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To: HenpeckedCon
It can be done. You just need 2/3’s of both houses of Congress and it must be ratified by only 50 states.

Incorrect.

It must be ratified by 3/4 of the states. Currently 38 states are required.

30 posted on 12/06/2018 3:31:58 PM PST by Calvinist_Dark_Lord
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

Nope, the US Senate isn’t an amendment. It’s in the Constitution itself. It requires 50 states.


31 posted on 12/06/2018 3:39:42 PM PST by HenpeckedCon (Covfefe Trump!)
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord

Actually the Senate (or rather the equal representation of each state in the Senate cannot be altered by a Constitutional Amendment—it’s specifically mentioned in Article V which deals with amendments. All (that would be 50) of the states would have to agree to it. Practically speaking the only way of getting rid of the Senate is getting rid of the Constitution itself.

Of course that might be what they really want. The Constitution, written by dead white men, has all of those outdated ideas like God-given rights, the electoral college, the 2nd Amendment just seems to get in the way of “progress”.


35 posted on 12/06/2018 6:45:00 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord
Incorrect. It must be ratified by 3/4 of the states. Currently 38 states are required

Wrong.

The Amendment power does not extend to abolishing the Senate. That is forbidden by Article V.

37 posted on 12/07/2018 1:02:14 AM PST by Jim Noble (Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
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