Abstract
Bruce Ackerman offers a view of American constitutional politics that stresses the fundamentally democratic nature of all American politics, and the increasingly national character of the American demos. The strength of the voice of the people, rather than constitutional due process, are the hallmark of episodes of constitutional reform. At the same time, Ackerman suggests that the American people need to reclaim their Constitution, and proposes that the voice of the people should be heard in a particular way--one involving clear elements of direct democracy. This essay seeks to interrogate the idea of the voice of the people--and the idea of direct democracy--as an appropriate basis for constitutional politics from a perspective that allows of expressive as well as instrumental political behaviour.
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