Will enough states ratify the GOP amendment?

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(\(\(\/)/)/) said:
The Constitution also gives Congress power to “provide for the common defense and general welfare,” a broad grant of authority to create federal spending programs such as Social Security.
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Wrong, as usual.

The General Welfare clause permits Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out their Constitutional duties, which are enumerated in the Constitution. There is no blank check. As the 10th Amendment clearly states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Even a drone such as yourself should be able to understand that.

"Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated." Thomas Jefferson

"[Congressional jurisdiction of power] is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any." James Madison

Social Security, but also Medicare, Medicaid, federal education spending and countless other cherished programs.
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Can you explain to me why these things cannot be funded and operated at the State level (or lower)?
 
The Constitution also gives Congress broad authority to decide how to distribute the tax burden.


Thus, for example, Congress is allowed to create a tax incentive for people to buy houses by giving a tax break to people with mortgages, and it is allowed to create a similar incentive for people to buy health insurance by taxing people who have health insurance slightly less than people who do not.


Nevertheless, the frivolous assaults on health reform would eliminate this Constitutional power.


Many Tea Party Republicans go even further, calling for a full repeal of the 16th Amendment, the amendment which enables the income tax.


Paying taxes is never popular, but it would be impossible to function as a nation if America lacked the power to raise the money it needs...







http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/08/05/111764/gop-v-constitution/
 
The Constitution entitles all persons to “equal protection of the laws,” a provision that formed the basis of Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision that California cannot treat gay couples as if they are somehow inferior.


Immediately after this decision was announced, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) called upon Congress to “act immediately” to overturn it — something that it could only do through a constitutional amendment.


Of course, Newt’s proposal does nothing more than revive Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment repealing the parts of the Constitution that protect marriage equality.







http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/08/05/111764/gop-v-constitution/
 
Hope Solo said:
We ratified the 27th in the early 90s, which was actually an originally proposed amendment that failed in 1791. Considering I seem time-oriented toward that decade, it really doesn't seem that long ago to me, so I doubt it would to Brent, either.
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So, you were what, 9 and Brent was 7 or thereabouts? Remember it well do you?

There have been 11,372 proposed amendments. 27 have passed in 234 years. If one were ot subtract the Bill of Rights, (since they were passed all at the same time) that is about one amendment every generation. Even the Equal Rights Amendment failed, even though it would have helped fully half of our population.

When some wet behind the ears freshman politician promises an amendment, you suckers are just as stupid for believing it is possible as they are disingenuos (or ignorant) for suggesting it.

FUCKING GROW UP.
 
(\(\(\/)/)/) said:
The Constitution entitles all persons to “equal protection of the laws,” a provision that formed the basis of Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision that California cannot treat gay couples as if they are somehow inferior.


Immediately after this decision was announced, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) called upon Congress to “act immediately” to overturn it — something that it could only do through a constitutional amendment.


Of course, Newt’s proposal does nothing more than revive Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment repealing the parts of the Constitution that protect marriage equality.







http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/08/05/111764/gop-v-constitution/
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Are you a bot or something? Seriously, your response in no way addresses my post.
 
As Judge Walker also held, marriage is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution’s Due Process Clause.


The GOP’s anti-gay amendment would repeal this constitutional protection as well.



http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/08/05/111764/gop-v-constitution/
 
Return of Dune said:
So, you were what, 9 and Brent was 7 or thereabouts? Remember it well do you?

There have been 11,372 proposed amendments. 27 have passed in 234 years. If one were ot subtract the Bill of Rights, (since they were passed all at the same time) that is about one amendment every generation. Even the Equal Rights Amendment failed, even though it would have helped fully half of our population.

When some wet behind the ears freshman politician promises an amendment, you suckers are just as stupid for believing it is possible as they are disingenuos (or ignorant) for suggesting it.

FUCKING GROW UP.
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Brent is older than me, dumbass.

