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This edition of the U. S. Constitution is intended to serve as a keepsake of your visit to the United States Senate. As the world’s longest-surviving written charter of government, the Constitution can be read with profit by all who care about this nation’s system of representative democracy. Brief explanations of each of the Constitution’s sections were prepared by the Office of the Secretary of the Senate with the assistance of Johnny H. Killian...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to believe that they also had interests. Based on prodigious...
5) The Constitution of the United States of America as amended: unratified amendments, analytical index
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House document volume 106-214
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U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2000
7) New Hampshire Constitution sesqui-centennial celebration, 1788-1938: Concord, N.H., June 21, 1938
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The Concord Press
Pub. Date
1938]
8) The Constitution of the United States of America as amended: unratified amendments, analytical index
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House document volume 108-95
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U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2003
11) The Constitution
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Children Press
Pub. Date
1995
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Describes the need for unification in a growing country and discusses the problems and decisions of the men who drafted the Constitution of the United States.
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Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[1942]
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In "A New Constitution Now," renowned economist and social thinker Henry Hazlitt presents a bold and thought-provoking critique of the American political system. Written during a time of great economic and political turmoil, Hazlitt's seminal work calls for sweeping constitutional reforms to address the inherent weaknesses and inefficiencies of the existing government framework.
With incisive analysis and clear prose, Hazlitt examines the structural...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
1956
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In this work, Robert E. Brown applies the fruits of modern historical scholarship toward an understanding of Beard's groundbreaking and controversial work. With a perspective of forty years, Brown attempts to separate the valid from the bogus in this work.
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