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Parliamentary America: The Least Radical Means of Radically Repairing Our Broken Democracy
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Trey talks with constitutional law professor Maxwell Stearns about his new book Parliamentary America which argues the U.S. needs to adapt the U.S. House to include proportional representation.
Topics Trey and Max Cover Include
- how the median voter theory is inaccurate
- why American parties are tending in extreme directions
- proposals to double the size of the House of Representatives
- proposals to transform the selection of president and vice president
- proposals to change how to remove a president
- the historic necessity of convincing relevant actors to agree to these changes.
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860 episodes
Manage episode 409079406 series 2312968
Trey talks with constitutional law professor Maxwell Stearns about his new book Parliamentary America which argues the U.S. needs to adapt the U.S. House to include proportional representation.
Topics Trey and Max Cover Include
- how the median voter theory is inaccurate
- why American parties are tending in extreme directions
- proposals to double the size of the House of Representatives
- proposals to transform the selection of president and vice president
- proposals to change how to remove a president
- the historic necessity of convincing relevant actors to agree to these changes.
Follow Max on X, and check out Parliamentary America
The Politics Guys on Facebook | X
Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo we’re @PoliticsGuys.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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