Proposal and Ratification of Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Committee Serial No. 5.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
Published: 1924
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Committee Serial No. 5.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Committee Serial No. 7.
Author: Maurice Adams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 559
ISBN-13: 1316883256
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rule of law and constitutionalist ideals are understood by many, if not most, as necessary to create a just political order. Defying the traditional division between normative and positive theoretical approaches, this book explores how political reality on the one hand, and constitutional ideals on the other, mutually inform and influence each other. Seventeen chapters from leading international scholars cover a diverse range of topics and case studies to test the hypothesis that the best normative theories, including those regarding the role of constitutions, constitutionalism and the rule of law, conceive of the ideal and the real as mutually regulating.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1938
Total Pages: 100
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Considers (75) S.J. Res. 134.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas H. Neale
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9781481145251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Philadelphia Convention of 1787 provided two methods of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In the first, Congress, by two-thirds vote in both houses, proposes amendments to the states. If three-fourths of the states (38 at present) vote to ratify the amendment, it becomes part of the Constitution. Since 1789, Congress has proposed 33 amendments by this method, 27 of which have been adopted. In the second method, if the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (34 at present) apply, Congress must call a convention to consider and propose amendments, which must meet the same 38-state ratification requirement. This alternative, known as the Article V Convention, has not been implemented to date. Several times during the 20th century, organized groups promoted a convention that they hoped would propose amendments to the states, or to “prod” Congress to propose amendments they favored. The most successful was the movement for direct election of Senators, which helped prod Congress to propose the 17th Amendment. The most recent, which promoted a convention to consider a balanced federal budget amendment, gained 32 applications, just two short of the constitutional threshold. When the balanced budget amendment campaign failed in the 1980s, interest in the convention option faded and remained largely dormant for more than 20 years. Within the past decade, interest in the Article V Convention process has reawakened: several policy advocacy organizations have publicized the Article V Convention option, particularly as an alternative to what they portray as a legislative and policy deadlock at the federal level. An important issue in the contemporary context is the fact that advances in communications technology could facilitate the emergence of technology-driven issue advocacy groups favorable to this phenomenon. The rise of instant interpersonal communications, email, and other social media helped facilitate the rapid growth of such groups as MoveOn.org, the Tea Party movement, and, most recently, Occupy Wall Street. These tools could be harnessed to promote a credible campaign in a much shorter time than was the case with previous convention advocacy movements. Reviewing the history of the Article V Convention alternative, the record of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 clearly demonstrated the founders' original intent. During the convention, they agreed that a second mode of amendment was needed to balance the grant of amendatory power to Congress. This method, clearly identified in Article V as co-equal to congressional proposal of amendments, empowered the people, acting through their state legislatures, to summon a convention that would have equal authority to propose an amendment or amendments, which would then be presented to the states for ratification. Only the states can summon an Article V Convention, by application from their legislatures. Some of the issues concerning this process include procedures within the state legislatures; the scope and conditions of applications for a convention; steps in submitting applications to Congress; and the role of the state governors in the process. This report identifies and examines these issues.
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 15
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Committee Serial No. 5 -- Part 2.
Author: Glen Krutz
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Published: 2023-05-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781738998470
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.
Author: Pauline Maier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-06-07
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 0684868555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.