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Books on: u s constitutional amendments

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Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Amendment

Book by Sanford Levinson; Princeton University Press, 1995

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Constitutional Amendments, Constitutional Amendments--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...legislatures, or a constitutional convention...Progressive Era amendments were met with...Under the U.S. constitutional system, it...unworkable amendment, the Eighteenth...accepting Murphy's invitation...Sandford, 60 U.S. 19 How...
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Constitutional Change in the United States: A Comparative Study of the Role of Constitutional Amendments, Judicial Interpretations, and Legislative and Executive Actions

Book by John R. Vile; Praeger Publishers, 1994

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Constitutional Amendments--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and Theory of Constitutional Change If the...changes in the U.S. constitutional order--an...foci. Donald S. Lutz focuses...distinguishing formal constitutional amendments from other forms...distinction between amendment and revision...
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Constitutional Courts in Comparison: The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court

Book by Ralf Rogowski, Thomas Gawron; Berghahn Books, 2002

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Constitutional Courts, Germany--Bundesverfassungsgericht, Judicial Review, United States--Supreme Court

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...initiate Constitutional amendments to overturn or limit decisions...a great deal to attack Constitutional decisions of which it disapproves...disapproval in Congress. Constitutional policies which have evoked...prayer deci- sions by Constitutional amendment were all unsuccessful...
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Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment

Book by Michael Vorenberg; Cambridge University Press, 2001

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African Americans--Civil Rights--History--19th Century, Constitutional History--United States, Slaves--Emancipation--United States, United States--Constitution--13th Amendment, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865, United States--President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)--Emancipation Proclamation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...constitutional amendments, opting...Thirteenth Amendment took the...venerated constitutional text needed...see Phillip S. Paludan...On the constitutional amending...Amending the U. S. Constitution...of these amendments as moments of constitutional change...Thirteenth Amendment merely as...
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No Easy Walk to Freedom: Reconstruction and the Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

Book by James E. Bond; Praeger Publishers, 1997

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African Americans--Civil Rights--History--19th Century, Civil Rights--United States--History--19th Century, Constitutional Amendments--United States--Ratification--History--19th Century, Southern States--History--1865-1877, United States--Constitution--14th Amendment--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and the Thirteenth Amendment seemed to be hollow...Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were a mockery...complete than it is." U.S. Congress, Report...Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the...secessionists." U.S. Congress, Report...

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Journal Articles on: u s constitutional amendments

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The People Made Me Do It: Can the People of the States Instruct and Coerce Their State Legislatures in the Article V Constitutional Amendment Process?

Journal article by Vikram David Amar; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 41, 2000

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Constitutional amendments--Citizen participation, Legislative bodies--Powers and duties, Referendum--Analysis, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. art. 5

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...the federal constitutional amendment process...have ignored constitutional first principles...decision in U.S. Term Limits...term limits amendment, a template...ratify federal constitutional amendments. This logic...
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Necromancing the Equal Rights Amendment

Journal article by Brannon P. Denning, John R. Vile; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 17, 2000

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Constitutional amendments--Ratification, Equal rights amendments--Political aspects, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 27

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...Equal Rights Amendment, in Vile...Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments at 120...Amending the U.S. Constitution...Seventh Amendment, in Vile...Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments at 323...Amending the U.S. Constitution...Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments...
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How to Violate the Constitution without Really Trying: Lessons from the Repeal of Prohibition to the Balanced Budget Amendment

Journal article by Laurence Tribe; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 12, 1995

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Budget--Laws, regulations, etc., Constitutional amendments--Laws, regulations, etc., Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Prohibition--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 21

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...Constitutional Amendment to Balance...Authorizing Constitutional Text: On...7.)U.S. Const...which the amendment is invoked...American Constitutional Law sections...ignored the Amendments language and construed the Amendment as embodying...Louisiana, 134 U.S. 1 (1890...
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Authorizing Constitutional Text on the Purported Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Journal article by Sanford Levinson; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 11, 1994

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Constitutional amendments--Ratification, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Law teachers--Influence, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 27

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...to ratify the amendments and make them...7.) 256 U.S. 368 (1921...10.) 307 U.S. 433 (1939...Tribe, The 27th Amendment Joins the Constitution...15.) See 1 U.S.C. sections...Unfinished Constitutional Business, N...
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Treating the Pen and the Sword as Constitutional Equals: How and Why the Supreme Court Should Apply Its First Amendment Expertise to the Great Second Amendment Debate

Journal article by David G. Browne; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 44, 2003

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Constitutional amendments--Interpretation and construction, Right to bear arms--Standards, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2, United States. Supreme Court--Practice

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...Nelson Lund, The Second Amendment, Political Liberty...The Commonplace Second Amendment, 73 N.Y.U. L. REV. 793 (1998...THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT (1984). (9...Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)(striking...

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Magazine Articles on: u s constitutional amendments

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The Next Steps Down the Aisle: The U.S. Senate Strikes Down One Antigay Constitutional Amendment, but Another One Is on the Way. That's in Addition to the Key Battles across the Country

Magazine article by Mike Hudson, Chad Graham; The Advocate, August 31, 2004

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Amendments (Parliamentary practice)--Evaluation, Gay and lesbian rights, Same-sex marriage--Forecasts and trends, United States. Congress. Senate--Laws, regulations and rules

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...Down the Aisle: The U.S. Senate Strikes Down One Antigay Constitutional Amendment, but Another One Is...day in July before the U.S. Senate took its vote...put a proposed state constitutional amendment before voters...
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The Right Fights Back: Will the U.S. Pass a Constitutional Amendment to "Protect" Itself from Gay Rights?

