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kansasobama

(1,576 posts)
20. Constitution is obstacle to reforms
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:13 PM
Jan 17

Our Constitution is way way rigid considering the lunacy of MAGA.

Anyway, I am not sure about this based on the following from CNN. Five states have rescinded their approval as of now.

Biden, a senior Biden administration official said, is not taking executive action, but is “stating an opinion that it is ratified.”

“He is using his power of the presidency to make it clear that he believes – and he agrees with leading constitutional scholars and the American Bar Association – not that it should be, but it is the 28th Amendment of the Constitution,” the official added.

But legal experts contend it isn’t that simple: Ratification deadlines lapsed and five states have rescinded their approval, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s law school, prompting questions about the president’s authority to ratify the amendment more than 50 years after it first passed."

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So it is now effective immediately? MichMan Jan 17 #1
No FBaggins Jan 17 #7
So what is the specific barrier to implementation? TheRickles Jan 17 #8
There isn't anything to "outweigh" FBaggins Jan 17 #10
Ah, so it's the passed deadline that's the obstacle. Out of curiosity, when was that? TheRickles Jan 17 #12
1982 FBaggins Jan 17 #17
It's not even clear that extension was valid. tritsofme Jan 17 #18
True enough FBaggins Jan 17 #23
no effect at all kiri Jan 17 #24
Or gives a lot of people false hope.... n/t MichMan Jan 17 #26
This!!! More!! Thank you Joe!! Ninga Jan 17 #2
Yay!!!!!!! Dennis Donovan Jan 17 #3
As a woman I thank you Joe! Make it stick! Clouds Passing Jan 17 #4
I am so grateful to President Biden right now. Quiet Em Jan 17 #6
This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jan 17 #5
So what's the holdup? ihaveaquestion Jan 17 #9
Per Wikipedia, she declined last month. TommyT139 Jan 17 #13
Wow, all this time I thought it had to be passed by the states by June 30, 1982. quaint Jan 17 #11
Alas... Bondor Jan 17 #15
Buzz kill. quaint Jan 17 #16
Didn't the deadline pass, in 1982 I think? Can anyone explain? CaptainTruth Jan 17 #14
There are many ways it could be done sab390 Jan 17 #19
Yep, Trump wouldn't care about no stinking deadline Walleye Jan 17 #22
There is little doubt that deadlines are constitutional FBaggins Jan 17 #25
Constitution is obstacle to reforms kansasobama Jan 17 #20
Great. But doesn't it delay what's actually needed? carpetbagger Jan 17 #21
I don't disagree TheProle Jan 17 #27
Not sure why this statement was helpful. MichMan Jan 19 #28
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