Politically Incorrect Guide To The Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides) (43 page)

This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of the several States, as
provided in the Constitution, within
seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the
Congress.

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919.
Ratified August 18, 1920.

The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Passed by Congress March 2, 1932.
Ratified January 23, 1933.

The terms of the President and the
Vice President shall end at noon on
the 20th day of January, and the terms
of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the
years in which such terms would have
ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terns of their successors
shall then begin.

The Congress shall assemble at
least once in every year, and such
meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d
day of January, unless they shall by
law appoint a different day.

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the
President elect shall have died, the
Vice President elect shall become
President. If a President shall not have
been chosen before the time fixed for
the beginning of his term, or if the
President elect shall have failed to
qualify, then the Vice President elect
shall act as President until a President
shall have qualified; and the Congress
may by law provide for the case
wherein neither a President elect nor
a Vice President shall have qualified,
declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who
is to act shall be selected, and such
person shall act accordingly until a
President or Vice President shall have
qualified.

The Congress may by law provide
for the case of the death of any of the
persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President
whenever the right of choice shall
have devolved upon them, and for the
case of the death of any of the persons
from whom the Senate may choose a
Vice President whenever the right of
choice shall have devolved upon
them.

Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect
on the 15th day of October following
the ratification of this article.

This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by the

legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the
date of its submission.

Passed by Congress February 20,
1933. Ratified December 5, 1933.

The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United
States is hereby repealed.

The transportation or importation
into any State, Territory, or Possession
of the United States for delivery or use
therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby
prohibited.

This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by
conventions in the several States, as
provided in the Constitution, within
seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the
Congress.

Passed by Congress March 21,
1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.

No person shall be elected to the
office of the President more than
twice, and no person who has held the
office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a
term to which some other person was
elected President shall be elected to
the office of President more than once.
But this Article shall not apply to any
person holding the office of President
when this Article was proposed by
Congress, and shall not prevent any
person who may be holding the office
of President, or acting as President,
during the term within which this
Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as
President during the remainder of
such term.

This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratified as an
amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the
date of its submission to the States by
the Congress.

Passed by Congress June 16, 1960.
Ratified March 29, 1961.

The District constituting the seat
of Government of the United States
shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President
and Vice President equal to the whole
number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District
would be entitled if it were a State,
but in no event more than the least
populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States,
but they shall be considered, for the
purposes of the election of President
and Vice President, to be electors
appointed by a State; and they shall
meet in the District and perform such
duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Passed by Congress August 27,
1962. Ratified January 23, 1964.

The right of citizens of the United
States to vote in any primary or other
election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice
President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or
any State by reason of failure to pay
poll tax or other tax.

The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Passed by Congress July 6, 1965.
Ratified February 10, 1967.

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall
become President.

Whenever there is a vacancy in the
office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President
who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses
of Congress.

Whenever the President transmits
to the President pro tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the
powers and duties of his office, and
until he transmits to them a written
declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by
the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4

Whenever the Vice President and a
majority of either the principal offi

cers of the executive departments or of
such other body as Congress may by
law provide, transmit to the President
pro tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the
President is unable to discharge the
powers and duties of his office, the
Vice President shall immediately
assume the powers and duties of the
office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President
transmits to the President pro tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives his written
declaration that no inability exists, he
shall resume the powers and duties of
his office unless the Vice President
and a majority of either the principal
officers of the executive department or
of such other body as Congress may by
law provide, transmit within four
days to the President pro tempore of
the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives their written
declaration that the President is
unable to discharge the powers and
duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that
purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after
receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session,

within twenty-one days after Congress
is required to assemble, determines by
two-thirds vote of both Houses that
the President is unable to discharge
the powers and duties of his office,
the Vice President shall continue to
discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall
resume the powers and duties of his
office.

Passed by Congress March 23,
1971. Ratified July 1, 1971.

The right of citizens of the United
States, who are eighteen years of age
or older, to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of age.

The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Originally proposed Sept. 25,
1789. Ratified May 7, 1992.

No law, varying the compensation
for the services of the Senators and
Representatives, shall take effect, until
an election of representatives shall
have intervened.

must thank Mr. Wayne Carpenter, formerly honors government
teacher of Belton, Texas, High School, for his enthusiasm for his
subject. Tom Woods of the Ludwig von Mises Institute played a key
role in this book's conception and its execution, and is generally a "hail
fellow well met." Lee Cheek, a true friend in academia if ever there was
such a thing, merits thanks for steadfast encouragement of all my scholarly endeavors.

Peter Onuf will perhaps wince to see his name here. Credit, I answer,
is not the same as blame-and yet, the Virginian Jeffersonian pulse of this
book owes much to his inspiration.

Forrest McDonald and R. Kent Newmyer, senior scholars in no need of
my gratitude, encouraged me in my work, both personally and through
their fine crafting of historical narratives. Clyde Wilson, too, has been in
my corner for years.

Lino Graglia, without whom the University of Texas School of Law
would have been an intellectual wasteland for me, may wonder why he
needs my praise, but it is rather more in the form of an appreciation than
a personal encomium.

My parents, Chuck and Linda Gutzman, stressed the significance of
education, books, and general cussedness. Blame them!

Trianna, Marika, and Cyril support their daddy whatever he does. I
could not do it without them.

Lorie, to whom this tome is dedicated, knows that the dedication only
scratches the surface of what I mean to say.