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Constitutional amendment?
by maxwell 6y ago
Constitutional amendment?
- mabbo 6y agoAnd who would be voting on those? > An amendment may be proposed and sent to the states for ratification by either: > The U.S. Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary; or > A national convention, called by Congress for this purpose, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (34 since 1959). The convention option has never been used. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_Un...
- meepmorp 6y agoParticipants in a constitutional convention?
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- chrisco255 6y agoThe state national convention route is the most likely route to work if you really want to reign in Congress.
- gumby 6y agoThat's a very blunt instrument and difficult to get the wording correct.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoSee also: "Infringed" "Papers and effects" "not delegated to the United States by the Constitution" And many others.... No matter how clear you are they just ignore it like it's not there.
- michaelmrose 6y agoHow about initiative and referendum in the 26 states that have such processes and agitating for such processes in the states that don't.