You can only have 5 amendments. Which do you choose?

[TallBill]

All of them, hypothetical questions are fucking stupid.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

I can't speak for spidey, but I doubt many states would stop allowing women to vote if the 19th amendment were to disappear. Certainly it's important to allow everyone to vote, but if you really had to choose five amendments, we could live without that one.

Besides, the way you framed that question is unfair. We're talking about a hypothetical situation in which you have to name the five most important amendments, without which our country would run into major trouble. May as well say that anyone who doesn't include the 13th in their list "supports slavery."

 

[ScottyB]

1,4,5,6,8

 

[Ramma2]

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Is there an amendment requiring someone be able to count to 5?

 

[MikeMike]

why? this is a very useless thread... but then again so are most.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
why? this is a very useless thread... but then again so are most.

Any thread where people learn about our Constitution and it's amendments and actually have to think critically about which 5 are must keeps is a good thread, IMHO. Far to many people have never even read it.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Perknose
1, 4, 6, 9, 13, and it goes without saying, the all-important 21st!

But without a an 18th you don't need a 21st. :beer:

 

[JTsyo]

1,5,9,10,13

The 14th amendment needs to be clarified that it doesn't apply to illegal immigrants or those here on short term visas.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
Without the 2nd or 10th you are not even guaranteed that the Constitution will even be valid anymore so the rest of the amendments don't mean much.

the 9th and 10th is thought of as a truism

 

[maziwanka]

1, 4, 5, 6, 14

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

I can't speak for spidey, but I doubt many states would stop allowing women to vote if the 19th amendment were to disappear. Certainly it's important to allow everyone to vote, but if you really had to choose five amendments, we could live without that one.

Besides, the way you framed that question is unfair. We're talking about a hypothetical situation in which you have to name the five most important amendments, without which our country would run into major trouble. May as well say that anyone who doesn't include the 13th in their list "supports slavery."

Without the amendment it becomes unconstitutional for women to vote, the states wouldn't have a choice. This magic situation leaves the constitution intact and just strips it of the amendments.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

I can't speak for spidey, but I doubt many states would stop allowing women to vote if the 19th amendment were to disappear. Certainly it's important to allow everyone to vote, but if you really had to choose five amendments, we could live without that one.

Besides, the way you framed that question is unfair. We're talking about a hypothetical situation in which you have to name the five most important amendments, without which our country would run into major trouble. May as well say that anyone who doesn't include the 13th in their list "supports slavery."

Without the amendment it becomes unconstitutional for women to vote, the states wouldn't have a choice. This magic situation leaves the constitution intact and just strips it of the amendments.

yea but you have equal protection and due process

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

I can't speak for spidey, but I doubt many states would stop allowing women to vote if the 19th amendment were to disappear. Certainly it's important to allow everyone to vote, but if you really had to choose five amendments, we could live without that one.

Besides, the way you framed that question is unfair. We're talking about a hypothetical situation in which you have to name the five most important amendments, without which our country would run into major trouble. May as well say that anyone who doesn't include the 13th in their list "supports slavery."

Without the amendment it becomes unconstitutional for women to vote, the states wouldn't have a choice. This magic situation leaves the constitution intact and just strips it of the amendments.

Not it does not. No where in the Constitution is sex or race mentioned as regards voting excepting the amendments specifically regarding those 2 subjects. Wyoming allowed women to vote in 1869.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Turin39789

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm surprised people are including things past the first 10. Don't get me wrong about the importance of those but the first 10 are all about what the government can do to the people and really are the most important. If you can only choose 5 then without fail my 5 will always be from the Bill of Rights.

you don't find women's suffrage importante?

I can't speak for spidey, but I doubt many states would stop allowing women to vote if the 19th amendment were to disappear. Certainly it's important to allow everyone to vote, but if you really had to choose five amendments, we could live without that one.

Besides, the way you framed that question is unfair. We're talking about a hypothetical situation in which you have to name the five most important amendments, without which our country would run into major trouble. May as well say that anyone who doesn't include the 13th in their list "supports slavery."

Without the amendment it becomes unconstitutional for women to vote, the states wouldn't have a choice. This magic situation leaves the constitution intact and just strips it of the amendments.

Not it does not. No where in the Constitution is sex or race mentioned as regards voting excepting the amendments specifically regarding those 2 subjects. Wyoming allowed women to vote in 1869.

Quiet! I'm agitating

 

[ViperXX]

22 - That way Willy Clinton could run again and fix this mess Bush and Obama made.

And just how is Billdo Clinton getting his d!ck sucked for four more years going to fix this mess?

I agree 2 and 10 protect all the others.

 

[CPA]

1,2,4,10,11

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Well, 21st if the 18th was in effect....

2, 10, 1, 3, 4,