Posted on 09/29/2012 11:07:12 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
If Democrats were to take control of the House of Representatives after the November elections, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said her party would “amend the [U.S.] Constitution” on the “very first day” to overturn the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision.
President Obama said he supports a constitutional amendment to reverse the ruling and keep undisclosed corporate contributions out of elections.
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Here is the procedure for amending the Constitution, and it requires more than one party control of the legislature:
http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_A5.html
Obviously, da dum biatch doesn’t know what amending the Constitution involves. She’ll never see it in what remains of her lifetime.
Scumbags hate the 1st Amendment.
Who is controlling the donations to Obama coming from Gaza & other outside nations???
Hate this monster with such a passion
Pelosi is the Dem female version of Chuckie Schumer, always looking for a camera.
Oh, she’s also nuts.
And ugly.
...amending it out of existence, not just ignoring it anymore.
In that case, when the Republicans take over in January they should amend the Constitution to put unions under the same campaign finance rules as corporations.
Why bother? Why not just have The Great Golfer issue an executive order?
The amendment would have to have 2/3 support from both the House and the Senate. Then, for it to become an ammendment to the Constitution, 3/4 of the State Legislatures would have to ratify it. Highly unlikely.
Amend it? Takes too long. Don’t pay attention to it at all. Works for Hussein.
Scumbags hate the whole idea of the Constitution.
They will just Deem it to be ammended and the Supremes will concur.
So Nutjob Nancy believes the communist agenda donks can amend the Constitution in one day.
One. Day.
Lets see...
Article V of the Constitution outlines how to amend (modify) the document. It consists of two steps: proposal and ratification.
1. Propose An Amendment
Either Congress or the States can propose an amendment ot the Constitution.
Both Houses of Congress must propose the amendment with a two-thirds vote. This is how all current amendments have been offered.
Two-thirds of the State legislatures must call on Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention.
2. Ratify An Admendment
Regardless of how the amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by the States.
Three-fourths of the State legislatures must approve of the amendment proposed by Congress, or Three-fourths of the states must approve the amendment via ratifying conventions. This method has only been used once, to repeal Prohibition (21st Amendment).
Is there a timeline for ratification? The US Supreme Court has held that ratification must happen within "some reasonable time after the proposal." Since the 18th Amendment, Congress has set a term of seven years for ratification.
But Nutjob Nancy can, with her magic wand and rainbow fairy dust, can make it happen in one day.
She needs a brand new white "dinner jacket" and a snappy new "ankle bracelet."
Seems reasonable to me!
Aren’t unions incorporated?
Isn’t Planned Parenthood a corporation?
WOuld they be banned from political activity too?
Come on Nancy, open Pandora’s box, I dare yeah!
Obviously, she doesn’t understand the dangers of the process or whate people are feeling right now!
Is this satire? Can she be this stupid?
The people don’t care about citizens united, only entrenched rats like her care about it.
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