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The Sleeper Amendments with Post Animal

More Perfect by WNYC Studios

Nov 14, 201800:26:28History

On first read the 16th and 22nd Amendments are at best sleepers and at worst, stinkers. In a list of Constitutional hits like the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and birthright citizenship, the amendments c...

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The Sleeper Amendments with Post Animal is an episode from More Perfect by WNYC Studios. On first read the 16th and 22nd Amendments are at best sleepers and at worst, stinkers. In a list of Constitutional hits like the right to free speech,...

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