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Twelfth Amendment
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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Stephen Sachs on “The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA”
By Jamie Abrams
Stephen Sachs has posted his forthcoming article, The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA, on SSRN. The article is forthcoming in volume VCII of the University of Chicago Law Review (2025). The…
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Presidential Elector Math
Main Sunday, August 11, 2024Presidential Elector MathHere's a question that I've been pondering. Suppose that two presidential electors turn out to be ineligible under the rules of Article II but…
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Marco Rubio and the Twelfth Amendment
Main Friday, May 03, 2024Marco Rubio and the Twelfth AmendmentSenator Rubio may be under consideration to be Donald Trump's running mate. An objection to that idea is that Trump and…
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The Constitutional Eligibility of Vice President Cheney
Main Wednesday, January 24, 2024The Constitutional Eligibility of Vice President CheneyIn 2000, a federal lawsuit was brought by voters alleging that Dick Cheney was ineligible to be Vice President. The…
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The 1861 Joint Session of Congress
Main Monday, November 13, 2023The 1861 Joint Session of CongressOne way to study constitutional crises is to a look at a crisis that was averted. One example was the 1861…
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Constitutional Quorum Rules
Main Sunday, May 21, 2023Constitutional Quorum RulesMany state constitutions require a supermajority of a legislative chamber for a quorum. This allows the minority party to block legislation by simply not…
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Wong Kim Ark Held That Children of Immigrants Were Natural Born Citizens
Main Friday, August 14, 2020Wong Kim Ark Held That Children of Immigrants Were Natural Born CitizensWhen Howard Wasserman and Ediberto Roman are right, they're right: Kamala Harris is a natural…
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Vice Presidential Trivia
Main Tuesday, February 25, 2020Vice Presidential TriviaSuppose Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee for President. He decides to go with a young, exciting running mate and picks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An…
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The District of Columbia and Presidential Elections
Main Monday, January 28, 2019The District of Columbia and Presidential ElectionsHoward Schulz's expression of interest in running for President as an independent prompted the following thought. Suppose that three people…
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Levinson on the Twelfth Amendment
Check out Sandy Levinson's essay on the Twelfth Amendment, the latest addition to the National Constitution Center's excellent Interactive Constitution Project.