.............specifically that one which would rename the United States of America to the United States of Earth, was passed and ratified?
This is a relatively silly what-if, but I thought it might provoke some interesting discussion.
.............specifically that one which would rename the United States of America to the United States of Earth, was passed and ratified?
This is a relatively silly what-if, but I thought it might provoke some interesting discussion.
Who proposed this amendment?![]()
What were the other (I presume there were others given the thread's title) brilliant ideas for constitutional change?
I would think the Nations of the World. Would. Be. Pissed.
Who proposed this amendment?![]()
What were the other (I presume there were others given the thread's title) brilliant ideas for constitutional change?
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, viz:
“ARTICLE THIRTEEN
“No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.”
Are you sure? Looking at the dates of the President's signature, I would think that was Buchanan who signed it.Also, Abraham Lincoln gave his personnel signature to the following proposed amendment, in March of 1861:
Suffice to say that might create some butterflies, though I don't believe you technically can keep an amendment of any kind out of the Constitution.
In 1893, there was a proposal that would have abolished the Armed Forces of the United States.
…right from the pages of Eurofed's old Ameriwank TL.....that was a fun read, even if it was a tad implausible in places.![]()