The 24th amendment

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.


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

 
This law bans any restictions on an individual to participate in any federal election. This amendment is what gives every citizen the power to decide who represents them in our federal government.
 
How Georgia got around the anti-poll tax
 
In 2005 Georgia implemented a law that you must have a voter ID card in order to vote. This can be considered a poll tax being that many people may not be able to afford the card but still want to vote for their candidate or representative. Do you find this fair?

Number 23(Not featuring Jim Carrey)

A brief history of the 23rd

This notates a brief history of the 23rd amendment. It explains the growth of the city since its founding and why there should be electoral representatives for the people living in this city.

23rd

Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:


A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelth article of amendment.

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

 
This amendment is the one that appropriates the electoral college candidates for the District of Columbia.
 
The electoral college
 
This website has information on the electoral college. What it does, who is apart of it, when it was started, etc. Take a look and learn a little bit more about the processes of the electoral college.

Repeal it?

Repeal the 22nd amendment

This article provides an insight as to why we might consider repealing the 22nd amendment. I understand that we created this amendment to prevent from a monarchy but as it states in the article, a british prime minister is can be re elected so why can't a president. If for example, we were to go through the Cold War again, do you think we would be able to act like we did in the past with the guidance we have now? Or would you like to be able to have someone who has had experience in office leading us against the same situation.

The 22nd amendment(no witisicms for this one)

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.


This amendment limits the terms of the president to only 2 4 year terms. The longest serving president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who served 12 year 1 month and 8 days. President Roosevelt passed on April 12, 1945 from Cerebral Hemorage. His last words were "I have a terrible headache" He was the ONLY president to serve more than 2 terms.



This video is a reading of the 22nd amendment by Rev. Timothy McDonald. For me hearing this amendment makes it a little easier for me to comprehend than reading it myself.

December 5th, the anniversary of the repeal

Repeal Day

December 5th is the official day that Prohibition was repealed. This website gives a brief history of the aftermath of the repeal as well as a look into some radicals who want to recognize Repeal Day as a national constitutional holiday. I can see where they are coming from though, it's just another day that gives reason for us to celebrate our free rights!!!

The legalization of booze

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.


Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. Effect of Repeal



This amendment repeals prohibition. It is now legal to sell, import, export, produce, and drink liquor. Was it because men were too stressed about women being able to vote? Was it to cut back on crime and underground "rum runners"? Whatever the case is, the repealing of this 18th amendment lifted the restrictions of alcohol and destroyed the power that the "mob" bosses had over the underground booze business.

States and Repeal

This article written September 25, 1933 gives a brief listing of the states that voted for repeal of the 18th amendment. The converstation footnoted at the end of the article between President Hoover and Arthur Race gives a little bit more insight to the opinion of the bootlegging and speakeasy industries.