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How Long Does it Take to Read How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 32 minutes to read How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change by Roger C. Hartley

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Since the Constitution's ratification, members of Congress, following Article V, have proposed approximately twelve thousand amendments, and states have filed several hundred petitions with Congress for the convening of a constitutional convention. Only twenty-seven amendments have been approved in 225 years. Why do members of Congress continue to introduce amendments at a pace of almost two hundred a year? This book is a demonstration of how social reformers and politicians have used the amendment process to achieve favorable political results even as their proposed amendments have failed to be adopted. For example, the ERA "failed" in the sense that it was never ratified, but the mobilization to ratify the ERA helped build the feminist movement (and also sparked a countermobilization). Similarly, the Supreme Court's ban on compulsory school prayer led to a barrage of proposed amendments to reverse the Court. They failed to achieve the requisite two-thirds support from Congress, but nevertheless had an impact on the political landscape. The definition of the relationship between Congress and the President in the conduct of foreign policy can also be traced directly to failed efforts to amend the Constitution during the Cold War. Roger Hartley examines familiar examples like the ERA, balanced budget amendment proposals, and pro-life attempts to overturn Roe v. Wade, but also takes the reader on a three-century tour of lesser-known amendments. He explains how often the mere threat of calling a constitutional convention (at which anything could happen) effected political change.

How long is How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change?

How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change by Roger C. Hartley is 331 pages long, and a total of 83,081 words.

This makes it 112% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 33 minutes to read How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change aloud.

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How Failed Attempts to Amend the Constitution Mobilize Political Change is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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