{"id":2479,"date":"2010-08-06T01:43:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2010-08-06T01:43:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T08:43:04","slug":"constitutional-amendments-articles-xxvi-and-xxvii-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/constitutional-amendments-articles-xxvi-and-xxvii-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Amendments: Articles XXVI and XXVII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have been covering the US Constitution line by line.  When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies.  We have finished the main body of the Constitution.  Now we finish with the Amendments.  You can find the last article on the main body of the Constitution<\/font> here<\/a>. It has links to all the others.  The text comes from<\/font> The US Constitution<\/a>.  Previous articles in the Amendment series:<\/font><\/p>\n

Article I<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Articles II and III<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article IV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article V<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article VI<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article VII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article VIII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Articles IX and X<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Articles XI and XII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XIII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XIV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XVI<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XVII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XVIII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article IX<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XX<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Articles XXI and XXII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Articles XXIII and XXIV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n
Article XXV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n

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Amendment XXVI<\/h3>\n
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1:  The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.<\/p>\n

2:  The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Twenty sixth Amendment, ratified in 1971, lowers the voting age to 18 from 21.  It is not controversial, but I remember feeling somewhat miffed at the time, because I turned 21 the year it passed.<\/font><\/p>\n

Amendment XXVII<\/h3>\n
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No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Twenty seventh Amendment, ratified in 1992, prevents legislators from voting themselves an immediate pay raise.  It is not controversial.  However, I have heard several Republicans claim that they were responsible for this Amendment, instituted because of \u201cDemocrat Party corruption\u201d.  This is a lie.  The Amendment was proposed voted on by the House and Senate in 1789.  No, that is not a typo.  At the time, only eight states moved to ratify it, and it languished in limbo for 203 years before it was fully ratified by the states.  Republicans could hardly have been behind it, because the party did not yet exist.<\/font><\/p>\n

This concludes the Constitution Series, here at Politics Plus.  I hope you have enjoyed it, and even more, that you have learned from it.  We have seen, time and time again, issue by issue, that Republican claims to honor our nation\u2019s founding document are as bogus as the statements they make about it.<\/font><\/p>\n

While Republicans claim to honor the Bible, they ignore everything Jesus taught<\/font> about caring for the poor and outcast.  While Republicans claim to honor our flag, they drag it through the filth of inequality, bigotry, and repression of our most basic rights.  While Republicans claim to honor our Constitution above all, they would undo much of what it guarantees.  It they are allowed to take power again, the future of our Constitution is certain.<\/font><\/p>\n

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