from "ben's guide to the constitution : for kids" http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/documents/constitution/amend.html To Propose Amendments "Two-thirds of both houses of Congress vote to propose an amendment, OR Two-thirds of the state legislatures ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments. This version has not yet been used. To Ratify Amendments Three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it, OR Ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states approve it. This method was used only once -- to ratify the 21st Amendment (repealing Prohibition)." Well, I wasn't *that* far off was I ? Certainly not enough to warrant an "um, no" from someone. But anyway, it's all academic. No one needs to repeal the First, etc.- the holders of power have an infinitude of ways of liquidating undesirables. There's no need to go through the trouble of smearing someone for what they've said- just destroy them under some other pretext... it's the american way! Oh, and I agree about the handguns for 8 year olds. It gives me a great new idea for an art project: photograph infants with guns (and newborns even). ....What happened to everybody?! --- Alan Evil <alanevil@bellsouth.net> wrote:
The interesting thing about the amendments, though, is htat they can be *overturned*, for example, if two-thirds of the senate *and* house of representatives wanted to overturn the First amendment.....! I'm right about this...? (Aren't I?) Just like how prohibition was instituted then repealed a few years later...
Um. No. To amend the Bill of Rights would take a Constitutional amendment which is much more difficult. What you're thinking of is how a bill becomes veto-proof. As a country we are incredibly reluctant to alter the Constitution in any large and apparent manner.
States cannot make laws about gun ownership. They always get overturned.
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