In a nation committed to judicial review as a means of reforming its constitution, the formal process for amending the United States Constitution is often forgotten. In fact the process of formal amendment is attempted on a very regular basis, but is seldom successfully completed. Kyvig's book is the most comprehensive study of all aspects of the efforts to amend the United States Constitution through the amendment process provided for in Article V of the United States Constitution. Hardcover book with dust jacket, never been read. 1st printing.

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T�tulo

Explicit and Authentic Acts : Amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1995

Editor

University Press of Kansas

Fecha de publicaci�n

1996

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0700607927

ISBN 13

9780700607921

Encuadernaci�n

Hardcover

Edici�n

1st Edition

Estado

New

Estado de la sobrecubierta

New

Peso

2,45 libras

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Of the 10,000 amendments proposed by the method stipulated in Article V of the US Constitution, only 27 were ratified into law. This study re-examines the creation and operation of Article V and shows the process and substance of each main effort at changing the structure of the federal government.

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Over the course of the past two centuries, more than 10,000 amendments have been proposed by the method stipulated in Article V of the Constitution. Amazingly, only 33 have garnered the required two-thirds approval from houses of Congress, and only 27 were ultimately ratified into law by the states. Despite their small number, those amendments have revolutionized American government while simultaneously legitimizing and preserving its continued existence. Indeed, they have dramatically altered the relationship between state and federal authority, as well as between government and private citizens. Kyvig reexamines the creation and operation of Article V, illuminating the process and substance of each major successful and failed effort to change the formal structure, duties, and limits of the federal government. He analyzes in detail the Founders' intentions; the periods of amendment activity during the 1790s, 1860s, 1910s, and 1960s; and the considerable consequences of amendment failure involving slavery, alcohol prohibition, child labor, New Deal programs, school prayer, equal rights for women, abortion, balanced budgets, term limits, and flag desecration. Ultimately, Kyvig demonstrates that so-called "constitutional revolutions" can only endure through formal amendment; without it such sea changes as the New Deal are likely to be temporary amidst the shifting winds of political fortune. That truth underscores the centrality of the amendment process to American constitutionalism, sheds light on the "amendment fever" that swept through the 104th Congress, and better prepares us to deal with such initiatives in the future.

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