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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:35 PM
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:36 PM
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1. Pretty sure the constitution can't be declared unconstitutional. (nt)
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:37 PM
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2. Bad example
Edited on Mon Oct-18-10 12:37 PM by onenote
Courts can't declare Constitutional amendments 'illegal'.
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S_E_Fudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:37 PM
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3. A Judge who declared the constitution, unconstitutional...
Would be impeached...


What point are you trying to make?
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:38 PM
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4. Oh for crying out loud.
We're not changing an amendment.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:39 PM
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5. The thing is that a court cannot declare a Constitutional
Amendment unconstitutional. Every amendment becomes part of what the Constitution is as soon as it is adopted. The only way to remove that amendment is through another amendment. The courts have no say whatsoever about it. This happened with prohibition. It required another amendment to remove the one that instituted prohibition.

It's very important to understand how our system of government works when you try to make a point. Constitutional Amendments are not laws. They are part of the Constitution. As such, they are beyond the reach of any court.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 12:42 PM
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6. The only way to change any part of the Constiution, including existing amendments,
is to pass another amendment that makes the change.

Check out the 18th & 21st amendments which enacted and repealed the Volstead Act (prohibition)
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-18-10 01:03 PM
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7. OPs like this one... which show not even a basic understanding of U.S. civics...
...are the reason many leftists get ridiculed.


Educate yourself before making a ridiculous post.



Judges can't declare the Constitution to be unconstitutional. Surely, you're smart enough to realize this.
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