Attendees

1. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 14:07, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
2. econterms (talk) 15:18, 19 July 2016 (UTC) -- part of the day I expect
3. Fuzheado | Talk 16:08, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
4. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 03:35, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
5. User:friend of Smokey the Bear
6. Geraldshields11 (talk) 19:31, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

NARA & Law Library staff

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2. user:LarryShockley
3. nosrednaharas
4. user:oldlinelassie
5. user:Atweber
6. user:Rmbrammer
7. user:CaitlinMGale
8. user:EDinschel

Participating remotely

1. Jennifereltringham (talk) 14:12, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
2. SusanSunNunamaker..

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To create

• Constitutional Amendment on English as Official Language - Nothing about constitutional amendments on the Languages of the United States Page
  • NARA Record: Letter from the Polish American Congress in Support of a Constitutional Amendment to Make English the Official Language of the United States, 02/06/1984 (NAID 26283956)
  • NARA Record: Seguridad Contra Fuegos FEMA Safety Poster, 1997 (NAID 24520429)
• Plural marriage amendment - No page exists only Reynolds v. United States or Polygamy, neither mention the drive for a constitutional amendment. The drive mostly came during Utah’s bid for statehood. There was also a push at the time for the federal government to regulate marriage and divorce (because of the fear of polygamy from Utah).
  • NARA Record: Defense of Plural Marriage by the Women of Utah County, 1878 (NAID 24747004)
  • Barbara Hayward, “Utah’s Anti-Polygamy Society, 1878-1884,” in Brigham Young University BYU Scholars Archive
  • Kahlile Mehr, “Women’s Response to Plural Marriage”
  • Richard B. Bernstein, Amending America (New York: Times Books, Random House Inc., 1993), 195
• Abolition of Presidency or Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - No page exists for the actual idea of abolishing the presidency, but it was done in direct response to Andrew Johnson
  • NARA Record: Memorial Regarding the Abolition of the Presidency, 02/1868 (NAID 25466022)
  • Reviewed Work: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson by Michael Les Benedict Review by: James C. Mohr The Journal of Negro History Vol. 58, No. 3 (Jul., 1973), pp. 363-364
  • The Abolition of the Presidency Addresses by Carl Heinzen and Mrs. Clara Neymann, New York Times, October 24, 1872. (The article begins at the very bottom of the PDF)
• Missing votes in Congress
  • NARA Record: Petition for a Constitutional Amendment to Expel Members of Congress who are Absent for More than 40 Percent of Roll Call Votes, ca 1971 (NAID 26283957)
  • Richard A. Davis, CRS Report for Congress: Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America Introduced in Congress From the 91st Congress, 1st Session, Through the 98th Congress, 2nd Session, January 1969-December 1984, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, February 1, 1985.
  • (Primary) Margaret Chase Smith Proposed Constitutional Amendment Summary, December 20, 1971; Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee/ Constitutional Amendments (SEN14A-604; 92 nd Congress; Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46; National Archives, Washington, DC

