„… Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit of French Political Representation Esther Abin …” „… 1996. Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit of French Political Representation 61 “Society …” „… Strauss, “Notes on Carl Schmitt" (Schmitt 2007,116-117). Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-6

„… Today? 37 Claudia Wiesner Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit of French Political …”

Suvi Soininen, Tuula Vaarakallio Challenges to Parliamentary Politics: Rhetoric, Representation and Reform S. 7-16

„… during the Third and Fourth Republics. In her article, Republican Rationality and the Democratic Deficit …” „… . Esther Abin approaches the topic by underlining the strong tradition of French republicanism, its values …” „… republicanism are even more prominent in today’s presidentially oriented Fifth Republic. The result, she argues …”

Suvi Soininen Defending Parliamentary Politics and Individual Freedom in a Disillusioned World S. 145-166

„… , Paul A. (2006, ed.): Machiavelli’ Liberal Republican Legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press …”

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3. Handling Trump S. 41-68

„… explained to Trump that over the past two years the Republican-controlled Senate had blocked the …” „… members of the Republican caucus. No one was more sensitive to the party’s donor base, and no one was more …” „… power for himself and for the Republican Party. Indeed, McCon nell was a unique, vertically integrated …”

2. McConnell’s Bitter Harvest S. 19-40

„… Republican-led Senate looked like an Amazon fulfillment center.”55And then, on February 13, 2016, Justice Antonin …” „… room with no doubt that Obama would be elected.1Every year as Republican leader, McCon nell brought his …” „… caucus together to plan strategy. On January 9, 2009, the Senate Republi-cans met in the Library of …”

11. Good Faith, Bad Faith S. 207-230

„… naïve—handing McCon nell the keys to the castle—or a closet Republican.Progressive Democrats were further …” „… . Six Republicans—Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, Bill Cassidy, and Rob …” „… , Mitch McCon nell returned to his day job. He would be the Republican leader holding the fort against …”

9. The Big Lie S. 165-186

„… he dismounts.” As long The Big Lie 179as Trump did not concede, some Senate Republicans—those who …” „… fraud happening on and before election day,” Trump tweeted. “Why do Republican leaders deny what is …” „… large-scale Venezuela, if they win.”8 Speaking at the Republican National Convention a week later, Trump tied …”

10. Acquitting the Insurrectionist S. 187-206

„… no longer in office.17 The Senate tabled Paul’s point of order, with five Republicans—Collins …” „… ever by an American president.Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican …” „… office and his oath to the Constitution.”1Given Cheney’s stature in the Republican party, her statement …”

Epilogue S. 231-242

„… importance because exactly one Republican—Lisa Murkowski—showed any interest in protecting the right to vote …” „… Republican attacks on welfare recipients. In a statement issued shortly after the Fox News Sunday interview …” „… infrastructure bill; with his blessing, eighteen other Republicans joined him along with all fifty Democrats in a …”

Notes S. 251-282

„… . Zelizer, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican …” „… ., 258. 9. Carl Hulse, “Maine Senators Break with Republican Party on Stimulus,” New York Times, February …” „… Alberta, American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump …”

6. The Sham Trial S. 121-130

„… demon-strably false. The House Republicans, twenty-one years earlier, had impeached President Bill Clinton on a …” „… Senate, led by Republican Trent Lott and Democrat Tom Daschle, stepped up to its responsibility by …” „… Repub-licans. In 2020, the two houses would reverse their roles. The House impeached Trump for compelling …”

Preface

„… The BetrayalThe BetrayalHow Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned AmericaIra …” „… Republicans abandoned America / Ira Shapiro. Other titles: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans …” „… ) Subjects: LCSH: McConnell, Mitch. | United States. Congress. Senate. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854 …”

1. The End of the Last Great Senate S. 1-18

„… Miss; he was one of the first of the generation of Southern Republicans who capitalized on popular …” „… disproportionately progressives, and while they were mostly Democrats, even the Republican ranks included some …” „… leg-endary Republican minority leader, doubted that Mansfield could pos-sibly run the Senate in that way. And …”

4. Saving Brett Kavanaugh S. 69-98

„… Representatives, where he had earned strong support from Republican hard-liners and Freedom Caucus members for his …” „… the Federalist Society and Republicans generally.Historically, justices appointed by Republican …” „… presidents had timed their departures so that another Republican president could nominate their successors …”

8. The Banana Republic Confirmation S. 151-164

„… anything with impunity because of the protection provided by the Republicans in the US Senate. And as the …” „… . Ordinarily, that would mean a single-minded focus on help-ing other Senate Republican candidates, to ensure …” „… the highest priority of the Republican Party and right-wing constitutional movement: locking in a …”

5. To Impeach or Not to Impeach S. 99-120

„… House committees. The chances that Trump would be impeached had gone from zero when the Repub-licans ran …” „… personal fate depended on the interaction of the leaders of the Democratic House and the Republican Senate …” „… ; they personified the divide between Democrats and Republicans. There might have been mutual respect …”

7. A Politicized Pandemic S. 131-150

„… , a fiercely conservative Republi-can senator from Arkansas, was studying disturbing news reports from …” „… intense.” Alexander and three Republican colleagues issued a bland statement thanking the administration …” „… brief-ing, referring to his Republican colleagues. “Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is …”

A Note on Sources S. 247-250

„… on interviews. Consequently, The Betrayal—the story of the Sen-ate Republicans’ catastrophic and …” „… nell written by John David Dyche, Republican Leader: A Political Biography of Senator Mitch McCon nell …” „… ) and Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity (1993).250 The …”

Index S. 283-292

„… ; and Senate Republicans, 178–80, 235; and sentencing reform, 93–96; success of, 234, 238; and Trump, 41 …” „… nuclear option, 48Republicans in Senate, xv–xvii; and ACA repeal efforts, 59–66; and Barrett, 161; and …” „… of, 3–5; rules of, 239–40; structure of, 3. See also failure of Senate; Republicans in …”

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