The Reconstruction Amendments with Kash Doll

The Reconstruction Amendments with Kash Doll

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The Sleeper Amendments with Post Animal

On first read the 16th and 22nd Amendments are at best sleepers and at worst, stinkers. In a list of Constitutional hits like the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and birthright citizenship, the amendments covering taxes and term limits tend to fall by the wayside ...

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The Power Player Amendments with Devendra Banhart

The 25th and 26th Amendments — ratified in 1967 and 1971, respectively — are some of the newest additions to our founding document. However, they tackle some pretty basic questions: who gets to rule, and who gets to vote? If a president dies or is incapacitated, who takes over ...

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