Magazine article; The Advocate, August 19, 2003

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Gay and lesbian rights--Political aspects, Same-sex marriage--Laws, regulations and rules, Sodomy--Laws, regulations and rules

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The Right Fights Back: Will the U.S. Pass a Constitutional Amendment to "Protect" Itself from Gay Rights? The...Republican leadership in Congress, vowed to push a constitutional amendment banning recognition of marriages between gay...
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A Call to Arms: It's No Exaggeration to Say That the Federal Marriage Amendment Is the Biggest Assault on Gay Rights in U.S. History

Magazine article by Andrew Sullivan; The Advocate, November 11, 2003

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Constitutional amendments--Planning, Constitutional amendments--Social aspects, Discrimination against gays--Political aspects, Gay and lesbian rights--Political aspects, Marriage law--Planning, Same-sex marriage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...good idea? If this amendment passes, there will...You think such an amendment will be overcome by...attitudes in time? An amendment is not a law that can...legislatures. But crazy amendments have passed in the past...assault on gay rights in U.S. history. It would...
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Con-Con Movement Returns: Some Proponents of a Federal Constitutional Amendment to Protect Traditional Marriage Are Considering Calling for a Dangerous Constitutional Convention to Accomplish Their Goal

Magazine article by George Detweiler; The New American, Vol. 22, September 4, 2006

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Constitutional amendments--Forecasts and trends, Marriage law--Interpretation and construction, Marriage law--Political aspects

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...must be done. A constitutional amendments perilous road Even popular amendments, such as the...In fact, the amendment banning same...bid before the U.S. Senate. If...Detweiler is a constitutional lawyer and former...
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Constitutional Trojan Horse: Seemingly Innocuous Constitutional Amendments -- Designed to Appeal to Good, Patriotic Americans -- Contain Hidden Dangers That Would Greatly Harm Our Republic

Magazine article by George Detweiler; The New American, Vol. 18, July 29, 2002

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Civil rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional amendments--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--United States

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...Innocuous Constitutional Amendments...amend the U.S. Constitution...a second constitutional convention. Two proposed amendments presently...Victims Rights Amendment," plays...place in the U.S. Constitution...Sometimes amendments of the type...to offer a constitutional amendment to make the...

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Newspaper Articles on: u s constitutional amendments

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Byrd Defects on Amendment to Ban Burning of U.S. Flag Senator Fears 'Consequences' of Change in Constitution

Newspaper article by Sean Scully; The Washington Times, March 29, 2000

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Byrd, Robert C.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Byrd defects on amendment to ban burning of U.S. flag Senator...Backers of a constitutional amendment to...desecration amendment. An effort...under the First Amendment protection of...power to block a constitutional amendment...
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Majority in U.S. Oppose 'Marriage' for Homosexuals; Poll Sees Support for Amendment

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 22, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Majority in U.S. oppose marriage...sees support for amendment. Byline: Audrey...said they favored a constitutional ban. Asked whether...and favor the constitutional ban. Fifty-seven...attitudes after the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Don't Hold Your Breath for a 28th Amendment; Little Will on Hill to Alter Constitution

Newspaper article by Stephen Dian; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 14, 2011

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Budget--Laws, regulations and rules, Budget--Political aspects, Constitutional amendments--Political aspects, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutional law--Political aspects, Federal budget (United States)--Laws, regulations and rules, Federal budget (United States)--Political aspects, National debt--Laws, regulations and rules, National debt--Political aspects, Original intent (Law)--Interpretation and construction, Public debts--Laws, regulations and rules, Public debts--Political aspects, United States Constitution

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ever fewer amendments even being...a book on amendments, said that...the last amendment to the U.S. Constitution...against the amendment, saying...there to be amendments, and laid...call for a constitutional convention...
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Nevada OKs Constitutional Amendment on Marriage; Backers Seek Definition as Union of Man and Woman in Constitution

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 7, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...marriage in the U.S. Constitution...would amend the U.S. Constitution...Federal Marriage Amendment, said that regardless of state constitutional amendments, a ban on homosexual...passage in both the U.S. House and U...
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Time for a Constitutional Fix; without a Clear Amendment, Overspending Will Continue

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 16, 2011

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Americans--Political activity, Americans--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Time for a Constitutional Fix; without...TIMES Can an amendment to the U.S. Constitution...budget amendment. Yet serious...limitation amendments have been...realizes that an amendment must be flexible...Father of the U.S. Constitution...that any constitutional provision...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: u s constitutional amendments

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Fourteenth Amendment

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The...the privileges and immunities of U.S. citizens, to deprive any person...individual state antisodomy laws were constitutional, and thus that the right of privacy...
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Argentina

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...fiscal crisis inherited from Peron, Frondizi, with U.S. advice and the promise of financial aid, initiated...investment, and tying the Argentine peso to the U.S. dollar. Constitutional amendments approved in 1994 placed curbs on presidential power...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Lodge , insisted upon amendments that would preserve U.S. sovereignty, and...the USSR acceded to U.S. demands. In the meantime...1965), and the 24th Amendment to the Constitution...was passed after two U.S. destroyers were allegedly...
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Turkey , Country, Asia and Europe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Largely as a result of U.S. pressure, the growing...term in 2000, but the constitutional amendment that would have permitted...however, passed a constitutional amendment permitting...most Turks opposed U.S. military action against...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...planes to cross its airspace and U.S. forces to be based there during...provoked sometimes violent anti-U.S. demonstrations erupted in Pakistani...yes vote. In August he imposed 29 constitutional amendments designed to make his rule impervious...

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