re: #17 A Mom Anon

If I remember my Civics 101 correctly, doesn’t there have to be a 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate AND 3/4 of the State legislatures voting in favor of repealing an amendment before it can, you know, actually happen?

What pisses me off, more than just the obvious bullshit, racism and absolute stupidity of this ridiculous concept, is that most of the people crowing the loudest had classes in school that actually taught us how government works. Especially those of us over 55. Younger people probably not so much, but JHC what in the FUCK is wrong with our country that we’ve become this reactionary and goddamned stupid?

re: #19 sagehen

Super-majority in both house and senate, then ratified by 3/4 of the states.

The scary thing is that the Republicans already control the legislatures of 31 out of 50 states, within spitting distance of meeting the 3/4 rule for state legislatures amending the US Constitution (38 of 50). That being that close, along with the GOP controlling both the Senate and the House for at least the next year or so, puts this squarely within the realm of possibility, especially if the GOP gains even more state legislatures and/or is able to gain support from split or nominally Democratic legislatures.

This is why who we vote for, even on the local and state levels, is deathly important.