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Amending America If We Love The Constitution So Much Why Do We Keep Trying To Change It
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Author : Richard B. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2022-09-25
Amending America If We Love The Constitution So Much Why Do We Keep Trying To Change It written by Richard B. Bernstein and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-25 with Law categories.
The story of how the Constitution has been reshaped over the past 200 years to meet America’s changing needs. Since 1789, 27 amendments were adopted — creating the Bill of Rights, banning liquor, protecting the right to vote and reworking how we choose presidents and senators — and more than 10,000 failed. Proposed amendments tried to stave off the Civil War and then wrote its results into the Constitution. “[A] thoughtful history of the Amendments to the Constitution... An excellent delineation of issues debated by modern constitutional scholars.” — Kirkus “[A] sober, straightforward history of the process of amending the Constitution” — Publishers Weekly “[A] comprehensive and engaging study of Article V’s procedures for amending the constitution.” — Washington Post “The authors capture the essence of the importance of the amending process in a highly readable, gracefully written book... This book, which discusses knotty legal and constitutional issues without stuffiness and in plain language, should be easy reading for students and laypersons.” — The Journal of American History “[A] readable, intelligently organized, and well-informed history of how and why the Constitution has been amended.” — The Historian “[S]cholarly and readable.” — Human Rights “Bernstein’s work is engaging and stimulating... he is to be commended for explaining so carefully just how complex a set of questions and problems cluster around Article 5.” — The American Historical Review “Well written... this volume fills an important gap in the current literature and is likely to be the standard account of amending history for some time to come.” — The American Journal of Legal History “[A] masterful book, daring in its scope and impeccable in its execution. Amending America is a great work of scholarship that does justice to the United States Constitution as a living and evolving document. It is a tribute to the working of American democracy, and contributes to our understanding of its evolution and its unfinished agenda.” — Vartan Gregorian, President, Brown University “A magnificent treasure trove of American history, which brings to life why our Constitution has remained a ‘living document’ for over two centuries. Amending America is a wonderful book for anyone interested in our country.” — Arthur R. Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard Law School “Amending America is invaluable for just about anybody seeking to understand the contradictions of our approach to constitutional government. With grace, insight, and considerable information, Bernstein and Agel have written what should be the standard work for a long time to come.” — Herbert S. Parmet, Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York, author of Richard Nixon and His America “Amending America admirably illuminates the complex and remarkable history of the American people’s repeated attempts to amend the Constitution, and captures that history’s enduring significance. Written with scholarship, clarity, and grace, this book recovers a previously neglected dimension of American constitutional history.” — William E. Nelson, Professor of Law, New York University, author of The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine “Instructive and fascinating. The book is thorough, erudite, and packed with the anecdotes that make our political past so enjoyable to review.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “An intelligent, carefully researched, and highly readable account.” — Detroit News
Amending America
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Author : R. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Crown
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Amending America written by R. Bernstein and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Amending America
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Author : Richard B. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-11-01
Amending America written by Richard B. Bernstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-01 with categories.
Amending America
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Author : Richard B. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Amending America written by Richard B. Bernstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Constitutional amendments categories.
Amending America S Unwritten Constitution
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Author : Richard Albert
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-10-20
Amending America S Unwritten Constitution written by Richard Albert and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-20 with Law categories.
It is well known that the US Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times since its creation in 1787, but that number does not reflect the true extent of constitutional change in America. Although the Constitution is globally recognized as a written text, it consists also of unwritten rules and principles that are just as important, such as precedents, customs, traditions, norms, presuppositions, and more. These, too, have been amended, but how does that process work? In this book, leading scholars of law, history, philosophy, and political science consider the many theoretical, conceptual, and practical dimensions of what it means to amend America's 'unwritten Constitution': how to change the rules, who may legitimately do it, why leaders may find it politically expedient to enact written instead of unwritten amendments, and whether anything is lost by changing the constitution without a codified constitutional amendment.
Amend
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Author : Victoria Bassetti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-08
Amend written by Victoria Bassetti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Law categories.
