About Our Constitution, a Series Article 36 – The Un-ratified Amendment Proposed on March 2, 1861 – Protecting Slavery David Robert Wood June 15, 2012 This proposed Amendment to the Constitution would have protected slavery in the States by prohibiting the federal government from abolishing it at the national level. Following is the original text [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 34 – Introduction to the Forgotten Amendments and the Un-ratified Amendment Proposed on September 25, 1789, “Article the first” By David Robert Wood May 15, 2012 Introduction to the Forgotten Amendments Since the first meeting of the first Congress on March 4, 1789, and through July 15, 2004, in [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 33 – Article of Amendment XXVII By David Robert Wood May 1, 2012 Article of Amendment XXVII reads as follows: Article of Amendment XXVII No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. This [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 15 – Introduction to Articles of Amendment and Articles of Amendment I to X By David Robert Wood August 1, 2011 Introduction to Articles of Amendment An Amendment to the Constitution may be officially “proposed” in one of two manners. First, and as used for all Amendments proposed so [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 5 – Introduction to the Constitutional Amendment Processes and Proposal of Amendments, Part 1 By David Robert Wood March 1, 2011 The process for amending the U.S. Constitution is the sole subject of Article V of the Constitution, which Article has not been amended: The Congress, whenever two thirds [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 2 – About the United States Constitution By David Robert Wood January 15, 2011 Since its adoption, the United States Constitution has been, and continues to be, respected by many. British Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) famously remarked that “the American Constitution is, so far as I can [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 1 – History of United States’ Governments Leading to the Constitution By David Robert Wood January 1, 2011 The first national government of the united colonies began on October 20, 1774 when “The Association, &c.” <The Association> was adopted by twelve of the thirteen colonies, which was also known [...]