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005			20180810123443.0
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008			170308s2017 gauab j b 001 0 eng
010			_a2017011413
020			_a9781561459452 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1561459453 _q(hardcover)
024	8		_a40027682749
035			_a(OCoLC)975998450
037			_bPeachtree Pub Ltd, 1700 Chattahoochee Ave, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30318-2112, (404)8468761 _nSAN 212-1999
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dBDX _dYDX
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050	0	0	_aKF4550.Z9 _bL475 2017
082	0	0	_a342.73 LEV _223
100	1		_aLevinson, Cynthia, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aFault lines in the Constitution : _bthe framers, their fights, and the flaws that affect us today / _cwritten by Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson
250			_aFirst edition
300			_a235 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505	0	0	_gIntroduction -- _tPreamble -- _gPart I. _tHow bills become (Or, more likely, don't become) law: _tIt takes two to tango (bicameralism) -- _tBig states, little say (the Senate) -- _tDelete! (presidential veto) -- _tMajority rules, except when it doesn't (supermajority rules) -- _gPart II. _tHello, can you hear me?: _tHow to cherry-pick voters (gerrymandering) -- _tTaxation without representation (the District of Columbia) -- _t"I'll just do it myself!" "Oh no you won't" (direct democracy) -- _gPart III. _tIf America threw a party, would you be let in?: _tWho can vote? How do you know? (voting rights) -- _tWho gets to represent you? (restrictions on running for congress) -- _tWho gets a shot at the Oval Office? (restrictions on running for president) -- _tTime's up! (presidential term limits) -- _gPart IV. _t"Hurrah! I'm 18. Finally I can vote for president.": _tThe college with no courses or credits (the Electoral College) -- _gPart V. _tWho's running America?: _tKnock, knock. Is anybody there? (continuity in government) -- _tIs there a leader in the room? (presidential succession) -- _tThe duck's in charge. January 20th (inauguration day) -- _gPart VI. _tEmergency! Emergency!: _tAt war (emergency powers) -- _tAt war with bugs (habeas corpus) -- _tWe can change it, right? (amending the Constitution) -- _gPart VII. _tKeeping pace with the times: _tGrading the Constitution -- _tNow what? -- _tPost-amble -- _gTimeline
520			_aGridlock! Gerrymandering! The Electoral college! How did our government get so complicated? As it turns out, many of the issues we struggle with today have their roots in the creation of the United States Constitution. Husband-and-wife team Cynthis Levinson and Sanford Levinson take us back to the beginnings of this document and show how these fault lines were first introduced - and how their unintended consequences continue to affect us today. The Framers of the Constitution, they remind us, faced many of the same challenges and disputes that we do in the twenty-first century. Sometimes there was conflict, sometimes compromise - and the Framers met most of the challenges with great skill and foresight. Some issues, however, were just too complex or controversial to settle in such a brief time. Today we are still suffering from the consequences of disputes and decisions made in an overheated room in 1787, as a new form of government for our country was being created. -- from dust jacket
521	8		_a10+ _bLexile
526	0		_aAccelerated Reader _cLevel 8.8
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zUnited States _vJuvenile literature
650		0	_aCivics _vJuvenile literature
651		0	_aUnited States _vConstitution
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _vJuvenile literature
655		7	_aConstitution. _2fast
655		7	_aJuvenile works. _2fast
700	1		_aLevinson, Sanford, _d1941- _eauthor
942			_2ddc _cNON-FIC