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The Bill of Rights: The Tenth Amendment, 2001

 Item — Box: 146
Identifier: CC-36745-38568

Scope and Contents

The tenth amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." Minsky's website describes his work, USSC No. 00-949, as "the decision of the Supreme Court in the landmark case that determined the outcome of the 2000 election, Bush vs. Gore. This ruling, overturning a decision of the Florida Supreme Court, is arguably the most significant Federal intervention in states' rights in modern history." The texts used were of the Justices' concurring and dissenting opinions issued on the Supreme Court website on December 12, 2000. Minsky has intentionally reversed the black and red labels on the spine of the book and printed the title slightly unevenly so that the classic law book seems "disturbing and somewhat crooked."According to an interview of Richard Minsky by Bob Andelman on http://vimeo.com/36516102, only nine copies of this book object were produced even though 25 copies were planned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 1 hard cover book (65 pages) in bookbinding (leather gilded, label) + labels (leather, printed, gilded) + pages (photocopied) + slipcase (museum board, label, printed, gilded) ; 25.2 x 17.4 x 1.4 cm (book) + 26.3 x 17.5 x 3 cm (slipcase)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: New York : Richard Minsky. Signed by: Richard Minsky (c. - colophon). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: 9 copies of 25 total copies.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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