If we return to the Constitution of 1871. Will all the amendments still be valid?

16th Amendment - Granted the Federal government the ability to create a Federal income Tax (some disagree that this was properly ratified)

17th Amendment - sets up the states for the Direct election of Senators instead of being elected by STATE legislatures. (This weakened States Rights)

19th Amendment - Women granted voting rights

20th Amendment -moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20

22st Amendment - Limits the number of terms to 2 for the President.

23rd Amendment - Gives the right to vote to DC

24th Amendment - Prohibits Poll Tax

25th Amendment- clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, and establishes how a vacancy in the office of the vice president can be filled.

26th Amendment - prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.

27th Amendment - prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for representatives.