Harrison Bergeron | Topics for Further Study

Research the process by which proposed amendments to the United States Constitution pass Congress and are ratified into law. Based on what you find out, do you think it is likely that the Constitution will have 213 amendments in 2081 ? Why or why not?

Investigate the controversy caused by Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow's May, 1961, speech in which he labeled television ‘‘a vast wasteland.’’ Compare Minow's historical commentary about television to current commentaries and note how much (or how little) has changed.

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