How not to Argue Against a Constitutional Amendment:Ilya Somin
The Constitution stated that the runner-up in the presidential election would become the vice president—a system that nearly sparked a constitutional crisis in 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, received the same number of electoral votes. The 12th Amendment, ratified ...
leading some to wonder why the nation continues to keep the Electoral College in place. The Electoral College was established in Article II of the Constitution and could be repealed by constitutional amendment. But that's a difficult road. Amendments require a two-thirds majority vote...
89 In 1909, Congress adopted a resolution calling for a Constitutional amendment, which the states ratified in 1913.10 In October of 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Revenue Act of 1913, which imposed a 1% tax on incomes above an exemption of $3,000 for single taxpayers...
Additionally, it says, "This amendment does not change the Legislature's constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion." GOP SENATORS LOOK TO TIE CRACKDOWN ON NONCITIZEN VOTING TO MUST-PASS SPENDING BILL ...
these efforts invoke what is also known as the disqualification clause, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court has never before ruled directly on the provision's application, and the case involving Trump will test the reach and force of a constitutional provision enacted in the wake...
The Supreme Court, inOregon v Mitchell,limited this right so the26th Amendmentwas passed in 1971 to confirm it. President Nixonstated August 24, 1972: "For the first time in the 195 year history of this country,men and women 18 to 21 years of agewill have the ...
Amendment, which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
These efforts have had limited impact, however. A can-do attitude plainly is not enough. Even though the executive and legislative branches are meant to check and balance each other, when one is vastly larger and more powerful, the other cannot play its constitutional role effectively. The resu...
And about 75% of Arizona voters right now are on a recurring list to get a mail ballot. Similarly, in Michigan, the right to vote by mail has been constitutionally protected since 2018, when voters there approved a constitutional amendment providing all voters access to absentee ballots for ...