The progressive era of constitutional amendment
In this Essay I explore the impetus for the Seventeenth Amendment, which was in large measure driven by an effort to curb corruption in senatorial elections. I begin by exploring the difficulty of formal amendment in the United States. I explain the rules of formal amendment and I review briefly the...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de Investigações Constitucionais |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/44528 |