The Liberty Amendments
2013 book by Mark Levin
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The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic is a book by the American talk radio host and lawyer Mark Levin, published in 2013.[1] Levin makes a case for eleven amendments which he believes would restore the Constitution's chief components: federalism, republicanism, and limited government.[2]
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| Author | Mark Levin |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | August 13, 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback), e-book, audio |
| Pages | 272 (hardcback) |
| ISBN | 1451606273 |
Summary
The eleven amendments proposed by Levin:[3]
- Impose Congressional term limits
- Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, returning the election of Senators to state legislatures
- Impose term limits for Supreme Court Justices and restrict judicial review
- Require a balanced budget and limit federal spending and taxation
- Define a deadline to file taxes (one day before the next federal election)
- Subject federal departments and bureaucratic regulations to periodic reauthorization and review
- Create a more specific definition of the Commerce Clause
- Limit eminent domain powers
- Allow states to more easily amend the Constitution by bypassing Congress
- Create a process where two-thirds of the states can nullify federal laws
- Require photo ID to vote and limit early voting
Levin would have these amendments proposed to the states by a convention of the states as described in Article Five of the Constitution.
Reception
The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in all three categories for which it qualified.[4]