@article{808064,
      recid = {808064},
      author = {Levinson, Cynthia, and Levinson, Sanford,},
      title = {Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their  fights, and the flaws that affect us today /},
      pages = {235 pages :},
      abstract = {Gridlock! Gerrymandering! The Electoral college! How did  our government get so complicated? As it turns out, many of  the issues we struggle with today have their roots in the  creation of the United States Constitution.  Husband-and-wife team Cynthis Levinson and Sanford Levinson  take us back to the beginnings of this document and show  how these fault lines were first introduced - and how their  unintended consequences continue to affect us today. The  Framers of the Constitution, they remind us, faced many of  the same challenges and disputes that we do in the  twenty-first century. Sometimes there was conflict,  sometimes compromise - and the Framers met most of the  challenges with great skill and foresight. Some issues,  however, were just too complex or controversial to settle  in such a brief time. Today we are still suffering from the  consequences of disputes and decisions made in an  overheated room in 1787, as a new form of government for  our country was being created. -- from dust jacket.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/808064},
}