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First Draft of Chapter 5: Citizens’ Think Tank

The government has a voice, unions have a voice, business lobbies have a voice, environmental groups have a voice and think tanks have a voice,… Continue reading First Draft of Chapter 5: Citizens’ Think Tank

PUBLISHED ON Posted on December 3, 2015March 24, 2016Author BY Brockin Categories Draft Book Chapters
Tags BC Citizens' Assembly, Citizen Think Tank, Gordon Gibson, juries, Oregon Citizen Initiative Review, think tanks

Day 18 (p. 313 to 331): Tocqueville makes the bold claim that the widespread use of juries in America is the reason for their political prudence. Is Judge Judy to the citizenry what Sesame Street is to children?

“I think that the practical intelligence and political good sense of the Americans are mainly attributable to the long use which they have made of… Continue reading Day 18 (p. 313 to 331): Tocqueville makes the bold claim that the widespread use of juries in America is the reason for their political prudence. Is Judge Judy to the citizenry what Sesame Street is to children?

PUBLISHED ON Posted on November 13, 2015March 3, 2017Author BY Brockin Categories Responses to Democracy in America
Tags aristocracy, Democracy in America, Judge Judy, judges, juries, lawyers, Tocqueville
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