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U.S. Constitutional Issues

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The U.S. Constitution, along with the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, establishes the framework of America’s tripartite government and delineates powers among the three branches, and between the federal government and the states. Brookings experts from across the Institution offer their ideas on important policy issues that, fundamentally, are constitutional questions.

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Is America in Decline?

May 15, 2012

Debilitating political polarization, crushing public debt, a toothless campaign finance system, dysfunctional schools, crumbling infrastructure, a shifting economic landscape, rising health care costs and declining median household incomes – these are some of the many problems Edward Luce details in his new book, Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012). On May 15, Brookings Senior Fellow William Galston moderated a discussion of Time to Start Thinking, which is based on Luce’s meticulous journalism and bolstered by interviews with senior White House officials, U.S. senators and the chief executives of some of America’s top companies.

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