http://ashesblog.com/2009/01/10/caroline-kennedy-and-respecting-the-constitution/ Celebrating Western Civilization Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ashesblog.com/2009/01/10/caroline-kennedy-and-respecting-the-constitution/#comment-33 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:47:07 +0000 http://ashesblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/caroline-kennedy-and-respecting-the-constitution/#comment-33 I don’t have access to my reference materials at the moment to give you a more specific answer, but both amendments apparently fell one or two states short of the required minimum number for ratification. It seems to me that another state first approved an amendment and then withdrew its approval, and that the period for ratification was extended to pressure recalcitrant states to approve. However, because “the powers that be” wanted the amendments ratified, all of these problems were swept under the rug. That’s what I can tell you from memory.

]]> http://ashesblog.com/2009/01/10/caroline-kennedy-and-respecting-the-constitution/#comment-32 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:23:50 +0000 http://ashesblog.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/caroline-kennedy-and-respecting-the-constitution/#comment-32 I’m curious about your notes that direct taxation and election of senators weren’t ratified. I don’t necessarily dispute this; I’m just curious what your criteria are. They seem to meet the ones of which I’m aware and are counted among the amendments. I’d like to know more.

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