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000808064 1001_ $$aLevinson, Cynthia,$$eauthor.
000808064 24510 $$aFault lines in the Constitution :$$bthe framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today /$$cwritten by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson.
000808064 250__ $$aFirst edition.
000808064 264_1 $$aAtlanta, Georgia :$$bPeachtree Publishers,$$c[2017]
000808064 300__ $$a235 pages :$$billustrations, maps ;$$c24 cm
000808064 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000808064 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000808064 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000808064 50500 $$tIt takes two to tango (bicameralism) --$$tBig states, little say (the Senate) --$$tDelete! (presidential veto) --$$tMajority rules, except when it doesn't (supermajority rules) --$$tHow to cherry-pick voters (gerrymandering) --$$tTaxation without representation (the District of Columbia) --$$t"I'll just do it myself!: : "Oh, no, you won't" (direct democracy) --$$tWho can vote? How do you know? (voting rights) --$$tWho gets to represent you? (restrictions on running for congress) --$$tWho gets a shot at the Oval Office? (restrictions on running for president) --$$tTime's up! (presidential term limits) --$$tThe college with no courses or credits (the Electoral College) --$$tKnock, knock. Is anybody there? (continuity in government) --$$tIs there a leader in the room? (presidential succession) --$$tThe duck's in charge. January 20th (inauguration day) --$$tAt war (emergency powers) --$$tAt war with bugs (habeas corpus) --$$tWe can change it, right? (amending the Constitution) --$$tGrading the Constitution --$$tNow what? --$$tPost-amble.
000808064 520__ $$aGridlock! Gerrymandering! The Electoral college! How did our government get so complicated? As it turns out, many of the issues we struggle with today have their roots in the creation of the United States Constitution. Husband-and-wife team Cynthis Levinson and Sanford Levinson take us back to the beginnings of this document and show how these fault lines were first introduced - and how their unintended consequences continue to affect us today. The Framers of the Constitution, they remind us, faced many of the same challenges and disputes that we do in the twenty-first century. Sometimes there was conflict, sometimes compromise - and the Framers met most of the challenges with great skill and foresight. Some issues, however, were just too complex or controversial to settle in such a brief time. Today we are still suffering from the consequences of disputes and decisions made in an overheated room in 1787, as a new form of government for our country was being created. -- from dust jacket.
000808064 5218_ $$a1110L$$bLexile
000808064 650_0 $$aConstitutional law$$zUnited States$$vJuvenile literature.
000808064 650_0 $$aCivics$$vJuvenile literature.
000808064 651_0 $$aUnited States$$vConstitution.
000808064 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$vJuvenile literature.
000808064 7001_ $$aLevinson, Sanford,$$d1941-$$eauthor.
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