Press Kit for "The Constitution Has Expired," by John Boykin
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ENDORSEMENTS
“The idea is phenomenal, and the story is fascinating.”
—Ambassador Thomas J. Miller, former US ambassador to Greece
“This is a brilliant novel. I loved the intelligent work behind it all and the wry humor throughout.”
—Loretta Tofani, Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter for The Washington Post
“In a chilling twist on It Can’t Happen Here, John Boykin imagines the complete collapse of America’s constitutional system. With a taut narrative and eye for political nuance, he takes the reader on a nail-biting odyssey to an inspired, unexpected solution.”
—Susan Wels, best-selling author of An Assassin in Utopia
SAMPLE INTERVIEWS, SPEECHES, ETC.
Lean to the Left Podcast: Short audio clip (2:30; whose vote counts and whose does not) Full video Full audio only
Freakonomics Radio: Short clip (25 seconds) My segment only (6 minutes) Full episode with transcript (69 minutes)
American Academy of Diplomacy book award acceptance speech (C-SPAN got my name wrong and misspelled the book title)
IMAGES
MISREPRESENTATION IN SENATE
One half of Americans are represented by 82 senators, the other half by 18 (because half the population lives in 9 states).
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CHECKS & BALANCES THEORY
The Constitution relies on institutions to counter each other. That theory works fine in the absence of political parties–which did not exist when the Constitution was written.
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CHECKS & BALANCES IN PRACTICE
As soon as political parties enter the mix, the theory of checks and balances–a stroke of genuine genius–tends to atrophy in practice.
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