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RANDY BARNETT?S ?REPEAL AMENDMENT? PROPOSAL TO HIT CONGRESS SOON: The proposal, dubbed the ?Rep?

By Glenn Reynolds

RANDY BARNETT’S “REPEAL AMENDMENT” PROPOSAL TO HIT CONGRESS SOON:

The proposal, dubbed the ?Repeal Amendment,? if approved and ratified, would be only the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution in more than 220 years, out of only 33 amendments approved by Congress for ratification. More than 10,000 amendments have been proposed to Congress since the Constitution itself was ratified, but barely any actually hit the floor for a vote.

The Repeal Amendment calls for allowing states to band together to repeal, or overturn, federal legislation. As it is written now, if approved and ratified, two-thirds of states? legislatures would need to vote in favor of a repeal.

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Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 22, 2010 (boomark / email).