A Real Equal Rights Amendment
It seems silly to me that America has to grant rights to new groups every time new groups are “discovered”, and demand those rights. If Aliens land tomorrow and ask to start the road to citizenship, they should be _covered_ by the US constitution. Therefore I suggest we add a bill to the US Constitution that would simplify matters. Below is my proposed text.
Amendment XXVIII, US Constitution:
Section 1. The rights, responsibilities or duties due citizens of the United States who are 18 years of age or older shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state.
Section 2. Nothing in this article shall be construed so as to amend previous articles of this document.
Section 3. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 1 sets out the age of citizenship. Section 2 says.. yes we can still put people in prison (covered in amendment 13), and yes, you still have to pay taxes (covered in article 16). Nor, for the record, would this amendment let 18 year olds run for president…
Other than a quibble about the age of majority, what would you do differently?
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