Based on the star-studded Netflix series debuting in September 2020, the riveting story of the fight for equality Equality. Citizenship. Due process. The Founding Fathers never imagined a nation where these rights would belong to everyone. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in the aftermath of the Civil War, changed all that--sparking a radical vision of an inclusive America, where all citizens enjoyed equal protection of the law, and setting the stage for the most important and contentious political experiment the world has ever seen. Based on noted filmmaker Robe Imbriano's extraordinary six-part Netflix series, featuring an all-star cast led by Will Smith, Amend chronicles the remarkable story of the Constitution "fix" at the heart of the struggle for equal rights for African Americans in the nineteeth century, which became the basis for the battle for racial equality, women's equality, marriage equality, and immigrant rights today. This highly accessible account combines brief narrative text with riveting interview excerpts and stunning documentary photographs, bringing the essential story to life in book form. Featuring an extensive introductory historical essay by award-winning constitutional scholar Garrett Epps and chapters covering the full historical journey of the Fourteenth Amendment, Amend explores 150 years' worth of battles in our homes, streets, and courtrooms, to show how the fulfillment of "equal protection" is one of the great unfinished projects of American history.
Revitalizing America
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Author : Donald L. Cleveland
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-04-10
Revitalizing America written by Donald L. Cleveland and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with Political Science categories.
Revitalizing America takes an in-depth look at the promises of democracy made to Americans and the world, and the betrayals of those promises. The promises laid out in the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Gettysburg Address and the Pledge of Allegiance have created a Santa Claus type myth about our government that is shattered every day in the world of real politics. The victims are "we the people." Our grievances can be recited just as the American revolutionists called out the king's offenses in the Declaration of Independence. They run the gamut from violations of human and civil rights, massive secret tests using poisonous materials on the citizenry without public knowledge or consent to old fashioned bribery and greed of public officials. It's our duty to remember our country was born through a revolution, and we must revitalize our democracy through a political and economic revolution. The people need to take back the government. www.revitalizeamericanow.org
Too Young To Run
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Author : John Seery
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-09-10
Too Young To Run written by John Seery and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-10 with Political Science categories.
Under the Constitution of the United States, those with political ambitions who aspire to serve in the federal government must be at least twenty-five to qualify for membership in the House of Representatives, thirty to run for the Senate, and thirty-five to become president. What is the justification for these age thresholds, and is it time to consider changing them? In this provocative and lively book, John Seery presents the case for a constitutional amendment to lower the age barrier to eighteen, the same age at which citizens become eligible to vote. He divides his argument into three sections. In a historical chapter, he traces the way in which the age qualifications became incorporated in the Constitution in the first place. In a theoretical chapter, he analyzes the normative arguments for office eligibility as a democratic right and liberty. And in a political chapter, he ruminates about the real-world consequences of passing such an amendment and the prospects for its passage. Finally, in a postscript, he argues that younger citizens in particular ought to be exposed to this fundamental issue in civics.
The Difficulty Of The Amendment Process Of The Constitution Of The United States Of America And Freedom Of Speech And Its Limits
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Author : Renate Bagossy
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-08
The Difficulty Of The Amendment Process Of The Constitution Of The United States Of America And Freedom Of Speech And Its Limits written by Renate Bagossy and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, Martin Luther University (Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: The American Constitution: Past and Present, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: From the beginning on Americans have proclaimed liberty, have fought wars in its name have evaluated events and institutions and politics in the light of liberty. They were convinced that they are free people and they always wanted to serve as a model for the rest of the world. Besides the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, ratified on the 17th of September 1787, is the fundamental document that symbolizes this freedom and that serves as a legal basis of the juridical system of the United States. This original document does not include speech freedom and freedom of the press, which are two of the most important liberties a free nation should have. The Bill of Rights that includes these liberties was added later, as amendments to the original document. However, the Constitution and its amendments serve as more or less strict guidelines, as the text is not unambiguous. It is difficult to interpret the twisted language of it and as I will show in this work, the opinions reach from one extreme to the other. Justices of the Supreme Court play a leading role in interpreting the Constitution, therefore a lot of juridical cases deal directly or indirectly with the interpretation of the Constitution and are a subject of this term paper. In this term paper I am going to show how the original Constitution was finally ratified, and how difficult it is to change this document. The aim of the Framers was to make the changing of the Constitution as challenging as possible. The difficulty of the amendment process is explained with the help of an example; The Equal Rights Amendment. After discussing the basis of the amendment process I will analyze how freedom of speech and freedo
Proposed Protocol Amending The Agreement For Cooperation Between The United States And The Government Of The Republic Of Indonesia
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Author : United States. President (2001-2009 : Bush)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Proposed Protocol Amending The Agreement For Cooperation Between The United States And The Government Of The Republic Of Indonesia written by United States. President (2001-2009 : Bush) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nuclear energy categories.