Decline and Fall of the American RepublicBruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another from the rise of presidential primaries, to the role of pollsters and media