Abstract
The Cycles of Constitutional Time argues that we can understand American constitutional development in terms of three kinds of cycles. The first is the rise and fall of regimes featuring dominant political parties. The second is a very long cycle of polarization and depolarization that stretches from the Civil War through the present. The third cycle is a series of episodes of constitutional rot and constitutional renewal.
Recommended Citation
Jack M. Balkin,
Race and the Cycles of Constitutional Time,
86 Mo. L. Rev.
(2021)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr/vol86/iss2/6