Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today, written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson

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Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today, written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson

Title remainder

the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today

Statement of responsibility

written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson

Instantiates

• Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today

Publication

• Atlanta, Georgia, Peachtree Publishers, 2017

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

It takes two to tango (bicameralism) -- Big states, little say (the Senate) -- Delete! (presidential veto) -- Majority rules, except when it doesn't (supermajority rules) -- How to cherry-pick voters (gerrymandering) -- Taxation without representation (the District of Columbia) -- "I'll just do it myself!: : "Oh, no, you won't" (direct democracy) -- Who can vote? How do you know? (voting rights) -- Who gets to represent you? (restrictions on running for congress) -- Who gets a shot at the Oval Office? (restrictions on running for president) -- Time's up! (presidential term limits) -- The college with no courses or credits (the Electoral College) -- Knock, knock. Is anybody there? (continuity in government) -- Is there a leader in the room? (presidential succession) -- The duck's in charge. January 20th (inauguration day) -- At war (emergency powers) -- At war with bugs (habeas corpus) -- We can change it, right? (amending the Constitution) -- Grading the Constitution -- Now what? -- Post-amble

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ocn975998450

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24 cm

Edition

First edition.

Extent

235 pages

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9781561459452

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2017011413

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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n

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illustrations, maps

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u1178513

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• (OCoLC)975998450
• a1178513