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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: DMaA who wrote (201700)4/7/2007 2:41:28 PM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (1) of 793677
 
The amendments are as valid as any other part of the Constitution. The date they were ratified is irrelevant

There's a difference between mentioning a customary office in an amendment and that office being a constitutional office. The amendment also mentions the president pro tempore, which is not a constitutional office. Only the President, Vice President, Senators, Representatives, and Supreme Court Justices (by implication that there must be a Supreme Court) are constitutional offices with express constitutional duties. Everything else is a creature of statute or custom. The position of Speaker can be done away with a flick of the gavel. Cabinet officers can be done away with a flick of the pen. They have no constitutional weight, no constitutional duties.
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