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To: lbryce
I know this is a stupid question, but don't Constitutional Amendments have to be ratified by two-thirds majority of the states?

Or has Ubama removed that requirement?

2 posted on 05/31/2014 8:23:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

pretty sure.


4 posted on 05/31/2014 8:25:52 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Obama isn’t supposed to legislate from the Oval Office, but he does.


5 posted on 05/31/2014 8:26:04 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That is an excellent question for which Senator Cruz has a lot of splaynin to do.The article mentions The Reichstag Fire.It is conceivable that the First Amendment rights will be curbed in ways that are not legal or Constitutional.


7 posted on 05/31/2014 8:27:39 PM PDT by lbryce (Barack Obama:Misbegotten Bastard OffSpring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Two Thirds of each house of the Congress. Three Fifths of the states.


10 posted on 05/31/2014 8:28:28 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Doesn’t it have to go through the Supreme Court.


13 posted on 05/31/2014 8:31:07 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is the Democrats playing trickery.

They did it with Sen. McCain - making him a ‘natural born citizen’ though he wasn’t born in the USA. The method used was in violation of the U.S.Constitution’s stated requirement on altering the document.

I predict there will be NO ratification by two-thirds majority of the States; they will ram it down everyone’e throats, in a clear call to civil disobedience.


15 posted on 05/31/2014 8:31:36 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All
"... I know this is a stupid question, but don't Constitutional Amendments have to be ratified by two-thirds majority of the states?"

The Constitution's Article V indicates that amendments to the Constitution actually have to be ratified by 3/4 of the states.

After watching the video, Harvard Law School-indocrinated Cruz was reasonably giving the wrong impression that the Senate can amend the Constitution. So I'm more dissapointed with Cruz then I already was. And of course the constitutionally ignorant "conservative" crowd that he seemed to be addressing was seemingly swallowing every word that he said.

29 posted on 05/31/2014 8:38:11 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

3/4 of states required to ratify/

2/3s of Senate required to propose.

It’s a long shot but it is dangerous because it seems to focus on campaign funds. But where is free speech more important than in the political arena? So Ted Cruz is spot on as usual to call it what it is, a repeal or neutering of the First Amendment.


35 posted on 05/31/2014 8:42:59 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I suspect this is the latest long term push being floated by the RATS.
They already are pushing nationwide to eliminate the Electoral Collage.
The RATS in power now have a 40 year plan and this will be part of it.


60 posted on 05/31/2014 8:56:10 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There is a detailed process in order to amend the constitution. It will not pass the states.


65 posted on 05/31/2014 8:58:39 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“I know this is a stupid question, but don’t Constitutional Amendments have to be ratified by two-thirds majority of the states?”

I had the same question. Our Constitution was written in such a way as to make sure that neither the Senate or the House had sole power of the law.


76 posted on 05/31/2014 9:11:14 PM PDT by kitkat (STORM HEAVEN WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not a stupid question, and I believe you are correct.


100 posted on 05/31/2014 10:13:10 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It has to be ratified by the states and pass the House before even that.
It wouldn’t surprise me to find out some Senators think they have the power to repeal the amendment though.


128 posted on 06/01/2014 3:16:03 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I know this is a stupid question, but don't Constitutional Amendments have to be ratified by two-thirds majority of the states?

Well...legally, yes. But that does not seem to be much of an obstacle to this bunch.

132 posted on 06/01/2014 3:51:02 AM PDT by D Rider (Don't give sharp objects to small children)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I know this is a stupid question, but don't Constitutional Amendments have to be ratified by two-thirds majority of the states? Or has Ubama removed that requirement?

What does you gut tell you about what is right and legal vs. what is being done in DC these days?

133 posted on 06/01/2014 4:08:36 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The rule of law is dead!


136 posted on 06/01/2014 4:31:25 AM PDT by ebmiller (Podcasts are the way to go)
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157 posted on 06/01/2014 2:23:56 PM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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