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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaehk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points e So far, this report series has defended the Constiution, not the largey dysfu nctionai state of contemporary Amencan poliics. While progressives nlare the Constitution for this dysfunction, its true source is the lack of ldeoiogical ecumenlcaiism among our political elites--the very virtue on which the Constitution was built. * Instead of giving unrdnd power to fleeting majoritisa, weI need to encou rage ths con- stitutionkr spirit of comopromise to make our pooitics wor|< S Reformers should look at the mda ervironmernt, espaecammycable news; campaign finances; and party prima res. All these phenomena reaty empower the shrillest ideolognues. The purpose of this report series has been to defend the Con.stituion as an effective instrument o, g'v- ernient. This is not to say we should be at aI sat- isfied with the state of American polithcs. There is widesp read agernment in the nation that the coun- try s polits is In poor shape. Partisan wrangling generates incessant legislative gridlock on Capitol Hill, and, correspondingly, Congress' ob approval rating is excecdingly low, In the most recent aver- age of polls at Kea llearPotics, just 2 percent of Arnericans approve of the legislature Siilarly, all the najor leaders of C ngress have low approval ratings: Kevin Md ~arthy Mitch Mcconmnell, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schunier all score at or below 3;5 percent. Legislative inertia has eniboldened the other branches to invov'e themsel-Ves more in the pf - cess of governance, distorting the Constitution's original vision, which had rnade Congress para- mount. Presidents effectively legislat through exec- utive action, and the courts peer at stattory lan- guage wrtten halt a cenrt ry ago to resolve today's conflicts. Meanwhile, Congress coes practically noti h0ing The country has had enough of this way of doing buiness. ut 27 percent of Aneic-ans in the latest RealClearPolhtics average believe the country is moving in the right direction. A whopping 66 per- cent believe otherwise3 This dysfunction has prodded many on the left to call for fundamental changes to the Constitu- tion. They argue, following in Woodrow Wilson's footsteps sormne izo years ago, that our instrument of government is too old and obsolete. It must be updated----altered to fit the ex igencies ofthe present crisis. Power is too dispersed, nunerical majorities

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