Posted on 07/26/2017 9:48:00 AM PDT by Openurmind
Congress takes their title of "lawmakers" very serious. In fact far too serious at times. They have no problem with passing and stacking laws on top of laws to justify their jobs.
But my question would be, when was the last time Congress actually repealed an amendment rather than throwing even more laws at it? From what I understand the last time an amendment was actually repealed was when they repealed Prohibition in 1933.
Based on history could we be fooling ourselves and expecting far too much from these "lawmakers" because they have never been "law repealers" in any sense at all? Is it beyond them to ever do so? I would hate to think this as true...
Catastrophic Care Act in the 1980’s.
Congress could not repeal it fast enough once the fecal matter hit the fan.
But were these Executive Orders and not actual Constitutional Amendments?
Repealing the Gulf of Tonkin resolution six years later—Talk about closing the barn doors after all the horses left...classic Congressional posturing... :-(
You are too ignorant to ask such a question, or understand the answer.
Amendments are not laws but might be applied to laws. Constitutional Amendments are different animals altogether.
Time to study...
Thank you.
Thank you.
Your confused mind neglected to include the word "Constitutional" in your original question.
An act is not an amendment? Or to be treated as an amendment like prohibition was?
I stand corrected...
Laws and amendments are significantly different.
A law passed by Congress requires a simple majority vote and does not require any state actions.
An amendment requires a 2/3 vote and must be ratified by 3/4 of the states to come into effect.
There are many laws but few constitutional amendments. You are correct that the only repealed amendment is prohibition. Seldom do you hear people discuss how the prohibition amendment got passed in the first place.
That raises another question then. Are these laws passed by a simple majority in congress even really Constitutional?
The mandatory 55 MPH maximum highway speed limit comes to mind.
That went away, thankfully.
And all the carnage we were supposed to see is happening - whilst the oceans are rising meters at a time and multiple stronger and more frequent hurricanes are swirling up all over the globe.
And the icecaps. Gone like the wind.
Of course they are — The US Constitution places law-making powers in the hands of the legislative branch of government.
I don’t recall whether the 55 limit was a law passed by Congress or a bureaucratic directive. “Drop the limit or you lose federal highway funds.”
I knew this, but are the laws they pass actually constitutional? I will bet that most are not, and SCOTUS has made some poor unconstitutional rulings over the years to back them up. Like Obamacare being a “tax” as one example. :)
“A law passed by Congress requires a simple majority vote and does not require any state actions.”
If true, then why does repeal of a law (like the Abominable Care act) require 60 votes?
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