Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

When I think of the important periods of unified government, I think of the New Deal and of the Great Society. In my view these are fitting indictments of the principle of unified government because the legislation that they enacted has been enormously destructive and detrimental to human welfare. That is a political judgment, and an outspoken judgment, even if made by a law professor---one, I might add, whose views are likely to disqualify him permanently from any responsible position of political power in Washington. But there is something to be said for having some of us reside permanently outside the corridors of power, if only because we shall be a little less reluctant to speak our minds. So I want to criticize as an academic, the way that Lloyd has analyzed the data, in order to show that his conclusions are, in my judgment, backwards.

First Page

567

Volume

68

Publication Date

1990

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