From the 2024 Serialization of Steven Jonas' book, "The 15% Solution:" Chapter 8: The Balancing Amendment
This column presents Chapter 6/Section 2, of the 2024 serialization of Steven Jonas' book: "The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022." It is from the most recent printing, the third, from 2013. The book was first published in 1996. This Section is entitled "The History," and this Chapter, 8, is entitled "The Balancing Amendment."