Our Amendments: The 23rd

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 22, 2018

This season, the Radiolab spin-off More Perfect is exploring all 27 Constitutional Amendments in words and music. More Perfect Producer Julia Longoria reviews one: the 23rd.

Plus, the Mellowtones, a student group at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. — led by their teacher Mark G. Meadows — wrote a song about the 23rd Amendment, which reserves the right of citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for the U.S. President.

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