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Politics : 2000:The Make-or-Break Election

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To: Father Terrence who wrote (291)6/24/2000 2:37:00 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (3) of 1013
 
An interesting list(very limited) of proposed amendments that never left the halls of Congress

1876 An attempt to abolish the US Senate.

1876 A forbidding of religious leaders from occupying a governmental office or receiving federal funding

1878 An executive Council of Three to replace the office of President

1893 Re-naming this nation the "United States of Earth"

1893 Abolishing the Army and Navy

1894 Acknowledging that the Constitution recognize God and Jesus Christ as the supreme authorities in human affairs.

1912 Making marriages between races illegal

1914 Finding divorce to be illegal

1916 All acts of war should be put to a national vote. Anyone voting yes had to register as a volunteer for service in the US Army

1933 An attempt to limit personal wealth to $1 million

1936 An attempt to allow the American people to vote on whether or not the US should go to war

1938 The forbidding of drunkenness in the US and all territories.

1947 The income tax maximum for an individual should not exceed 25%

1948 The right of citizens to segregate themselves from others

1971 American citizens should have the alienable right to an environment free of pollution
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