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Amend the U.S. Constitution, Say 27 States

posted by martyb on Friday December 11 2015, @05:50AM   Printer-friendly
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The U.S. Constitution has 27 amendments; each was proposed by Congress and ratified by the states.

However, the Constitution sets forth another procedure, never before used, for amending the Constitution. At the request of two thirds of the states, a constitutional convention would be held, at which amendments could be proposed. Any proposals would become part of the Constitution if three fourths of the states ratified them, either at state conventions or in the state legislatures.

Currently, 27 of the needed 34 states have petitioned Congress for a constitutional convention, for the ostensible purpose of writing a balanced-budget amendment (BBA). However, the convention might propose other changes in addition or instead of a BBA—even a total rewrite of the Constitution—if 38 states agreed, the changes would become law.

In November, legislators from 30 states met in Salt Lake City to discuss the matter.

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  • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Saturday December 12 2015, @09:14AM

    by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Saturday December 12 2015, @09:14AM (#275353)

    Your right to freedom of speech does not end merely because you work together in a group. If everyone works together to produce a certain message, then that is still covered by the first amendment. I certainly don't see where the constitution says what you claim it does. Where does it expressly grant the government the right to revoke the free speech rights of corporations? It would seem to explicitly forbid that for any sensible interpretation of the first amendment, in fact. That corporations are a legal entity is irrelevant, because the first amendment doesn't list such exceptions.

    What other kinds of speech made by corporations do you think should be limited? Would *any* speech restriction be valid and constitutional to you?

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