How failed attempts to amend the Constitution mobilize political change /

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"Since the Constitution's ratification, members of Congress, following Article V, have proposed approximately twelve thousand amendments, and states have filed several hundred petitions with Congress for the convening of a constitutional convention. Only twenty-seven amendments have been a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartley, Roger C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > Article 5.
Constitution (United States)
Constitutional amendments > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
LAW / Constitutional
Constitutional amendments.
Constitutional law.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Amendment efforts as a movement building resource
  • Amendment efforts as a resource for expressing dissent and promoting deliberation
  • Prodding Congress through use of the Article V "Application Clause"
  • The impact of Article V on federal legislation
  • Failed amendment efforts and the President's war-making and foreign relations powers.

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