A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties

by Carson MD, Ben

  House of Representatives, 100–101

  Twentieth Amendment, 181, 220–21

  Twenty-Second Amendment, 182–83, 221–22

  terrorism, 57–58, 64–65, 145

  Third Amendment, 161–62, 213

  Thirteenth Amendment, 121, 149, 173, 216

  Thomas, Clarence, 134–35

  trade, role of Congress, 113

  treason, 144–46

  Treasury, U.S., 80, 113, 123, 136, 200–201

  treaties, 133–34

  trials, 121–22

  Fifth Amendment, 164–65, 212–314

  juries and justice, 143–44

  Seventh Amendment, 166–67, 214

  Sixth Amendment, 165–66, 214

  Truman, Harry, 133

  Twelfth Amendment, 129, 172–73, 215–16

  Twenty Dollar Clause, 166–67

  Twentieth Amendment, 181, 220–21

  Twenty-First Amendment, 181–82, 221

  Twenty-Second Amendment, 182–83, 221–22

  Twenty-Third Amendment, 183–85, 222–23

  Twenty-Fourth Amendment, 185–86, 223

  Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 187, 223–24

  Twenty-Sixth Amendment, 187–88, 224–25

  Twenty-Seventh Amendment, 189–90, 225

  two-parent homes, 78–79

  two-party system, 70–71, 130–31

  vacancies

  House of Representatives, 102–3

  Senate, 179–80

  veto provision, of Congress, 111

  vice president, 106, 127, 128, 131

  vicinage, 166

  vigilant, exercising power by being, 31–32

  Virginia Plan, 20, 22–23

  voter fraud, 176, 186

  voter identification, 108, 185–86

  voting, exercising power by, 33–34

  voting age, 187–88

  voting districts, 104

  voting rights

  Fifteenth Amendment, 177–78, 218

  Nineteenth Amendment, 180–81, 220

  Twenty-Fourth Amendment, 185–86, 223

  War of 1812, 138

  war powers clause, 118, 136–37, 203

  Washington, D.C., 119–20, 183–85

  Washington, George, 9, 17, 18, 21, 25, 62, 155, 183, 192

  Webster, Daniel, 63–64

  Webster, Noah, 61

  welfare. See also “general Welfare” in Preamble

  dangers of government dependency, 73–75

  promoting private charity, 75–78

  “well regulated Militia,” 60–61, 160–61

  “we the People” in Preamble, 27, 29–39, 92

  exercising power by being vigilant, 31–32

  exercising power by knowing your rights, 30–31

  exercising power by speaking up, 34–38

  exercising power by voting, 33–34

  preserving our power, 38–39

  Williamson, Hugh, 19

  women’s suffrage, 180–81

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