GOVT-110 FA4 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Stamp Act Congress, Jennings Randolph, Voting Age
13 Sep 2016
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The state of oregon challenged the constitutionality of the law in court, arguing that the. Constitution did not give congress the authority to establish a uniform voting age in state and local elections. While young people have not traditionally exercised their twenty-sixth amendment rights in large numbers, voter turnout among those 18 to 29 does seem to be on the rise. The framers never intended the us constitution to be easily change: they made the amendment process time consuming and difficult. Only twenty-seven amendments have made their way into the constitution even though thousands have been proposed. Beginning in the early seventeenth century, colonists came to the new world for a variety of reasons: escape religious persecution, seeking plentiful land and business opportunities. British monarchs allowed the colonists significant liberties in terms of self-government, religious practices, and economic organization (a system that worked fairly well for 140 years)
