What is the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution?

Question

Is there a 28th amendment to the United States Constitution? When was it passed? When did the states ratify it? What exactly does it say?

Answer 1

The 28th amendement does not exist. There are 27 amendements in the U.S Constitution. I happen to be taking a political science course right now for summer class in college and just the amendements section of the text.

Why would you ask a question and then answer it yourself? You didn't even give people a chance to figure it out or answer or debate.

Answer 2

And it would solve what that has not already been solved?  Equality in courts?  Men stop honking at me or oogling? Men and women being forced to work the same jobs rather than choose them?

Please enlighten me.

Answer 3

I did know that it was never ratified, but its a good reminder hun.  It answers a lot of questions that get asked here...what do feminists want...what are you fighting for and the like.  Yes, the courts have upheld a lot of the issues that would have been covered by the amendment...so far.  It doesn't say stay at home moms are lazy or working women are b#t#hs.  It doesn't say a man cannot be considered head of the household if he and his wife choose. It does not say who is smarter.

Most striking is the wording...it does NOT say women...it says s*x...which means it is for men AND women.  

Answer 4

The ERA actually would've been the 27th amendment.  The one that became the 27th, which dealt with Congress giving itself pay raises, was passed in the 1990's, which would've been years after the ERA if it had passed.  That would've made the one I mentioned the 28th.

There've been a lot of proposed amendments that never make it.  It took the one I mentioned about 200 years to be passed (it was proposed in the 1790's).  You want to ask about ALL of them?

After reading this again, it came across kind of mean, which wasn't my intention.  Sorry if it came across that way.  However, the information is correct.  Actually, I think it was up at the same time as the 26th, which lowered the voting age to 18, so it might've beat that.  I don't know.  

But, there have been other amendments which haven't been ratified along with this one.  I don't know how many are still up for debate though.

Answer 5

Mrs...a law or amendment can not change those things about men and not all men do those things either.  Still, those are societal ills that cannot be legislated, but must come through time and education.  That does not negate the importance of the very simple amendment that really is just one sentence.

Will it stop anything, will it change anything.  We might know that if the states had ratified it...but in those days most legislative bodies were made up of men, some of whom had opinions like the worst of the ones we see here (and no I do not mean dsds who just likes to have fun or reb who is a good guy with good thoughts).  

It has been reintroduced into congress...how long it will take to make it out, no one can guess.  I can about promise you it will not be before next January, lol.

I find is very sad that the women here do not support each other, no matter what kind of lifestyle each has chosen.  It is one thing to disagree, but another to tear each other down whether its a stay at home mom or a CEO of a big company.  These are our sisters, our moms, our grandmas, our daughters, nieces, the little girl in the front row of the class in pigtails or the one in the back with the black eye who never smiles.

This is what its about, that we can choose and we need to support each others choices and right to choose (and that has nothing to do with abortion).

Answer 6

Why didn't they just get it right the first time? after the 28th time you should really start to question your leadership!

Answer 7

you got punk'd

Answer 8

There are 27 Amendments to the US Constitution. What the heck are you talking about?

Answer 9

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Originally drafted by Alice Paul in 1923, the amendment reads: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of s*x." The amendment died in 1982 when it failed to achieve ratification by a minimum of 38 states.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstim...

This is Gender and Women's Studies, if you do not know this much, you should find some place else to be.

Answer 10

lol...you get a star for a decent Q that makes a very valid point.

of course it went right over heads....sigh maybe some day they will learn.