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« Reply #400 on: October 11, 2018, 06:44:45 PM » |
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There are actually four ways (to amend the constitution).
(1) Both houses propose an amendment with a two-thirds vote, and three-fourths of the state legislatures approve. Twenty-six of the 27 amendments were approved in this manner.
(2) Both houses propose an amendment with a two-thirds vote, and three-fourths of the states approve the amendment via ratifying conventions. Only the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition, was passed in this manner.
(3) Two-thirds of the state legislatures call on Congress to hold a constitutional convention, and three-fourths of the state legislatures approve the amendment.
(4) Two-thirds of the state legislatures call on Congress to hold a constitutional convention, and three-fourths of the states approve the amendment via ratifying conventions.
Most people only think of the first two because they are the only ones that ever worked.
I think the days of getting two thirds of both houses and three quarters of the States to agree on something are long gone.
Our Constitution is pretty good just as it is. (So long as we continue to have a Supreme Court that doesn't make sh!t up.)
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« Reply #401 on: October 12, 2018, 04:53:44 AM » |
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Our Constitution is pretty good just as it is. (So long as we continue to have a Supreme Court that doesn't make sh!t up.)
Sounds like a good reason to, Thank God for President Trump! |
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« Reply #402 on: November 12, 2022, 04:58:12 PM » |
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f6gal, I owe you a lunch.  Holy thread revival... Sorry, but I need to ask Willow if he ever made good on this? |
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« Reply #403 on: November 12, 2022, 05:23:21 PM » |
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f6gal, I owe you a lunch. Holy thread revival... Sorry, but I need to ask Willow if he ever made good on this? Whoa ! What a beautiful thread to resurrect.  |
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« Reply #404 on: November 12, 2022, 05:51:21 PM » |
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f6gal, I owe you a lunch. Holy thread revival... Sorry, but I need to ask Willow if he ever made good on this? I did not. Surely you would have remembered such a unique event. |
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« Reply #405 on: November 12, 2022, 06:15:12 PM » |
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f6gal, I owe you a lunch. Holy thread revival... Sorry, but I need to ask Willow if he ever made good on this? Whoa ! What a beautiful thread to resurrect. It wasn't the content of the thread I intended to resurrect. But, with the way things are going, I may need that free lunch.  |
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« Reply #406 on: November 12, 2022, 06:20:50 PM » |
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But, with the way things are going, I may need that free lunch. TANSTAAFL These new $1 bills are lit!  |
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« Reply #407 on: November 12, 2022, 06:31:07 PM » |
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But, with the way things are going, I may need that free lunch. TANSTAAFL True, but the lunch will be free to me... it'll cost Willow. |
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« Reply #408 on: December 01, 2022, 08:24:00 AM » |
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I was always told there is no free lunch  |
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« Reply #409 on: December 02, 2022, 01:28:00 PM » |
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I was always told there is no free lunch There is, but you got to be really sneaky about it. |
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