An urgent primer on what can be done to combat emerging threats to
the core of U.S. Democracy-presidential elections. In 2000, we
learned that an exceptionally close presidential election can
produce chaos, because we have no reliable Constitutional mechanism
for resolving disputes. Joe Biden just won a presidential election
that was extremely close in a number of states. Trump-and his many
supporters-refuse to accept the legitimacy of those vote results,
leading to an insurrection at the Capitol Building. Where do we go
from here? In A Short History, Constitutional scholar Alan Hirsch
presents a concise history of presidential elections that resulted
in crises and advocates clear, common-sense solutions, including
abolishing the Electoral College and the creation of a permanent,
non-partisan Presidential Election Review Board to prevent or
remedy future crises. "Hirsch does a very good job of offering
historical context to illuminate the present-and the terrifying
future. His imaginative proposals are probably too sensible to be
implemented in an age of parochial partisanship."-David Shipler,
former reporter for the New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner
"Democracy is broken, but as Alan Hirsch explains, it really
doesn't have to be. This is the real story of how our voting system
became so vulnerable to attacks from within and without, told with
precision, verve, and even hope. This is the way out."-Douglas
Rushkoff, author of Team Human "This is a must-read for anyone who
cares about safeguarding presidential elections which should be
everyone."-Evan Caminker, Professor and former Dean, University of
Michigan Law School "The noted law historian, author of Impeaching
the President, examines the handful of seriously problematic
presidential elections in American history and what the
Constitution elucidates about the process of undoing such an
event-namely, nothing. . . . A highly relevant study featuring much
food for thought and prospects for change."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Review " [A] seminal work of meticulous and informative scholarship
that should be considered as an essential and unreservedly
recommended addition to community, college, and university library
Contemporary Political Science collections. It should be noted for
the personal reading lists of students, academia, political
activists, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in
the subject."-Midwest Library Review
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