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🧵Today marks the 247th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress's adopting the Declaration of Independence; it also marks T minus zero to the official launch of the Amendments Project's dataset, which is accessible now at amendmentsproject.org.
Introduced on this day in 1945, today's constitutional amendment of the day would have outlawed restricting the right to vote based on a failure to pay one's taxes. #AOTD
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On July 9, 2015, Joe Donnelly of Indiana introduced a Constitutional Amendment to require a balanced budget — co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, and Heidi Heitkamp #AOTD
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Today's #AOTD was introduced in 1995. It would have amended the Constitution to clarify that the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) "be construed as a right of States and not of individuals."
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Today’s amendment of the day, introduced in August 1998, would have made U.S. Attorney General an elected office, with elections held at the same time as presidential contests. #AOTD
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In the fight for the ratification of the 19th Amendment, functional items—pepper shakers, cookbooks, pencils, and flyswatters—were produced for the cause and enabled suffrage messages to make their way into the home.
See this calendar in #HowWomenWonTheVote: ow.ly/Y1nB50PAXfBÂ
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Introduced in 1828 by John Long of North Carolina, today's Constitutional Amendment of the Day would have outlawed the practice of dueling.
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In May 2009, a constitutional amendment was introduced to allow for representatives and senators to be quickly replaced by previously designated appointees in the event of a major catastrophe that incapacitated many members of Congress. #AOTD
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Introduced by Walter Huber in 1946, today’s proposed constitutional amendment of the day would have abolished capital punishment in the United States. #AOTD
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On Jan 6. 2015, Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick introduced a constitutional amendment to limit members of Congress to 4 terms in the House and 2 terms in the Senate #AOTD
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On this day in 1876, Rep. William Lawrence of Ohio introduced a constitutional amendment to prevent the appropriation of tax money to religious sects or denominations #AOTD
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Today, Ohio is voting on a proposal that would raise the threshold needed to amend the state constitution via a citizen-initiated proposal from 50% to 60%.
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110 years ago to the day, a petition from citizens in Nebraska demanding the right for women to vote was received in Congress. The 19th Amendment, which expanded suffrage to woman, was not passed by Congress until 1919, 6 years later. #AOTD
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Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing a constitutional amendment that requiring citizens 18 to 24 to pass a civics test in order to vote - the same one immigrants take to become naturalized U.S. citizens. cbsn.ws/47gTg7N
On this day in 1961, a Constitutional Amendment was introduced to allow governors to fill temporary vacancies in the House of Representatives #AOTD
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On this day in both 1953 and 1965, versions of the Equal Rights Amendment — designed to ensure equal protection under the law regardless of sex — were introduced in Congress #AOTD
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.@elonmusk's obsession with the letter X began way before @Twitter's visual rebrand...
Jill Lepore takes a look at the sci fi that techno-billionaires like Musk love, including a story from the 1970s about a child - like Musk’s youngest son - named X: apple.co/3YbIUSE
Introduced on this day in 1977, today’s #AOTD would have treated DC as a state for purposes of representation in Congress and election of the President. Efforts aimed at granting DC statehood through constitutional amendment continue to this day.
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Today's #AOTD, introduced on this day in 1867, would have amended the constitution to allow the president to remove federal judges on the advice of 2/3rds of both houses of Congress on "any reasonable cause" that does not rise to grounds for impeachment.
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Congressional Democrats are attempting a new strategy to pass the Equal Rights Amendment — which was originally proposed in 1923
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Proposed on this day in 1977, today’s #AOTD would have amended the constitution to allow the general public to propose bills via petition and pass them via plebiscite.
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