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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does Article 5 not also open the existing Amendments to... well, amendment?


109 posted on 05/13/2014 9:51:44 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Mathews

You can try to repeal existing amendments, like the 16th and 17th, but any amendments passed or repealed would have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years.


110 posted on 05/13/2014 9:56:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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