Conservative constitutionalism today requires taking back the original Constitution to restore the constitutional order and representative government. |
The puzzle that needs to be answered is then whether the post-Cold War peace is sustained by hegemony, or by a form of constitutionalism. |
In this richer sense of the term, Rex's society has not embraced constitutionalism because the rules defining his authority impose no constitutional limits. |
There is simply no question that getting some form of constitutionalism and some form of democratic governance would be better for the vast majority of non-democracies. |
It has no necessary connection with democratic government or constitutionalism, however. |
Lincoln was a skilled orator, brilliant at fashioning American constitutionalism into a rhetorical sword that could save the Union. |