From the archive · Wednesday, 19 August 2026

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Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics

Woodrow Wilson

Argues that, contrary to the formal separation-of-powers design, real power in the late-nineteenth-century US federal government sat with congressional committees rather than the presidency.

Level: Advanced
Access: Free
Length: about 5.5 hours to read
Copy: link checked 17 Sept 2026
Filed under: Constitutional Law

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