To expand / improve

• List of Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution - Incomplete list of proposed amendments not approved by Congress
  • List of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution dataset
• U.S. Bill of Rights Could edit/add documents to include more details about proposals/changes made in the Senate
  • NARA Record: Motions A-D Proposing Amendments to the Constitution that Failed, 09/07/1789 (NAID 24824270)
  • NARA Record: Senate Revisions to House Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, 09/09/1789 (NAID 3535588)
  • Why a Bill of Rights?
  • The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791: Vol. 1. Senate Legislative Journal. Linda Grant De Pauw, Editor. Charlene Bangs Bickford and LaVonne Marlene Siegel, Assistant Editors. (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1972)
  • “Additional Articles of Amendment, September 7, 1789; Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress.” Pg. 41-42.
• School Prayer Amendment - Contains little info prior to 1997, so this is a great candidate. This was one of the most introduced amendment in the 60s and 70s.
  • NARA Record: Letter from the Central Christian Church of Fort Lauderdale in Favor of the School Prayer Constitutional Amendment, 06/11/1964 (NAID 24824307)
  • Letter from the Alabama Baptist State Convention Opposed to a School Prayer Constitutional Amendment, 05/08/1964 (NAID 24824310)
  • “Congress Fails to Act on School Prayer Amendments.” In CQ Almanac 1964, 20th ed., 398-404. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1965.
  • Green, Steven K. “Becker Amendment.” US Civil Liberties, n.d.
• Flag desecration - Could edit section on the United States
  • NARA Record: Petition from People for the American Way Opposed to the Flag Burning Constitutional Amendment, 06/20,1990 (NAID 26283955)
• Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Women’s Suffrage (section the U.S) - Could edit 19th Amendment background to include failed variations or add information about attempts to amend.
  • NARA Record: House Joint Resolution (H.J. Res.) 159, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution to Extend the Right to Vote to Widows and Spinsters who are Property Holders, 04/30/1888 (NAID 25466157)
  • NARA Record: Petition for Universal Suffrage which Asks for an Amendment to the Constitution that Shall Prohibit the Several States from Disenfranchising Any of Their Citizens on the Ground of Sex, 1865 (NAID 26081744)
  • Ames, Proposed Amendments to the Constitution, 238.
  • “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848-1920,” in I’m No Lady; I’m a Member of Congress online exhibit, History, Art and Archives, the House of Representatives.
• Declaration of war by the United States - Could add section on constitutional amendments. This was as a result of American Isolationism and could be too narrow of an issue to be noted in the article.
  • NARA Record: Petition for a Constitutional Amendment to Hold National Referendums on Declarations of War from Danville, Ohio, 1938 (NAID 24200391)
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Axis Alliance in World War II.”Holocaust Encyclopedia, 2015.
  • U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian. “American Isolationism in the 1930’s”, n.d.
• Christian amendment - Seems pretty extensive but this was one of the most introduced amendments so maybe there is something there.
  • NARA Record: Petition from the Congregation of the United Presbyterian Church from Sebring, Ohio to Amend the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, 02/15/1923 (NAID 24200385)
• Languages of the United States - Nothing about constitutional amendments
  • NARA Record: Letter from the Polish American Congress in Support of a Constitutional Amendment to Make English the Official Language of the United States, 02/06/1984 (NAID 26283956)
  • NARA Record: Seguridad Contra Fuegos FEMA Safety Poster, 1997 (NAID 24520429)
• Human Life Amendment - Covers all pro-life amendments, but roughly half of the amendments introduced during this time period were pro-choice and there doesn’t seem to be anything about them in Wikipedia.
  • NARA Record: Letter to Senator Birch Bayh Regarding Congressional Hearings on Constitutional Amendments on Abortion from Senator James Buckley, 01/29/1974 (NAID 26283954)
  • Human Life Amendment Highlights: United States Congress (1973-2003)
  • Report—Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response, pg. 10-11.
• Duel - Could edit the section on dueling in Colonial North America/United States.
  • NARA Record: H.R. 8, Proposing an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to Prohibit any Person who was Involved in a Duel from Holding Public Federal Office, 03/05/1838 (NAID 25466015)
  • “A fatal Duel Between Members in 1838,” US House of Representatives Historical Highlights
  • Wood, Margaret “A Duel with Rifles” The Library of Congress
• Three-Fifths Compromise - Could be edited to include background about this proposed amendment, but it’s a narrow idea.
  • NARA Record: Petition from Citizens of Ashtabula County, Ohio for a Constitutional Amendment that Representation in Congress be Uniform throughout the Country, ca 1844 (NAID 25466018)
  • Ames, Herman V. “Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1896: Proposed Amendments to the Constitution, 1789-1880.” 54th Congress, 1897.
• United States presidential election - Portions of the article that talk about other options considered or introduced.
  • NARA Record: House Joint Resolution (H.J. Res.) 8 Proposing a Constitutional Amendment to Elect the President by Lot, 01/13/1846 (NAID 24200386)
  • Herman Ames, Annual Report of the American Historical Association: Proposed Amendments to the Constitution, (Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C. 1897).
  • “Electoral College Reform,” in John R. Vile, Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues 1789-2010.
• Thomas Abernethy - Proposed several amendments, including amendments relating to school prayer and election of the President and Vice President, none of which are mentioned in the article.
  • Amending America: Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution, 1787-2014, Data Set
• Olin E. Teague - Proposed several amendments, including amendments relating to term limits, reconfirmation, and other amendments pertaining to Federal judges and Supreme Court Justices. None of these proposed amendments are mentioned in the article.
  • Amending America: Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution, 1787-2014, Data Set
• Andrew Jacobs, Jr. - Co-authored Voting Rights Act and proposed several amendments, including amendments relating to balancing the budget, prayer in public buildings, and many others. None of the amendments are mentioned in the article.
  • Amending America: Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution, 1787-2014, Data Set

General sources

• Amending America: Proposed Amendments to the United States Constitution, 1787-2014, Data Set
• List of documents related to Amending America
• ProQuest Congressional Serial Set - Committee Hearings & Testimony
• Century of Lawmaking - Law Library of Congress
• Congress.gov Search - Law Library of Congress
• U.S. Statutes at Large - Law Library of Congress
• H.Doc. 353, pt. 2 from the 54th Congress - The appendix of this document discusses the disposition of joint resolutions from 1789 - 1889

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