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The Constitution, Congress, And Presidential Elections, Albert J. Rosenthal
The Constitution, Congress, And Presidential Elections, Albert J. Rosenthal
Michigan Law Review
It has been recommended by a prestigious commission of the American Bar Association and endorsed by the ABA's House of Delegates. The Bar Association of the City of New York, which had previously recommended a different proposed amendment, has now shifted its support to direct popular vote, as has Senator Birch Bayh, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. A Gallup poll indicates that 66 per cent of the nation supports this amendment, with only 19 per cent opposed.
It must be remembered, however, that a decision to amend the Constitution is, as …