A lot is being said thru ignorance, about changes that politicians may or may not make to this revered document.Through out this countries great history the seismic changes to our why of life have be via adds NOT subtractions and thats because the framers made it that way,Below is what amendment was added and then repealed with thanks to Wikipedia.
The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920. The Twenty-first Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933. It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment and to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.
OK then so much for “taking away our guns”or”She will change the 1st and 2cd amendments”Its no easy task folks and it gonna happen !!!!FACT check before you rant.What MAY happen is GUN CONTROL and THAT is for the congress ,not a president to decide AND not take away the second amendments right to bear arms.Remember the amendment don’t allow no Jet Fighters or Bazooka’s or Tanks so military grade weapons is a debate that IS COMING but NOT REPEALING THE SECOND AMENDMENT !!
Now thats out of the way.Did you know 4 possible amendments are still pending to be added ??Also the LAST one added took 210 years to be added?? I did’t think so.Thanks again below to Wikipedia.
Amending process
Main article: Article Five of the United States Constitution
Amending the United States Constitution is a two-step process. Proposals to amend it must be properly Adopted and Ratified before becoming operative.
A proposed amendment may be adopted and sent to the states for ratification by either:
The United States Congress, whenever a two-thirds majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives deem it necessary;
OR
A national convention, called by Congress for this purpose, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds (presently 34) of the states.
To become part of the Constitution, an adopted amendment must be ratified by either (as determined by Congress):
The legislatures of three-fourths (presently 38) of the states, within the stipulated time period—if any;
OR
State ratifying conventions in three-fourths (presently 38) of the states, within the stipulated time period—if any.
Upon being properly ratified, an amendment becomes an operative addition to the Constitution.
Unratified Amendments
Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states. Four of these, including one of the twelve Bill of Rights amendments, are still technically open and pending. The other two amendments are closed and no longer pending, one by terms set within the Congressional Resolution proposing it and the other by terms set within the body of the amendment
Congressional Apportionment Amendment (pending since September 25, 1789; ratified by 11 states)
Would strictly regulate the size of congressional districts for representation in the House of Representatives.
Titles of Nobility Amendment (pending since May 1, 1810; ratified by 12 states)
Would strip citizenship from any United States citizen who accepts a title of nobility from a foreign country.
Corwin Amendment (pending since March 2, 1861; ratified by 3 states)
Would make "domestic institutions" (which in 1861 implicitly meant slavery) of the states impervious to the constitutional amendment procedures enshrined within Article Five of the United States Constitution and immune to abolition or interference even by the most compelling Congressional and popular majorities.
Child Labor Amendment (pending since June 2, 1924; ratified by 28 states)
Would empower the federal government to regulate child labor.
Equal Rights Amendment (Ratification period, March 22, 1972 to March 22, 1979/June 30, 1982, amendment failed (†); ratified by 35 states)
Would have prohibited deprivation of equality of rights (discrimination) by the federal or state governments on account of sex.
District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment (Ratification period, August 22, 1978 to August 22, 1985, amendment failed(‡); ratified by 16 states)
Would have granted the District of Columbia full representation in the United States Congress as if it were a state, repealed the 23rd Amendment and granted the District full representation in the Electoral College system in addition to full participation in the process by which the Constitution is amended.
Now as promised below the story of the 27 and last amendment to the constitution and thanks again to Wikipedia.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) to the United States Constitution 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. It is the most recent amendment.
It was submitted by Congress to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789, along with eleven other proposed amendments. While ten of these twelve proposals were ratified in 1791 to become the Bill of Rights, what would become the Twenty-seventh Amendment and the proposed Congressional Apportionment Amendment did not get ratified by enough states for them to also come into force with the first ten amendments. The proposed congressional pay amendment was largely forgotten until 1982 when Gregory Watson researched it as a student at the University of Texas at Austin and began a new campaign for its ratification. The amendment eventually became part of the United States Constitution on May 7, 1992, completing a record-setting ratification period of 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days.[1][2]
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