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To: hanamizu
Abolishing the Senate would require more than a mere amendment.

One can amend Article V to allow states to be so deprived and then amend Article I as appropriate to abolish the Senate. An idiotic idea, but possible without requiring a new constitution.

36 posted on 08/30/2016 8:33:36 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

“... no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.”


No, to my un lawyerly eye, Art. V makes this off-limits. But then I think that “...shall not be infringed” means what it says, so what do I know.


45 posted on 08/30/2016 8:54:02 PM PDT by hanamizu
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