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What, in your opinion, in this day & age, are our 2 most important constitutional amendments, & Why?

& our 2 most obsolete & outdated ones?

2006-11-09 09:21:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Government

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1 and 2 are the most important. Obviously the two most outdated would be 18 and 21, since they cancel each other out. But besides those, 16 and 17 are probably ones we could do without.

2006-11-09 09:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by Chris J 6 · 2 1

A more distressing question might have been "which amendments are being treated as though they are irrelevant?"

Amendments 4 (guaranteeing against warrentless searches) and 6 (protecting the rights of people being detained and/or tried for criminal acts) have been all-but-negated by the Patriot Act, and even more buried by the Military Commissions Act.

The country needs to realize we are losing our "inalienable rights." Soon, the government will feel as though they can do whatever they want without any consequences. Let the goose-stepping begin!

2006-11-09 09:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Pink 2 · 0 0

i do no longer think of that they are going to rule with the city of Chicago/cook dinner County. i think of they might have an exceedingly complicated time saying some Constitutional rights prepare to state regulations besides as federal yet no longer others. listening to lots of the solutions from those questioning it would be upheld is very humorous because if the invoice of Rights merely utilized to Federal regulation then what might end a state from organising a state/city/county faith or limiting freedom of speech? traditionally the final state to sign the invoice of Rights grew to become into Massachusetts's and there objection grew to become into to that categorical precise-in short they wanted the liberty to be sure a state faith without federal regulation prohibiting that. The Rights in the invoice of Rights prepare to all regulation making bodies in this u . s . and all rights for the voters of the country no longer merely regulations on the federal government. If the 14th substitute would not answer that for all rights yet merely to those rights the courtroom and legislature says it does who's to declare that a destiny courtroom/legislature will redefine which it applies too? Freedom of speech or faith must be the subsequent or an entire reversal of the 14th because it must be utilized the two to all rights or none in any respect. Ruling it merely applies to those rights which the courtroom or legislative bodies says it applies too could be an exceedingly risky and convoluted ruling.

2016-12-28 17:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Relevant: 1st (basis for limits on government) & 2nd (protection from amock government)

Obsolete: 18th & 21st (both behavior modification tools)

2006-11-09 09:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by ML 5 · 0 1

1st & 2nd most important.

The ones giving the vote to nonwhites and females the 2 that need to go.

2006-11-09 09:23:44 · answer #5 · answered by Have gun, will travel. 4 · 1 1

Do your own homework

2006-11-09 09:27:08 · answer #6 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0 1

they are all important and relevent.

2006-11-09 09:23:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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