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Jan 18 2025 03:59am
Yesterday marked a momentous day in US history as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified by President Joe Biden
The new 28th amendment declares;
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Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.


Long proposed and beleaguered, the 28th amendment was suddenly conjured into being in the past 24 hours by a proclamation of Joe Biden.
Immediately following the president's unilateral announcement that the 28th amendment exists and has been ratified and is law of the land, democrats around the country lined up to follow suit in their recognition of this newly birthed constitutional amendment via executive edict. Kamala Harris, who has also declared herself the president-elect and is due to be inaugurated in a few days, similarly declared the 28th amendment to be law of the land. Making it formal, via tweet. Perhaps the archivist will record that tweet into the constitution too.
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Jan 18 2025 05:21am
Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment US law, even though it is not

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-is-law-land-2025-01-17/


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The ERA was proposed in 1923 and passed Congress in 1972. Under U.S. law, amendments to the Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths, or 38 of the 50, state legislatures. They do not require presidential approval. By a 1982 deadline, only 35 states had ratified the amendment.

It was not until 2020 that Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it. Opponents of enshrining the law said the deadline to include it in the Constitution had passed, while supporters argued the Constitution has no guidelines for how long states can take to ratify an amendment.

Trump is not expected to support the amendment. In 2020, the Trump administration issued a legal opinion that it was too late to renew an effort for it to be ratified and any amendment process would need to be started anew.

Most recently in 2023 the U.S. Senate blocked a measure to remove the 1982 deadline. A full century after the law was proposed, it voted 51-47 in favor of removing the deadline, nine votes shy of the 60 needed to clear the 100-member chamber's filibuster hurdle. Two Republican women joined Democrats to vote in favor.

The National Archivist weighed in on Dec. 17, 2024, saying the ERA cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to "established legal, judicial and procedural decisions."


This post was edited by Ghot on Jan 18 2025 05:26am
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Jan 19 2025 05:51am
what a load of crock.

dude just go back to sleep.
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Jan 19 2025 07:19am
Nope, not an amendment. Not recognized by We The People.
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Jan 19 2025 08:31am
I just wanna know why it’s ok to alter other parts of the constitution but the 2nd amendment is off limits. That’s now how it works but 🤷‍♂️
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Jan 19 2025 08:43am
I just wanna know why it’s ok to alter other parts of the constitution but the 2nd amendment is off limits. That’s now how it works but 🤷‍♂️


Why do you assume the 2nd can't be altered? It can. All you need is for 3/4 of the State Legislatures to call for a Convention of the States. At which point, any and all proposed amendments can be discussed and voted on. If 38 yes votes hit an Amendment, then it can be ratified. Simple enough.

The real issue is that the majority do not want the second amendment "changed". And if it were changed, it's to update the language. in the late 1700's and early 1800's, "Well Regulated" meant "Well Trained". Which makes sense, how can a militia be well trained if they cannot keep or bear weapons or munitions? Speaking of which, the "Militia" was every male aged 16-45, at the time. These days, life expectancy being much higher, as well as pussy views of "16 year olds are CHILDREN!" it'd be something closer to 18-60.

No, nobody's calling a convention to alter the 2nd Amendment because any alteration that was actually passed would be to clarify and update the language to further bolster it. The way they're going about trying to disarm the populace isn't via the Constitution, nor is it constitutional. And that'd be with the NFA.
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Jan 19 2025 08:55am
Why do you assume the 2nd can't be altered? It can. All you need is for 3/4 of the State Legislatures to call for a Convention of the States. At which point, any and all proposed amendments can be discussed and voted on. If 38 yes votes hit an Amendment, then it can be ratified. Simple enough.

The real issue is that the majority do not want the second amendment "changed". And if it were changed, it's to update the language. in the late 1700's and early 1800's, "Well Regulated" meant "Well Trained". Which makes sense, how can a militia be well trained if they cannot keep or bear weapons or munitions? Speaking of which, the "Militia" was every male aged 16-45, at the time. These days, life expectancy being much higher, as well as pussy views of "16 year olds are CHILDREN!" it'd be something closer to 18-60.

No, nobody's calling a convention to alter the 2nd Amendment because any alteration that was actually passed would be to clarify and update the language to further bolster it. The way they're going about trying to disarm the populace isn't via the Constitution, nor is it constitutional. And that'd be with the NFA.


Fact Check:
The process to alter the constitution of the united states of america is not a 3/4 state legislature ratification at the convention of states. It is instead the unilateral declaration of a doddery old man before the peach jello is served at evening naptime
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Jan 19 2025 08:59am
Fact Check:
The process to alter the constitution of the united states of america is not a 3/4 state legislature ratification at the convention of states. It is instead the unilateral declaration of a doddery old man before the peach jello is served at evening naptime


LOL
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Jan 19 2025 05:46pm
Why do you assume the 2nd can't be altered? It can. All you need is for 3/4 of the State Legislatures to call for a Convention of the States. At which point, any and all proposed amendments can be discussed and voted on. If 38 yes votes hit an Amendment, then it can be ratified. Simple enough.

The real issue is that the majority do not want the second amendment "changed". And if it were changed, it's to update the language. in the late 1700's and early 1800's, "Well Regulated" meant "Well Trained". Which makes sense, how can a militia be well trained if they cannot keep or bear weapons or munitions? Speaking of which, the "Militia" was every male aged 16-45, at the time. These days, life expectancy being much higher, as well as pussy views of "16 year olds are CHILDREN!" it'd be something closer to 18-60.

No, nobody's calling a convention to alter the 2nd Amendment because any alteration that was actually passed would be to clarify and update the language to further bolster it. The way they're going about trying to disarm the populace isn't via the Constitution, nor is it constitutional. And that'd be with the NFA.


No no no no.
The constitution can be altered. That’s why amendments exist. That’s why they’re called amendments.
I’m talking about the idea that some legs of the constitution are off limits in the view of certain populaces, and vice versa.
The idea that the constitution is this “über alles” document is just insane. Especially if you’re cherry picking which portions of it are gospel.
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Jan 19 2025 06:20pm
Finally respect and equality for apache attack helicopters.

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