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SUMMARY:Constitution Day Lecture
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:William F. Connelly, Jr., professor from Washington and Lee University, will speak on "The Constitutional Origins of Contemporary Congressional Partianship."=0D=0A=
Contrary to the conventional wisdom today, partisanship is potentially constructive and constitutionally permissible; it is a normal, natural and necessary part of our political system. If it is “evil” as some insist, it is a necessary evil. Politics – including partisan politics – is how we do policy; campaigning and governing go hand in hand. Politics is rarely far removed from policymaking; campaigning is inextricably part of governing. Congress, for example, must at all times be responsive and responsible.=0D=0A=
Some say the Founders were anti-party. Yet James Madison concluded that “parties seem to have a permanent foundation in the variance of political opinions in free states.” Indeed, Madison observed, “the Constitution itself … must be an unfailing source of party distinction.” It is tempting to concur with Madison and conclude that congressional partisanship to this day is rooted in the Constitution.=0D=0A=
Certainly, the Founders’ practice of their principles in the first decade of the new Republic suggests that they were hardly anti-party. Their ardent partisanship during the 1790s provides evidence that partisanship is a natural and inevitable part of our politics.
LOCATION:Bennett Auditorium/172 Draper
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