honest, fact based responses only, no emotional responses- do you really think trump would overthrow democracy
Install himself as the president for life?
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@calicuz
That might be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. I can push to jump over the moon, and would have the same success liklihood as a president pushing to abolish the constitution
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A sitting President can push to amend the Constitution to abolish the Constitution.
That might be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. I can push to jump over the moon, and would have the same success liklihood as a president pushing to abolish the constitution
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@calicuz wrong even about the process.
https://classroom.synonym.com/process-constitution-specify-threefourths-majority-for-20637.html
You try to get ¾ of one state legislators to agree on anything now! Impossible! Possibly ⅔ yet never ¾!
Now do it for 38 states because with 13 it can be overridden!
https://classroom.synonym.com/process-constitution-specify-threefourths-majority-for-20637.html
The House of Representatives and Senate both vote on the proposed amendment; the Constitution requires that for the proposed amendment to pass, each house of Congress must pass it with a two-thirds majority.
If that happens, the amendment is then sent to state legislatures for their approval. Here again, another, even larger supermajority is required: Three-fourths of all state legislatures must vote to approve the proposed amendment before it is considered ratified and added to the Constitution.
This means that only 13 states can block a proposed amendment from being ratified.
If that happens, the amendment is then sent to state legislatures for their approval. Here again, another, even larger supermajority is required: Three-fourths of all state legislatures must vote to approve the proposed amendment before it is considered ratified and added to the Constitution.
This means that only 13 states can block a proposed amendment from being ratified.
You try to get ¾ of one state legislators to agree on anything now! Impossible! Possibly ⅔ yet never ¾!
Now do it for 38 states because with 13 it can be overridden!