who got to be president. Might the United States have...
Published 05/06/24