After Patrick Henry

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A Second American Revolution

By: Neal Herrick

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Paperback | 3 March 2026

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Author Neal Q. Herrick considers government corruption to be the predominant problem facing the world today. Although bribery and influence peddling are the most visible aspect of this corruption, they are not, in Herrick's opinion, the most serious. For Herrick, the more serious aspect of government corruption is the laws that bribery and influence peddling produce--laws that favor the corporations--resulting in, what he calls, a kind of delusional corruption that leads to unjust and unnecessary wars. "After Patrick Henry" is a book about both kinds of corruption, as they are inseparable and arise from the same structural failing: the failure to make the interests of government coincident with the interests of the people.

Tracing both forms of corruption back through history, Herrick gives a brief account of governmental descent into lawlessness, identifies the constitutional flaw that led to this lawlessness, and discusses some of the issues that must be considered in devising remedies. After discussing the four principles on which the US Constitution rests and pointing out the causal connections between the failure of the impeachment provisions and presidential wars, eroded political culture, and civil society complaisance, Herrick proposes a constitutional amendment and a strategy for accomplishing it.

Neal Q. Herrick taught at the University of Michigan. He headed the HEW-Labor Task Force that drafted the Occupational Safety and Health Act submitted to Congress in 1968. He is the co-author, with the late Harold Sheppard, of "Where Have All the Robots Gone "and a contributor to "Work in America."

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Public Administration Political Corruption Central Government Central Government Policies History Regional & National History History of the Americas

Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xv
Our Country in Trouble
Presidential Wars	p. 7
An Eroded Political Culture	p. 49
Civil Society Complaisance	p. 71
The Broken "Mainspring" of our Government
Should Impeachment Proceedings Consider the Good of the Country?	p. 95
Should Impeachment Proceedings Consider Public Opinion and Party Discipline?	p. 126
Should Impeachment Defendants Be Granted Due Process?	p. 153
Did the 106th Senate Usurp House Impeachment Powers?	p. 179
Did the 106th Senate Usurp the Chief Justice's Authority to Preside?	p. 202
Our Journey from Republic to Elective Monarchy and Some Thoughts About a Return Trip
Stepping-Stones on the Path We Have Traveled	p. 231
Potholes on the Road Back	p. 269
Stepping Back from the Brink of Tyranny
Prudent "Measures" We Should Take	p. 314
A First Step on the Road Back	p. 351
Afterword	p. 378
Cases	p. 388
References	p. 390
Index	p. 394
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