The 27th amendment took the longest to be ratified since it got proposed. It took 20 years for it to be ratified by the states. The 27th was ratified finally in 1992, it deals with pay raises and decreases for Congress and it's members. It states that Congress cannot give itself a pay raise and if it was to make changes in the pay it would not take effect until after another election happens (it cannot take effect until the next term). My opinions on this amendment are up and down. I do agree that they shouldn't be able to give themselves a pay raise, but then again, who even controls that when they ARE the government? I just think its good that they at least acknowledged the fact and have made it an amendment to clarify how their pay works.
This is just a quick recap on the amendment and how it was finally passed. It clarified for me that they could not get a pay raise until the next term came into office so I chose it because it helped me better understand. I do think he got the date wrong at the beginning, he said it was passed in 1997, but I believe it was 1992. Anyways, I enjoyed his awkwardness and also the fact that he cleared up a few things for me.
I got this picture from http://www.keyword-suggestions.com/Mjd0aCBhbWVuZG1lbnQ/ I chose it because it does kind of scare me that they can just propose to give themselves a raise for the next term they serve. But then again, if I don't think they deserve that raise I can just use my right to vote and hopefully get them out of office for a second term!! I don't know the entire context of this picture as I do not know who Mike is, but I just like the words he is saying as it puts things into a different perspective.
Amendment 26 is important because it states that anyone over the age of 18 may vote. Before, it was 21 years of age, which made no sense because they were drafting 18 year olds to war. That is all there is to this amendment. I am thankful for it and believe that it is an appropriate age to be able to vote.
This was a super good video. It is short and gives useful facts regarding the amendment. It shows the history of all the voting amendment and what year each became proposed and ratified. The 26th was proposed in June of 1970 and ratified and put into Constitution in July of 1971. I never knew it was so recent that this became an amendment so that was something new I learned as well.
I think this video would have been a good video to use for back in the 70s when some of the states did not agree with the voting age going down to 18. It uses a quote "old enough to die, old enough to vote" which I thought was very powerful for just eight words. The video shows soldiers who are young fighting in war, some against their own will, to protect the country. They had no voice, but were forced to fight and die in war. So I enjoyed this video as it would've been good "propaganda" for the people against the new amendment.
Amendment 25 has four sections, each with different standings dealing with the president in a case if he were to die, if the VP were to die, if he (the president) were undergoing a situation where he feels unfit to be in charge, and if the VP feels the president is unfit to be president.
Section one states that if the president were to die, the vice president would take over, this assures that no one else from the opposing party becomes president, rather the VP of the same party will take the throne as president.
Section two states that if the VP were to die, or if the VP position was vacant, the president is allowed to choose a different VP who has to be voted and approved by Congress before assuming the position as VP.
Section three states that the president can allow the VP to take the roles as president if he (the president) feels unfit to be in charge at the moment, such as undergoing medical complications. The president must write this out on a piece of paper and sign it for it to be official.
Finally, Section four states that the vice president along with members of the cabinet can, at any time, vote the president unfit at doing his job. The president can then oppose this with a declaration sent to Congress. In turn, the cabinet and VP can do the same and if they get a 2/3 majority vote from Congress they may take him out of office.
I think this a very important amendment to our Constitution as the first three sections have been used many times in history. It clears out all confusions if an event were to take place that may result in the president or VP from being in office.
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I chose this picture because it is a very known event that happened in history, but I never knew what amendment actually stated these rules. When Kennedy got assassinated, Johnson immediately took over as president. This shows how important this amendment is because without it, the world would be a confusing mess of who will be president next.
This video goes more into depth on when the actual amendment was proposed and also gives facts on how many deaths there have been in the office before the amendment. It proposes that without the 25th amendment, the U.S. could turn into a dictatorship (not sure how or why), but in a sense I guess that could happen if someone wanted to take control without permission if it weren't written in the constitution.
