The Final Amendment

The 27th amendment

This site states the amendment and gives us a breif history of how and why this came to be a part of our American Constitution. If the average American can't choose what their next pay increase will be why should the people we elect to represent us get to? I am not ok with this and the 27th amendment is what protects it.

Congressional Compensation

"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."

This amendment was propsed at the same time as the bill of rights and was accepted more than 200 years later. This states that the congress cannot approve a raise for themselves. If one is ratified, then it will not take effect until the next election of house and senate.

No pay raise

This article describes the history of this amendment and why it was finally added in 1992.

Youth Voting

This video talks about the importance of youth voting especailly for the 2008 election. As a youth myself, I feel that our voice is one of the most important because as the saying goes, the children are our future. Voting as a youth, is choosing my future.

Can serve and now can vote

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.


Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


This amendment is the one that lowers the voting age from 21 to 18. The thought behind that is that if an individual is old enough to serve in the military they are old enough to vote.


Youths vote

This article talks about the percentage increase of youth voters for the 2008 elections. As a youth voter, I felt obligated to cast my vote to choose who will represent me. Being able to vote at the age of 18 connected me to my true patriotism.

Halo meets the 25th amendment

As a fan of Halo and Rooster Teeths RvB, I find this video rather great. The voice in this video gives a discription of the 25th amendment. The skit performed in this video gives a direct idea of how the 25th amendment could be inacted despite the fact that the odds of the Zombie Apocolypse is slim to none. With the miraculous mixing of Halo, the 25th amendment and Harry Potter theme music, we have a comedical understanding of the 25th amendment.

the 25th amendment

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.


This amendment gives the terms of the vice presidents actions regarding the death or impeachment/resignation of the current president. This also gives the duties of the vice president should a president fall ill and unable to fullfil his duties.

Reagan and the 25th

In this article, experts dispute rather or not Reagan relingueshed his powers temporarily to Bush appropriatly. It is found that Reagan had followed the appropriations set down by 25th amendment.

Time: a poll tax?

This video is very interesting in terms of the way we think of poll taxes. Would you have ever considered your time as a poll tax? I know I never would have. However, I never experienced such time delay in voting. in the 2008 election, I was in line, cast my vote, and submitted my ballot all in under 10 minutes. Did you experience these long lines where you voted?