Posted on 01/17/2009 12:59:32 PM PST by Sammy67
I just did a google search and saw that this was first introduced in 2005 under H.J. RES. 24. If it had passed, it would not had been effective for another Bush term, but for the next elected president. It did not pass.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hj109-24
http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/lawmakers_aim_repeal_22nd_amendment.htm
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52246
It’s an on-going thing. It keeps coming up again and again, but it doesn’t go anywhere.
First of all, a Constitutional Amendment takes 2/3 of the Congress to approve. Then, secondly, it takes 3/4 of the states to ratify it.
If it is going to take 38 states to ratify, that means it will only take 13 states to stop it dead in its tracks. See how many states voted for the Republican ticket, if you want to get an idea of how it will go. Not too many people will fiddle with the Constitution, like they might fiddle with local, state and federal laws...
To make it clear for everyone —
It’s 2/3 of the Congress to “get the Amendment” (in the first place), and then 3/4 of the states to ratify it....
Only 13 states to kill it...
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