As a point of order, did you know that the Women's Suffrage Amendment was proposed, and rejected, before 1919? More than once? The entire movement began in 1875 when Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote. As for the ERA, it ALMOST passed, and many believe it would have if not for the campaign launched by Phylis Schlaffley. The ERA was first proposed in the early 20s by Alice Paul, and was submitted to Congress every singly year leading up the the big showdown. So don't fucking tell me how to fucking agitate for a fucking new amendment to the fucking constitution al-fucking-ready.
 

Finally, a number of GOP candidates have come out in favor of repealing the 17th Amendment, the provision of the Constitution which requires direct election of senators, although many of these candidates also backed off their “Seventeenther” stand after it proved embarrassing.


It is simply baffling how anyone could take one look at the U.S. Senate, and decide that what it really needs is even less democracy.



http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/08/05/111764/gop-v-constitution/
 
A guy who has a girl's name as his alias and a girl's picture as his avatar describing something as 'gay'.....


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Hope Solo said:
Brent is older than me, dumbass.

As a point of order, did you know that the Women's Suffrage Amendment was proposed, and rejected, before 1919? More than once? The entire movement began in 1875 when Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote. As for the ERA, it ALMOST passed, and many believe it would have if not for the campaign launched by Phylis Schlaffley. The ERA was first proposed in the early 20s by Alice Paul, and was submitted to Congress every singly year leading up the the big showdown. So don't fucking tell me how to fucking agitate for a fucking new amendment to the fucking constitution al-fucking-ready.
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I am hardly telling you how to do anything. Further, I could give a fuck which of you children were seven or nine the last time an amendment was ratified. My point is simply that no one term teabagger is going to get an amendment passed and it is stupid to even discuss it.
 
Return of Dune said:
I am hardly telling you how to do anything. Further, I could give a fuck which of you children were seven or nine the last time an amendment was ratified. My point is simply that no one term teabagger is going to get an amendment passed and it is stupid to even discuss it.
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The dumbfuck who posts under a girl's name and avatar denies that WWII got us out of the last GOP-caused depression, so how smart could he be?
 
christiefan915 said:
I remember a flag-burning amendment vote failing a few years ago.
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There was no Flag Burning Amendment voted on by the States....the last liberal joke Amendment was the nonsense pushed by NOW....the Equal Rights Amendment.....there was a seven-year time limit for its ratification and by the time of the March 22, 1979 deadline 35 of the required 38 states had ratified......NOT ENOUGH.....it failed....

And remember........
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bravo said:
There was no Flag Burning Amendment voted on by the States....the last liberal joke Amendment was the nonsense pushed by NOW....the Equal Rights Amendment.....there was a seven-year time limit for its ratification and by the time of the March 22, 1979 deadline 35 of the required 38 states had ratified......NOT ENOUGH.....it failed....
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Poor Blabo.



He hates the idea of equality for women.




 
bravo said:
There was no Flag Burning Amendment voted on by the States....the last liberal joke Amendment was the nonsense pushed by NOW....the Equal Rights Amendment.....there was a seven-year time limit for its ratification and by the time of the March 22, 1979 deadline 35 of the required 38 states had ratified......NOT ENOUGH.....it failed....

And remember........
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How can you justify men and women not having equal rights Bravo?
 
how can dune justify breathing?

he has no clue how the amendment process works, knows abosolutely nothing about anything and just spouts garbage
 
Return of Dune said:
I am hardly telling you how to do anything. Further, I could give a fuck which of you children were seven or nine the last time an amendment was ratified. My point is simply that no one term teabagger is going to get an amendment passed and it is stupid to even discuss it.
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Then why bring any of it up?
 
(\(\(\/)/)/) said:
The dumbfuck who posts under a girl's name and avatar denies that WWII got us out of the last GOP-caused depression, so how smart could he be?
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I should definitely keep Hope Solo around for a while. As much as Legion hates ordinary women, extrardinary women drive him off the cliff...
 
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