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"Examines the history, theory, and politics behind the age qualifications for elected federal office in the United States Constitution. Argues that the right to run for office ought to be extended to all adult-age citizens who are otherwise office-eligible"--Provided by publisher

Reviews the works of political theorists Judith Butler & the antifoundationalists Stanley Fish & Richard Rorty to demonstrate the misappropriation of building metaphors of foundations & the fallacious application of such metaphors to false analogies of the metaphsyical rather than the political. The 'Edenic' & 'constructivist' traditions are reviewed & discussed, indicating that the above authors are constructivists working within an edenic framework. The constructivist theorist Christine de Pizan is analyzed, demonstrating how her work The Book of the City of Ladies rewrites a misogynistic literary tradition to construct a regendered world. The constructivist theorist Hannah Arendt is also reviewed, illustrating how the American founders conception of the new nation was rooted in the Hebraic & Virgilian foundation tradition. It is concluded that political theories need to devote less energy to critique & more to creation. T. Noland