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To: melt
Thankfully, it takes 2/3 of the votes of both houses of congress plus 3/4 of the states legislatures and a signature by the president to ammend the constitution. Ain’t going to happen DiFi.
152 posted on 08/27/2007 6:40:57 AM PDT by HenpeckedCon (Can I please freep just a little while longer Dear?)
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To: HenpeckedCon
Thankfully, it takes 2/3 of the votes of both houses of congress plus 3/4 of the states legislatures and a signature by the president to [amend] the constitution.

The President has no formal role in the amendment process. There's no way three-fourths of the States would ratify such an amendment. Interestingly, the last two times the States voted on a proposed amendment the proposal was rejected. The first was the ERA, the second was a 1978 proposal that would have granted the District of Columbia full representation in the Congress. The States will defend the Constitution against such a proposal, even if the Congress doesn't.

157 posted on 08/27/2007 1:57:19 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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