About Our Constitution, a Series Article 38 – The Un-ratified Amendment Proposed on March 22, 1972 – Equal Rights By David Robert Wood July 15, 2012 This proposed Amendment to the Constitution would have specifically provided for equal rights under the law for both men and women. Following is the original text of this proposed [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 37 – The Un-ratified Amendment Proposed on June 2, 1924 – Child Labor By David Robert Wood July 1, 2012 This proposed Amendment provides Congress with the power to regulate child labor. Following is the original text of this proposed Amendment — “Article—”: Section 1. The Congress shall have [...]
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 9 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 3 By David Robert Wood May 1, 2011 This is the last of three parts that discuss the States’ ratification of Amendments proposed to the United States Constitution. In article 7, “Part 1” was an introduction to the ratification process as exclusively [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 8 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 2 By David Robert Wood April 15, 2011 As discussed in article 7, a State Legislature’s power to ratify a proposed Amendment to the Constitution may not be restricted or otherwise inhibited by State Statutes or State Constitutions. However, this view on [...]
About Our Constitution, a Series Article 7 – Ratification of Constitutional Amendments, Part 1 By David Robert Wood April 1, 2011 As previously discussed, the authority to amend the Constitution, and the basic amendment process, is specified in Article V of the Constitution. To date, Congress has only proposed thirty-three Amendments and twenty-seven of these [...]