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Constitution nearly impossible to amend: Is the bar too high?
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Constitution nearly impossible to amend: Is the bar too high?

By Eric Black | 12/10/12

The U.S. charter is “old, short and difficult to amend.”

Don’t blame the U.S. Constitution for the filibuster
Eric Black Ink

Don’t blame the U.S. Constitution for the filibuster

By Eric Black | 12/06/12

The filibuster was not created by the Constitution. It’s become a problem because of new political norms.

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Fun facts about presidential elections

By Eric Black | 11/09/12

Out of the 43 pre-Obama presidents (counting Grover Cleveland twice), just 11 served eight years.

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Did the Constitution's framers favor a health care mandate?

By Eric Black | 04/13/12

Historical evidence shows that many of those who participated in the framing of the U.S. Constitution approved of the idea of an individual health-care mandate.

If mandatory gun ownership, why not mandatory insurance?
Community Voices

If mandatory gun ownership, why not mandatory insurance?

Robert Franklin | 03/28/12

Mandatory gun ownership made sense to President George Washington and his Congress.