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							<title><![CDATA[Madison's Nightmare Has Come to Trump's America]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Gerhardt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is over, ending with all but one Republican voting to acquit. But the effort to make sense of its constitutional ramifications is only beginning.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Revive Madison's Constitution]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Gerhardt</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' James Madison wrote in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Federalist No. 57,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'and in the next place, to take...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Impeachment Inquiry Is Fully Legitimate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/why-impeachment-inquiry-legally-legitimate/601165/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Gerhardt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In their efforts to trash the Democrats' investigation, the president and his defenders are trashing the Constitution along with it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deciding a President's Legacy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Gerhardt</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHAPEL HILL -- 			
On the eve of a presidential inauguration, it's timely to think about how presidential legacies are made. In fact, presidential legacies depend on several factors over which presidents have limited control.The first is time, which matters in two ways.The more time...]]></description>
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