Like a comet across the night sky

"Like a Comet Across the Night Sky: A Closer Look at America IV" first uses a series of stories before and after the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787 to sort out the basic process of American constitutional democracy from its origin, development to relative maturity and practice. Following the process of the Constitutional Convention, the author narrates step by step and introduces his reflections on the ideological soil, historical opportunities, and basic concepts of system design in the U.S. Constitution; he describes how early American thinkers and politicians faced various The political wisdom shown in confrontation and compromise, following the rules of the game, and the political wisdom shown in confrontation and compromise; at the same time, it also analyzes the worrying problems and historical limitations of the American constitutional system. Secondly, through the anti-Vietnam War movement in the United States in the 1960s, the "New York Times", "Washington Post" and other media disclosed the so-called "Secret Pentagon Documents", relying on their constitutional power to contend with the then US government administration. The story highlights the operating mechanism of American-style democracy, and also involves the plight of the system in the new crisis.