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fromemptywheel
2 weeks ago

This Is Not A Constitutional Moment - emptywheel

Ackerman's dualist-constitution theory posits constitutional change via rare Article V amendments or through popular 'constitutional moments,' a concept now invoked and distorted by Trump apologists.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
3 months ago

Portland Book Festival: Jill Lepore's 'We the People' is a different kind of constitutional history * Oregon ArtsWatch

Lepore assesses Article V, providing for amending the Constitution, in her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. She will be discussing the book, in one of the highlight events of this year's Portland Book Festival, with OPB's Geoff Norcross at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Newmark Theatre. Festival tickets provide admission but purchase of the book at $35 secures entry.
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fromHarvard Gazette
4 months ago

'We the People' had other plans - Harvard Gazette

The U.S. Constitution was designed to be amended; Article V established balanced procedures for changes, but the amendment process is currently ineffective.
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