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 general 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.
My guess is that they’d remain valid since each amendment was ratified by the States. But I’d like to see the 16th, 17th, and 20th abolished. Maybe the 23rd too.
I'd like to see the 26th abolished. The vast majority of 18 year olds barely even know how society functions let alone our government process, and it's no coincidence that Democrats have been pushing for lowering it further down to 16.
Set the voting age requirement back to 21; hell, I'd even raise it to 25.
21 would be good. Or, better yet, if your still attending university, you shouldn't be able to vote. Let it be earned thru hard work or military service.
That's another thing I thought about in order to be able to vote:
Service guarantees citizenship! And why 21? I'd go higher-- I'd love 35. 30 or 25 would be nice. And I'd agree that military service should give a vote.
Now you're thinking with Starship Troopers!
I’ve thought for years that in order to vote, one should be required to earn a “Voter’s Degree” by taking university-level courses on civics & citizenship, American history (heavily focused on the Revolutionary War and the Founding), and the Constitution. The course should be standard across the country, written by select conservative scholars whose life work has focused on what this country was originally intended to become. Patriots, in other words.
It sounds great on paper but this becomes commie shit really fast
Have no fear! I have no intentions of running for office. It’s just something that’s rattled around in my head but never figured out the safeguards to keep it honorable.
I'm glad you're sober enough to realize that.
It's appreciated
I think everyone should be born a US National. They get all the rights or a citizen except voting in federal elections, holding certain offices, and performing certain government functions (like issuing passports or enhanced drivers licenses). American Samoans have this classification.
Everyone should be required to take our current citizenship test to become a citizen and get the right to vote. I don't think it's terribly difficult, but most Americans couldn't pass it. And it forces you to learn about civics and some history subjects.
You lost me at "University Level".
Something other than basic high school stuff. Degree probably isn’t the right word; maybe certificate. I don’t know. I’m not advocating making this a reality. It was a just a thought, nothing more.
Service guarantees citizenship.
Reminds me of the impossible Lousiana voting test from the 1950s.
Maybe we should reinstate this. Did it in my head while looking at the phone.
I second raising it to 25, but ideally I’d do 23. Roughly one year after college graduation, so you have a year in the workforce to face the facts that the real world isn’t your anarchocommunist college campus.
Would you also raise the age of the draft?
Frankly, I'd abolish the draft.
If you mean raise the age requirement to be able to enlist: I'd keep it where it is.
And yeah I know raising or lowering age requirements for voting would trigger arguments like "If I can enlist at 18, why can't I drink beer at 18?"
No just draft age. Agreed if someone wants to enlist at 18, It's their adult choice. But to say you can't vote till x age draft would have to be at that age. Draft is necessary if we have massive issues.
That one has been abused.
It was designed for people who had been enslaved, were born here, and had no place else to go.
It was NOT for people to have anchor babies.
And it's outlived its usefulness, so I agree.
Delete that one.
Why the 20th?
Warmer weather.
I want the original 17th amendment back.
Be so nice. Ugh. States would actually have a say at federal level. I don't think peole understand this. It's the reason they were appointed by legislature, and not elected like the house...
This first. Senate would be a completely different body.
Something off topic that this made me think of. Lots of people say voter ID couldn’t be done federally because states run elections. The same could have been said about allowing women to vote or decreasing the age. It’sa National security issue and really civil rights since it does disenfranchise votes of citizens
No, because many of them build upon the invalid 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
Edit: https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/the-14th-amendment-is-unconstitutional/
The 19th Amendment changed voting from households to individuals. It used to be that it was one vote per family. Now families are confused with individuals.
I apologize that my ancestors, who were shepherders in Wyoming, brought this evil on this country. They wanted to give themselves more power over the cattle ranchers.
I do not believe that individuals should have the right to vote. It is much too important for that.
It could go either way.
A.) All amendments to the USA Inc. Constitution (16th and above) are eliminated.
B.) Amendments in violation of the Continental Congressional Clauses, which are part of the original Constitution are removed for being unconstitutional to being with. These clauses specifically were noted as NEVER being amendable (the Founding Fathers knew that putting the government in charge of government changes was not a good idea). That being said, if that is the case the 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 24th, 25th and 27th Amendments would have been introduced in violation of those clauses.
