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What changes were made to the 16th amendment after it was ratified?
There were no changes to the 16ht amendment after it was ratified. As of today we are still being taxed by congress.
What stopped the equal rights amendment from being passed?
It did not pass because it was not ratified by 38 states (or 3/4 of the states) which it needed to be to become an amendment.
When must the Amendments of the Constitution be ratified?
After being approved by Congress and before the final date for ratification proposed in the amendment.
What is ratifying a constitutional amendment?
When a constitutional amendment has been ratified it means that the amendment had been passed or agreed upon by 3/4 of congress and is now being made a legal amendmen to our Constitution
When was the sixteenth amendment ratified?
Never. In order for an amendment to be properly ratified, it must be ratified in its EXACT language, by 3/5 of all of the states. While it seems that enough states did ratify a variation of the amendment in some form or another, it was never ratified in its exact language by enough states. This did not, however, prevent it from being added to the Constitution, and becoming de facto "law". It was never properly ratified. There are various institutions offering enormous cash rewards to anybody who can prove otherwise, as of yet, no takers.
What year did the amendment go into effect?
The Last amendment was added in 1992 which was the twenty-seventh amendment.
Roosevelt hoped that increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court would?
prevent new deal legislation from being declared unconstitutional
Why do you think the US Constitution has been amended only twenty seven times?
Because to amend the Constitution you have to propose an amendment in Congress, then it has to be formally passed by Congress. After being passed by Congress, the amendment is sent to the states to be ratified, but it has to be ratified by 3/4 of the states within a 10 year limit, otherwise the amendment is not added to the list of amendments
Why did the republicans proposed the fourteenth amendment?
The radical Republicans hoped to ensure that the 13th amendment would ensure civil and human rights for the newly freed people. The 14th made sure these principles were in the constitution to prevent the new civil rights act from being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
What amendment reversed the 18th amendment of prohibition?
Congress formally proposed the repeal of Prohibition on February 20, 1933. To date, the Twenty-first is the only amendment ratified by conventions held in the several states, rather than being ratified by the state legislatures. Edward Schoeneck (the Lt. Governor of New York 1915-1918 and Mayor of Syracuse, NY 1913-1915) also played an important role in the ratification of the 21st amendment.
How was the amendment process used to improve the lives of former slaves after the war?
The amendment process gave the slaves more civil liberty and they also let the slaves get back to being farmers and real-estate generals. The Thirteenth Amendment (proposed and ratified in 1865) abolished slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment (proposed in 1866 and ratified in 1868) included the privileges and immunities clause, applicable to all citizens, and the due process and equal protection clauses applicable to all persons. The Fifteenth Amendment, (proposed in 1869 and ratified in 1870) prohibits discrimination in voting rights of citizens on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Can congress pass laws regarding marriage?
Yes they can, and they have. Some have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court after being passed. In general, federal law supersedes state law.
