Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today
- ISBN-10
- 168263177X
- ISBN-13
- 9781682631775
- Series
- Fault Lines in the Constitution
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-03
- Publisher
- Holiday House
- Authors
- Sanford Levinson, Cynthia Levinson
Description
A noted children's nonfiction author and one of the nation's foremost constitutional scholars team up to create an essential book on the United States Constitution for everyone grappling with today's most urgent political issues. Many of the political issues we struggle with today have their roots in one place—the U.S. Constitution. Fault Lines in the Constitution takes readers back to the creation of this historic document and reveals how many of the problems that trouble us today—such as voting rights, the Electoral College, gerrymandering—were first introduced. Cynthia and Sanford Levinson explain the unexpected ramifications of decisions make in 1787 and explore possible solutions found in the constitutions of states and other countries. Each chapter begins with a story―all but one of them true―that connects directly back to a section of the document that forms the basis of our society and government. Informative sidebars and graphics run throughout along with a timeline and bibliography.
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