Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the U.S. Constitution 1776-2015, with a New Afterword

by David E Kyvig and David E. Kyvig

Winner: Bancroft Prize

Winner: Henry Adams Prize

Winner: Ohio History Association Book Prize

In time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution. The Afterword discusses the many amendments, such those requiring a balanced federal budget or limiting the terms of members of Congress, that have been proposed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700622292
• ISBN13: 9780700622290
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"