Akhil Reed Amar is a Southmayd Professor of Law at the Yale Law School. He is a graduate of Yale College (B.A., 1980) and the Yale Law School (J.D.1984) and was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Amar clerked for now-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he was a member of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. He is the author of numerous publications and books. He is a consultant to the popular television show The West Wing and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Constitution Center. Amar's younger brother, Vikram Amar, teaches at the UC Hastings College of Law. Yale Law School, established in 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, is a division of Yale University. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Yale Law Journal, published continuously since 1891, is by far the oldest and most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School. ... In the United States, a law clerk is a person who assists a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the supreme court in the United States. ... Justice Stephen Breyer Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) is an American attorney, political figure, and jurist. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts: District of Maine District of Massachusetts District of New Hampshire District of Puerto Rico District of Rhode Island The court is based at the John Joseph... The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... The National Constitution Center is a museum that opened in 2003 in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and designed by American architect Henry N. Cobb. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
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The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles (1997)
The Amar Plan is a plan to reform the presidential election process in the United States to ensure that the President is chosen by national popular vote.
The Amar Plan could be enacted by the passage of laws in as few as 11 states (as allocated after the 2000 census), and without the support of a supermajority of the US Congress (which constitutional amendments require).
The Amar Plan has been adopted by the non-profit group National Popular Vote, which in 2006 embarked on a nationwide campaign backed by a bipartisan group of respected former lawmakers, including John B. Anderson, Birch Bayh, and Jake Garn.
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