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Guy Who Got a C on Constitutional-Amendment Paper Gets Constitution Amended
- matheweis 10y ago"Under Article Five, an amendment can be proposed and sent to the states by a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress, or by a national convention if three-fourths of the states call for one. There’s never been a convention for that purpose, and my God, what a nightmare that would probably become." Well; https://www.conventionofstates.com/nu https://www.conventionofstates.com/nu
- wolfgang42 10y agoThe article isn't as clear on this as it could be, but this is not a recent news article: the C was gotten in 1982, and the amendment was ratified in 1992 (and had in fact been sitting around since 1789). An impressive feat nevertheless.
- jzl 10y agoBut the part about a book author calling the professor who gave the C and getting her to change the grade just happened. Look at the date on her form to amend the grade: March 1, 2017: https://i1.wp.com/loweringthebar.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/watson-form.jpg https://i1.wp.com/loweringthebar.net/wp-content/uploads/2017... Awesome story. :)
- glandium 10y agoand got an A+ https://loweringthebar.net/2017/03/guy-who-got-a-c-on-amendment.html https://loweringthebar.net/2017/03/guy-who-got-a-c-on-amendm... "In light of the student's heroic efforts to prove the professor and T.A. wrong in their assessment of his term paper, Mr Watson deserves A+"