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Constitutional Law

Jun. 20, 2018

28th Amendment to the US Constitution: a proposal

The president's pointed public criticism of a federal judge's revocation of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort's bail due to alleged witness tampering is only the latest iteration of this past year's meander towards constitutional crisis.

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28th Amendment to the US Constitution: a proposal
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, arrives to the federal courthouse for an arraignment hearing in Washington, June 15, 2018. (New York Times News Service)

The president's pointed public criticism of a federal judge's revocation of his former campaign manager Paul Manafort's bail due to alleged witness tampering is only the latest iteration of this past year's meander towards constitutional crisis. Against this backdrop, one can at least imagine and discuss a newly minted amendment to the Constitution, if only as a workout for clarifying basic beliefs, if not for taking a longer view towards initiating prudent constituti...

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