That's such a great question!]
How about an amendment that requires military service for all able bodies? Would drive a more responsible and loving culture toward the nation.
I think most would be thrown out, except for women voting. All legal citizens over the age of 18 who are not in prison or under felony govt supervision (probation or parole (so once did their time and satisfied judgement, could be eligible again) should be able to vote.
Amendments since 1871 should be looked at.
Fraud vitiates everything.
I sure hope not, these are hella bad ammendments.
I would imagine many would be grandfathered in if not all of them.
I'm cool with no 14th and 19th.
I think all of it should go, and we bring back the ones truly necessary. The Constitution was vague and we could likely keep women voting with the 19th being necessary. That’s the only one necessary in my opinion.
The 27th amendment is also a question: its actually a part of the Bill of Rights, but wasn't ratified immediately. All the congressional stuff to do with it happened in the 1790s. The states ratified it over the next two hundred years.
Would it get nuked as well, or would it become the new 16th amendment?
They certainly need review.
Yes. At least a few of the better, later amendments. Can you see us going back to a time when women couldn't vote? Neither do I.
I would like to see 19 abolished. Especially with all the woke feminists. They are responsible for brainwashing millions of women into a lifestyle that is anti biblical and anti American. Ever since women were given the right to vote our civilization has gone to crap. The majority of women don’t think with logic or facts they think primarily with their feelings.
i will be so happy if women are not allowed to vote. that should haven never been a thing. its not in their (majority) DNA to care about politics or understand it. its not what they care about. we would be much better off if they were never allowed to vote CHANGE MY MIND
I am going to approach this from a different point of view. Before this amendment was passed Men were typically the head of the household and their vote encompassed the will of their household.
In today's society, there are many single women or single mother households. If the 19th amendment were undone many households would lose their voice.
Fine. Let's do all we can to discourage single parent homes. It's a huge part of the breakdown of our culture.
I am always in favor of promoting the nuclear family.
yeah that may be true, but you have to look at the averages of the female population. and we both know that ON AVERAGE women do not make the best choices regarding politics in deciding a countries future. but hey i'm all for making it just Land owners or home owners . that would still eliminate the vast majority of women from voting
Considering only 50% of the population pays federal taxes I would be interested in taxpayers voting. But considering the 16th amendment would be abolished there would be no federal tax to address that idea. As for women on average not making the best choices regarding politics. Do you have something to back that up? It seems to me the conservative movement has an equal division between men and women. When I look at Trump rallies I see about the same number. You are making quite an assertion.
The whole corporation thing is nonsense, disinformation being peddled to muddy the water.
So women like me can’t vote?
The 19th was more of a clarity amendment. The original Constitution was vague and by its own wording, could have allowed women to vote already. The 19th was to make the change clear. I think with our current society, it wouldn’t even be needed as it’s assume to be included.
i would like to see it be land owners or home owners only. that would make it harder and more limited for all, thus excluding most idiots from casting a ballot. Voting should be earned
Good deal.
do you honestly want the majority of women being able to vote? not sayin you wouldn't be a smart voter but the does the collective body of women in America represent a more level head in directing the future of the country? id argue that most men and even a large portion of women would agree that women shouldn't vote. the majority have no interest in politics what so ever.
That’s terrible. If you take that away, what’s to say that more rights will be taken? Say women lose their right o vote. Then a Bill or law is proposed, further making women lose more rights.
How do you know a large majority of men a d women would agree to take women’s voting rights away? Do you speak for them? Have you asked?
How do you know the majority have no interest in politics?
I understand the sentiment and agree that we have to find away to deal with how easy it is to emotionally manipulate women into voting for bad ideas. That being said it would be taxation without representation to take their vote away so we have to find another solution. I think seeing what these satanic pedos do to children may be enough to accomplish this it would no longer be abstract or vague like "REFUGEES WELCOME". It would be a massive wake up call.
I believe the original design for voting was basically people who owned land and paid taxes would vote. In that sense, when a man and woman get married, they share the responsibility of the vote as a one per household type deal. I highly doubt we would be able to exclude women from voting in modern society, though I am interested in more restrictions on who can vote to those who actually contribute to tax.