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handle is hein.amenin/aeiacxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points R cer', rnpeacr nenr controversies mr,t.,.,aszte com npetine views of VepresenKh.or, in a byca :.s n*Ateci b ethe ate and trustee m,:.de,s , S bo a pit-rank p iti ,hilosopher and an eiig:tene d pr,ctitic:rer of :e-_ubaa govearnr, .janes Madisor cn tp shed ght on tes-e dispu-es thiough his iheory and NWter at hovY pc i-:. s sholId :epresent the peple, Madison's extensve Ro to en ,,ct the Hili of Right deonstwate how he sughtto uefiec Lthe best denents of public opinion for th0egod 1of t-e r-'tion, effic cive'ly nerging thf d-'egate and trustee ode'a s, SContenporar siatesrer can learn valuable, pacnrca lessons fro Aadiison's exaPpie, Politics today is caught betwreen antipodal trends. In zo1 a populist movement sprung forth froni the beartland, demanding better representatu of voters' views in gover iment Ths i ing cd tinnated in thOe ekct on of Donald Trump, whose adminstration has in turn inspired a kind of elite count-rrevolution that demands a return to a more erudite and sophisticated sty,le ofptbic landmnstra- Lon., 'I'hese conri.isting views were on hill display during tihe recent inpeadmnient licarings in. tite House of R-rresentatives. Lifclong bureaucrats blasted tWe president's ..nusul poicynaking styl, while the president and his allies adamantly main- tained that is efofbrs were in response to deep state bureauci ats opposing the will of the people, This ,' f-lict seen to be little more than another frustrating example of modern America's hyper- parttsanship, with little lasti ng insight or vaiue hr Am.-erican rerpubli-anisn. Yet a closer look at 'he hattle between 'm trp and his i.pponcents reveals an ancient conflist between conmpeting vaies of' representation: Are representatives of the people delegates or trustees? Advocates of the president appear to emphasize the delegate model, Trump is tie choie of the people, and he is doing what ie people want However, Trmps opponents disdain his coarse tonme and bad adAninistrative practces. They emphasize that a representative's job is to be a steward or trustee of the pul l)ic interest, above simply teflecting the vagaries of public opinion -. N ,f . T :-i - i- . -:

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