About Our Constitution, a Series Article 34 – Introduction to the Forgotten Amendments and the Un-ratified Amendment Proposed on September 25, 1789, “Article the first” By David Robert Wood May 15, 2012 Introduction to the Forgotten Amendments Since the first meeting of the first Congress on March 4, 1789, and through July 15, 2004, in [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 28 – Article of Amendment XXII By David Robert Wood February 15, 2012  Article of Amendment XXII reads as follows: Article of Amendment XXII Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 27 – Article of Amendment XXI By David Robert Wood February 1, 2012   Article of Amendment XXI reads as follows: Article of Amendment XXI Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Section 2. The transportation or importation into [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 26 – Article of Amendment XX By David Robert Wood January 15, 2012  Article of Amendment XX reads as follows: Article of Amendment XX Section 1. The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 24 – Article of Amendment XVIII By David Robert Wood December 15, 2011  Article of Amendment XVIII reads as follows: Article of Amendment XVIII Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 23 – Article of Amendment XVII By David Robert Wood December 1, 2011  Article of Amendment XVII reads as follows: Article of Amendment XVII The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 22 – Article of Amendment XVI By David Robert Wood November 15, 2011  Article of Amendment XVI reads as follows: Article of Amendment XVI The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 15 – Introduction to Articles of Amendment and Articles of Amendment I to X By David Robert Wood August 1, 2011  Introduction to Articles of Amendment An Amendment to the Constitution may be officially “proposed” in one of two manners.   First, and as used for all Amendments proposed so [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 4 – Expired Provisions in the United States Constitution, Part 2 By David Robert Wood February 15, 2011 As discussed in the prior article, various phrases and clauses in the original Constitution have expired and are no longer applicable.  The expiration of each is due solely to the passage [...]

About Our Constitution, a Series Article 3 – Expired Provisions in the United States Constitution, Part 1 By David Robert Wood February 1, 2011 Various phrases and clauses in the original Constitution and in the Articles of Amendment, although of historical significance, have expired and are no longer applicable.  The expiration of each is due [...]