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

Title
  1. Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today / written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson.
Published by
  1. Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2017]
Author
  1. Levinson, Cynthia

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Description
  1. 235 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Examines the Constitutional origins of modern-day political problems and outlines solutions for these issues.
Subject
  1. Constitutional law > United States > Juvenile literature
  2. Civics > Juvenile literature
  3. Constitutional law > United States > Juvenile literature
  4. Civics > Juvenile literature
  5. JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Science > Politics & Government
  6. JUVENILE NONFICTION > United States > History > General
  7. JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > General. > United States
  8. Civics
  9. Constitutional law
  10. Politics and government
  11. United States > Constitution
  12. United States > Politics and government > Juvenile literature
  13. United States > Constitution > Juvenile literature
  14. United States > Politics and government > Juvenile literature
  15. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Literature.
  2. Constitutions.
  3. Juvenile works.
Contents
  1. It takes two to tango (bicameralism) -- Big states, little say (the Senate) -- Delete! (presidential veto) -- Majority rules, except when it doesn't (supermajority rules) -- How to cherry-pick voters (gerrymandering) -- Taxation without representation (the District of Columbia) -- "I'll just do it myself!: : "Oh, no, you won't" (direct democracy) -- Who can vote? How do you know? (voting rights) -- Who gets to represent you? (restrictions on running for congress) -- Who gets a shot at the Oval Office? (restrictions on running for president) -- Time's up! (presidential term limits) -- The college with no courses or credits (the Electoral College) -- Knock, knock. Is anybody there? (continuity in government) -- Is there a leader in the room? (presidential succession) -- The duck's in charge. January 20th (inauguration day) -- At war (emergency powers) -- At war with bugs (habeas corpus) -- We can change it, right? (amending the Constitution) -- Grading the Constitution -- Now what? -- Post-amble.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-814
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards (note)
  1. Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth 2017
  2. School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017
  3. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Book, 2018
Author
  1. Levinson, Cynthia, author.
Title
  1. Fault lines in the Constitution : the framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today / written by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson.
Publisher
  1. Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2017]
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards
  1. Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth 2017
  2. School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017
  3. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Book, 2018
LCCN
  1. 2017011413
Other standard identifier
  1. 40027682749
ISBN
  1. 9781561459452 (hardcover)
  2. 1561459453 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-814
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