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

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1st: Freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to petition, and to assemble

4th: Interdiction of unreasonable Searches and seizures; warrants

6th: Right to a fair and speedy public trial, Notice of accusations, Confronting one's accuser, Subpoenas, Right to counsel

9th: Unenumerated rights

22nd: Limits the president to two terms

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For me, the 9th amendment (fundamental rights) pretty much takes care of the abolition of slavery, suffrage for all races, and women's suffrage.

22nd is there because of Bush. If he could have gone on as long as peeps were dumb enough to vote for him, :sad;
 
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.
 
Speech and guns.
The rest will work themselves out.

Also, throughout the entire history of human society those are the two required to make any civilization survive.
 
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
1, 2, 4, 6, 10
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I was torn between 5th and 6th because 1,2,4,10 were absolute MUST HAVEs. I picked the 5th because it is much broader reaching and deals with personal property.
 
1, 4, 5, 6, 19.

Without those, I wouldn't want to live here. With those, all other amendments can be obtained peacefully and legally.
 
1, 4, 6, 9, 13, and it goes without saying, the all-important 21st!
 
Originally posted by: amdhunter
22 - That way Willy Clinton could run again and fix this mess Bush and Obama made.
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Notice to the historically and politically uninformed: this started with Reagan and was severely snowballed by Clinton with his "everyone should own a home" bullshit. We're only just now reaping the 'benefits' of their dumbassholery.
 
1, 4, 5, 6, 9

the rest are irrelevant or unimportant


if i could get rid of one, i would get rid of presidential term limits

if i could get rid of two, i would nuke the second amendment
 
Originally posted by: miketheidiot
1, 4, 5, 6, 9

the rest are irrelevant or unimportant
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I've seen a lot of foolish things written on these forums, but this just blows my mind. Wow.
 
I actually think ALL the amendments are necessary, but would like to gut a few of some of the provisions contained in them. Just ONE example is the 14th amendment. Due process is a valuable right for us Americans, but the "anchor baby" provision:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. "
needs to be re-worded so that children born of illegal immigrants are not automatically granted citizenship.

There are many things in today's society that could not have been envisioned during the writing of the original Amendments...but should be modified to fit today's reality.
 
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