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I agree,, but just making the point if it follows protocol its the will of the people,,not if you follow constitutional process to remove them,,,Couldn't care less.Repeal every Amendment after the 13th, for starters.You are dependent on someone else figuring out how to do it.thats a restoration not a revolution,, I'm in,,
No, let's not do that.
For starters, the amendments 14 thru 27 were passed legally and according to the US Constitution.
For another reason, it would remove good and valid amendments.
Such as:
14th - Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude
19th - Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex
22nd - Limits the number of times a person can be elected President
24th - Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a poll tax or any other tax
26th - Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens eighteen years of age or older to vote on account of age
Unless you want to go through the proper steps for each amendment, namely to create another amendment to remove it. Like we did for the 18th amendment (Prohibition).
We throw out the baby with the bathwater because it contains Rosemary's baby.
The provision in the 14th, viz. voting not being contingent on previous state of servitude, is antiquated and irrelevant...The rest of it has been the source of an avalanche of litigious mischief and chicanery ever since.
The rest of it can be handled by the states or re-enacted on a case-by-case basis.
The 14th was not just about previous state of servitude. It was also about race and color.
Repealing the 19th amendment would remove women's ability to vote. Since women make up 51% of the population, good luck getting that amendment to fly.
The rest were constitutional amendment passed by the methods detailed in the US Constitution. Wouldn't throwing them out also be ignoring the US Constitution that you want followed?
If you can get constitutional amendments to pass, more power to you. I think the repeal of the 14th and 19th would be impossible to get the votes to repeal.
I agree.