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Founding
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The Forgotten Amendment on Representation
The first amendment proposed by the First Congress addressed the size of the House of Representatives and how closely it should track population growth. It never became part of the Constitution. A modern statutory alternative called the …
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The Country That Was an Argument
Two hundred and fifty years ago a handful of men grounded a country not in a king or a bloodline but in an idea about the individual: that you own yourself, that your rights come before any government, and that a government is legitimate …