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Post by phelps on Feb 19, 2016 20:54:58 GMT
18 amendment Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. I thought this amendment was stupid because it killed a lot of people and created some of the most famous gangsters like al Capone and made a vary huge bisness in the black market.
Amendment XXVII
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
This one is pretty.pointless if they desided to rase or lower there pay then it should take affect right away.
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Post by Glen Brown - Instructor on Feb 20, 2016 23:20:58 GMT
Decent job in laying out your arguments for these two amendments as least important. You didn't put too much into edifying your arguments but this is the first round of discussion threads so I expect them to get better.
As for the the second amendment you listed. During the sequester several years ago, when government agencies were forced to close up shop and such fine tomfoolery, Congress (both the House and Senate) didn't have to go without pay as a result of interpretations of this amendment.
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