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Fault lines in the constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today /

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Examines the Constitutional origins of modern-day political problems and outlines solutions for these issues. Examines the Constitutional origins of modern-day political problems and outlines solutions for these issues. Husband-and-wife team Cynthia and Sanford Levinson take readers back to the crea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Levinson, Cynthia (Author), Levinson, Sanford, 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, 2019.
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States > Juvenile literature.
United States > Politics and government > Juvenile literature.
Civics > Juvenile literature.
Constitutional law.
United States > Politics and government.
Civics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / General.
Table of Contents:
  • How bills become (or, more likely, don't become) law
  • Hello, can you hear me?
  • If America threw a party, would you be let in?
  • "Hurrah! I'm 18. Finally I can vote for the president." "Not so fast."
  • Can the president really do that?!
  • Who's running America?
  • Emergency! Emergency!
  • Keeping pace with the times.