What Does the Constitution Actually Say?
A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work
Published on 18. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7624-8905-3 (ISBN)
Description
Do you know what the Constitution ACTUALLY says?
Written by political savant and entertainment veteran, Ben Sheehan, and vetted for accuracy by experts in the field of constitutional law, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? is an entertaining and accessible guide that explains what the Constitution actually lays out.
With clear notes and graphics on everything from presidential powers to Supreme Court nominations to hidden loopholes, Sheehan walks us through the entire Constitution from its preamble to its final amendment (with a bonus section on the Declaration of Independence). Besides putting the Constitution in modern-day English so that it can be understood, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? gives readers all of the info they need to be effective voters and citizens in the November elections and beyond.
Written by political savant and entertainment veteran, Ben Sheehan, and vetted for accuracy by experts in the field of constitutional law, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? is an entertaining and accessible guide that explains what the Constitution actually lays out.
With clear notes and graphics on everything from presidential powers to Supreme Court nominations to hidden loopholes, Sheehan walks us through the entire Constitution from its preamble to its final amendment (with a bonus section on the Declaration of Independence). Besides putting the Constitution in modern-day English so that it can be understood, What Does the Constitution Actually Say? gives readers all of the info they need to be effective voters and citizens in the November elections and beyond.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Running Press,U.S.
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
582 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7624-8905-3 (9780762489053)
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Ben Sheehan is a former award-winning executive producer at Funny Or Die. He founded OMG WTF (Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Florida) to teach voters about state executive races during the 2018 midterms. The Hollywood Reporter listed him as one of entertainment's 35 Rising Executives Under 35 and OMG WTF's Gerrymander Jewelry was a finalist for Fast Company's World Changing Ideas 2019. In 2016, he helped register 50,000 voters through digital videos as the executive director of Save the Day. The projects he's been involved with have received over a billion views.