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Response Topic Assignment: Amending the Constitution
This assignment is 20% of my grade.
While the Constitution has been amended only 33 times since it was drafted in 1787, there have been thousands of proposed amendments. For this
assignment, you will choose a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution between the years 2000-and 2013 from a list provided by the
instructor.
1. Select proposed Amendment:
-Each student will select and research an Amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION that was proposed between 2000-2013 from a list provided by
the instructor
2. Gather support materials:
-Your paper will require at least three sources.
3. Write a short essay (3 pages PLUS reference list) describing the amendment and how it did in the process (did it make it out of committee for a full vote?
Did it pass the full vote?, etc.), listing the pros and cons of the proposed Amendment (what people it would affect and how-good or bad), including
demographics of the population for and against the proposed Amendment, explaining the challenges and/or biases that confronted amending the
constitution (was amending.
Keynotes:
MLA Format required
Doubled Spaced
3 pages of content PLUS works cited page (total of 4)
Must have in-text citations

The last bit of information you need is this, In order for the writer to use my college’s online library to find peer-reviewed scholarly journals or articles, they
must click this link: https://www.lamar.edu/library/ Once there, the writer must enter anything they need to look for into the Quick Search bar and make sure
they click the box “Peer Reviewed” under “Limit Your Results” and then click the red search button; it will prompt them to log in. The login information is this.
LEA Username: LIT_T60132020 Password: GAParsons_1077_ After this is entered, it will prompt them to click one of 2 green button options to use DUO to
verify it is me. Click the “Send Me a Push” button, and it will send an immediate and very loud notification to my phone; I will click accept, and it will let the
writer in.