The Ludlow Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States which called for a national referendum on any declaration of war...
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representative democracy. The Ludlow Amendment was a proposed constitutional amendment drafted by Indiana congressman Louis Ludlow allowing for a referendum...
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Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873 – November 28, 1950) was a Democratic Indiana congressman; he proposed a constitutional amendment early in 1938 requiring...
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for non-interventionism was not limited to the Republican Party. The Ludlow Amendment, requiring a public referendum before any declaration of war except...
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The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that...
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California Ludlow, Colorado Ludlow, Illinois Ludlow, Iowa Ludlow, Kentucky Ludlow, Maine Ludlow, Massachusetts Ludlow, Mississippi Ludlow, Missouri Ludlow, Pennsylvania...
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would, if added, explicitly prohibit sex discrimination...
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multiple marriages until 1890. The Ludlow Amendment was proposed by Representative Louis Ludlow in 1937. This amendment would have heavily reduced America's...
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The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...
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The Boland Amendment is a term describing a series of U.S. legislative amendments passed between 1982 and 1986, aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance...
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that money bills should originate in the lower house (not subject to amendment by the upper chamber). Sherman sided with the two-house national legislature...
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Senator from North Dakota Louis Ludlow (1873–1950), U.S. Representative from Indiana pushed for the Ludlow Amendment Henrik Shipstead (1881–1960), U.S...
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featured a four-story-tall stone panel inscribed with the text of the First Amendment as part of its exterior design. The Freedom Forum, a nonprofit organization...
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Neutrality Acts 1935–1940 Ludlow Amendment 1970 Vietnam McGovern–Hatfield Amendment 1970 Southeast Asia Cooper–Church Amendment 1971 Vietnam Repeal of Tonkin...
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This area of substantive constitutional law is governed by the Fifth Amendment, which is understood to require that property acquired via eminent domain...
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"Liberty" amendment Ludlow amendment Parental Rights amendment School Prayer Single subject Victims' Rights Convention to propose amendments State ratifying...
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purpose of the resolution was only intimidation. Nelson wanted to add an amendment forbidding Johnson from sending troops to fight in Vietnam unless Congress...
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relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently used by the 13 states...
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country, but was debated in the United States in the 1930s as the Ludlow Amendment. An optional referendum is a class of referendums that is put to the...
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Constitutional law of the United States (section Suits against states: effect of the 11th Amendment)
executive (Article II), and judicial (Article III) branches, and the Tenth Amendment provides that those powers not expressly delegated to the federal government...
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Popular initiative (redirect from Initiative constitutional amendment)
The Ludlow Amendment, introduced several times to the House of Representatives by Louis Ludlow of Indiana between 1935 and 1940, proposed an amendment to...
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Constitutional Amendment that would require a national referendum on a declaration of war. Several constitutional amendments, such as the Ludlow Amendment, have...
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The Cooper–Church Amendment was introduced in the United States Senate during the Vietnam War. The amendment sought to cut off all funding to American...
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The Case–Church Amendment was proposed, as an amendment to several appropriations bills funding various departments of the United States Government, in...
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The Hughes–Ryan Amendment (Public Law 93–559 (1974)) was an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, passed as section 32 of the Foreign Assistance...
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purpose of the resolution was intimidation. Nelson wanted to insert an amendment to bar the president from sending troops to fight in Vietnam unless he...
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Neutrality Acts 1935–1940 Ludlow Amendment 1970 Vietnam McGovern–Hatfield Amendment 1970 Southeast Asia Cooper–Church Amendment 1971 Vietnam Repeal of Tonkin...
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2007, Baghdad airstrike associated with WikiLeaks in 2010 Kerry–Feingold Amendment Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq Special Activities Division...
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Clark Amendment was an amendment to the U.S. Arms Export Control Act of 1976, named for its sponsor, Senator Dick Clark (D-Iowa). The amendment barred...
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Constitution to ensure its ratification and led to the adoption of the first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights. Anti-Federalists feared the Constitution would lead...
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