Revelations that spies in the US atomic program had passed secrets to the Soviet Union set off a nationwide panic that communist spies might be infiltrating many American institutions.
Allegations that Hollywood was rife with communists led the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) to investigate many actors, writers, and directors during the 1950s. Alleged communists were placed on a blacklist and barred from working in Hollywood.
Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of this widespread paranoia to advance himself politically by accusing State Department employees of communist leanings. McCarthy's accusations were unsubstantiated, and the Senate eventually censured him.
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Article V of the Constitution provides two ways to propose amendments to the document. Amendments may be proposed either by the Congress, through a joint resolution passed by a two-thirds vote, or by a convention called by Congress in response to applications from two-thirds of the state legislatures.
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Four Methods of Amending the U.S. Constitution
A two-thirds vote in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.
A two-thirds vote in both houses of U.S. Congress. ...
A national constitutional convention called by two-thirds of the state legislatures."
"The number of proposed amendments to the Constitution is an approximation for several reasons. Inadequate indexing in the early years of the Congress, and separate counting of amendments in the nature of a substitute, may obscure the total. It is also common for a number of identical resolutions to be offered on issues that have widespread public and congressional support. Finally, congressional rules limiting the number of cosponsors permitted for each proposed amendment may be a factor in the number of resolutions introduced."
The Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment provision in the US Constitution was originally found in the English Bill of Rights.
<span>Old-growth forests are native woodlands which have progressed from a prolonged span of an interval, ordinarily at minimum 120 senility.</span>
