Through 17 debates this year, roughly 1,500 questions have been asked of the two parties' presidential candidates. But only a small handful of questions have touched on the candidates' views on executive power, the Constitution, torture, wiretapping, or other civil liberties concerns. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The first half of the article is well written and balanced. The questions allowed to be asked in these debates are not very high quality. The second half is weaker, as it assumes that more attention needs to be given to the issues that the author is promoting. The list of questions cited at the end is not trivial, and perhaps these questions, covering most of the important constitutional issues, are sufficient. The author thus gets mixed grades.
