[stars & stripes forever]

[Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Amendment die back in the late 70’s?]

The Amendment deadline was illegally extended to assure ratification in Illinois. The case went to the Supreme Court, but by the time it got there, the deadline had passed.

Those with common sense know it is a dead Amendment, but nowadays anything goes in the judiciary.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Those with common sense know it is a dead Amendment, but nowadays anything goes in the judiciary.

Yup. Would not surprise me at all if it "survives as a tax".