American epic : reading the US Constitution /
Epps, Garrett,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-262) and index.
How to read a Constitution -- Preamble. "Tell me, Muse, how it all began" -- Article I. A tale of two cities -- Article II. Under the bramble bush -- Article III. Solomon's sword -- Article IV. All God's children -- Article V. Alter or abolish -- Article VI. The Supreme law of the land -- Article VII. Bloodless and successful -- Last things -- The Bill of Rights : national decalogue -- Quick fixes : Eleventh and Twelfth amendments -- Democratic vistas : Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments -- A burst of reform : Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth amendments -- Hangover remedies : Twentieth through Twenty-second amendments -- Dreams and nightmares : the twenty-third through Twenty-sixth amendments -- Madison's return : the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
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