Title: Constitution Project

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Constitution Project

URL: http://www.constitutionproject.org/

Date Checked: 1/28/2011      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 12/17/2001

Topics: Constitutional Law

Other keywords: Death Penalty; Election Reform

Contents: A bipartisan, non-profit organization, the Constitution Project is dedicated to protecting the integrity and ideals of the U.S. Constitution primarily in promoting judicial independence, and reforms in elections and the use of the death penalty. Its Constitutional Amendment Initiative seeks to limit the current practice of shaping of public and social policy via introduction of amendments to the Constitution. An entire monograph on guidelines for proposed amendments is available in both HTML and PDF formats, and there is a list of the two dozen amendments currently under consideration in the House and Senate (more precisely, a list of the current Joint Resolutions, taken from the Congressional website Thomas). The text of the Constitution Project's quarterly newsletter is available at the website; users may also sign up to receive new issues via email. The website is searchable by keyword.

Author of Annotation: A. Carson