The 24th amendment was created because there used to be poll taxes required to vote because they effectively prevented African Americans from voting because they would not have enough money. It was unfair and that is why this amendment was created. Although they had the right to vote, it was harder for them to do so because of this tax. I am all for this amendment because it leads to more equality for all and was done so for the right reasons. There shouldn't have ever even been a tax to vote, because that is a RIGHT.
Yet again another crumby video, but it'll do for me! It is short and simple and easy to understand. It points out the pros of the amendment and also how it was a big step forward for the civil rights activist movement- Africans Americans were paid less than white people and could not afford to vote.
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I chose this picture because it really stood out to me. I was looking through google for some pictures of the 24th amendment and a bunch of poll tax receipts came up. On each one they have to put their color and I noticed that every one I looked at was a white person which goes to show that it really did limit African Americans from voting. I also thought this was pretty interesting just to see. The price went up over the years as well when I looked at one is was just $1 and this one is $1.75.
The 23rd amendment is mostly all about representation in Washington DC. As the District of Columbia is not technically a state of the U.S., the citizens of DC used to not have the right to vote or anyone to represent them. The amendment was passed in 1961 allowing citizens the right to vote for their electoral college voters and to be represented. DC has no Senators or House representatives, but they do get electoral voters. The rule with this is that they get as many as the lowest populated state, at the moment this is three electoral votes. I personally think this amendment was a great idea because it is not fair that anyone who is a citizen of America not have the right to vote, and I also think it is fair that they have just electoral voters and no Senator or House representative.
This video helped me understand the amendment better. It follows a woman wondering if she has the right to vote for president and the man shows her the 23rd amendment that states she can do so now because of the amendment. It's short and to the point so I really enjoyed that about it since I was able to gather some more information on the amendment.
This video is a little rough with some spelling errors, but I chose it because it taught me something that I didn't understand completely before. "Taxation without representation" which is where the citizens of DC had to pay taxes but were not allowed the right to vote. It also shows a picture of the states that ratified the amendment and shows that the South was widely against it since DC is prominently African American. It does surprise me that people really believed they shouldn't have the right to vote.
Amendment 22 states and clarifies that the no person can be elected as President more than two terms (4 years each). I think that the 22nd amendment being created was/is a great idea because I don't think it would be good for the country to have the same president for more than 8 years as it isn't fair and it also would limit change occurring. Therefore, it would be bad for the country.
This picture is hilarious, and true in the context of three terms for president. I am not totally against a third term for Obama, but when I look to the future and if there was to be another president I do not like (*cough* Trump) then I would be all for the 22nd amendment. That's why I believe that two times is enough and then it is on to the next to make different changes throughout the world.
Thisvideo is a little biased as Miss GiGi does not agree with the abolishment of 22nd amendment. I would side with her on this one. I liked this video because I didn't know that anyone was trying to actually abolish it; along with Obama wanting to serve three terms.. They also go to say someone is trying to keep the 22nd along with adding a limit to terms served by the House and the Senate (which I would not really agree with because that seems like too much extra).
Amendment 21 is another prohibition amendment. When the 18th was looked down on and citizens started to do unlawful crimes, they made the 21st amendment to put more laws on alcohol. With this amendment the 18th was repealed and it allowed for states to make their own laws regarding alcohol. Dry laws were used when the 21st amendment overturned prohibition, they allowed states to set their own laws for liquor licensing and alcohol consumption.
I found this picture at: http://www.lostinthebeeraisle.com/2012/01/21st-amendment-allies-win-the-war.html I chose it because I like that instantly as it was passed, people were ready to brew beer for the world. The 21st amendment is one that I agree with, even thought they have made some weird laws in certain states regarding liquor. For instance, I am 20 and cannot open or pour alcoholic beverages at work, but I can serve them with a liquor license (doesn't make much sense). Anyways, this picture just gives a real example of the "surprising turn of events" regarding alcohol prohibition.
I enjoyed this video thoroughly and I hope you do too. It goes from the beginning when people protested against the 18th "we want booze" to when it was repealed in turn by the 21st amendment being created; it then goes to show a bunch of GI Joes (or whatever they are) getting drunk and exercising their new freedoms!
