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L.A. 
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| Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:59 pm)
Saw this floating around on Facebook.
I like it. What say ye?
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Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
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weagle99
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Member since Nov 2011
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:00 pm to L.A.)
Would rather have one repealing the Federal income tax amendment.
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PRK 
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:00 pm to L.A.)
You understand that Senators and Representatives are citizens?
This is stupid.
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LSURoss
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Shreveport, LA
Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:01 pm to L.A.)
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Saw this floating around on Facebook
Sigh.....
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Rohan2Reed
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:02 pm to L.A.)
too broad;wouldn't pass
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KosmoCramer 
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Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:02 pm to L.A.)
That would be amazing if it got passed, but people would need to get voted out first.
And term limits would probably need to be in place.
But yeah, it's a lovely idea.
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buddhavista
Member since Jul 2012
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:04 pm to L.A.)
I like it, it will never happen.
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L.A.
New Orleans Saints Fan
Los Angeles
Member since Aug 2003
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:06 pm to PRK)
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You understand that Senators and Representatives are citizens?
Si, senor.
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tiger1014
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Member since Jan 2011
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:10 pm to L.A.)
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"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but what exactly doesn't apply to them?
Like how they can't get pulled over for speeding on their way to a session of congress?
The healthcare analogy is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, as they already have their own health insurance. I've heard that being floated around in similar regards to this "amendment"
So what are some examples?
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Tactical1
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:16 pm to L.A.)
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Saw this floating around on Facebook.
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L.A.
New Orleans Saints Fan
Los Angeles
Member since Aug 2003
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:19 pm to tiger1014)
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Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but what exactly doesn't apply to them?
Like how they can't get pulled over for speeding on their way to a session of congress?
The healthcare analogy is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, as they already have their own health insurance. I've heard that being floated around in similar regards to this "amendment"
So what are some examples?
Not sure. I checked Snopes and Snopes said it was "mostly false". I'm not sure what part of this is true. Thought some of you might know.
And while I first saw it on Facebook, it's all over the web right now.
This post was edited on 1/24 at 6:20 pm
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Radiojones
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Dutchtown, LA
Member since Feb 2007
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:27 pm to PRK)
You understand that Congress passes laws that apply to everyone but them right?
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tiger1014
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Member since Jan 2011
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:30 pm to Radiojones)
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You understand that Congress passes laws that apply to everyone but them right?
I'm still confused how laws passed by them don't apply to them.
I honestly don't know what yall are talking about and need to be educated on the topic, if said discrepancies exist
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Radiojones
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Dutchtown, LA
Member since Feb 2007
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:32 pm to tiger1014)
Here is an article from last year on it: LINK
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tiger1014
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Member since Jan 2011
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:42 pm to Radiojones)
Interesting. So preventing themselves from explicitly exempting themselves from legislation passed?
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Radiojones
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Dutchtown, LA
Member since Feb 2007
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:45 pm to tiger1014)
I think that was the point of the op. I can't stand that the elists play by different rules than us. The list in that article is only the tip of the iceberg.
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a want
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Member since Oct 2010
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 7:14 pm to L.A.)
I like the idea, but not as an amendment to the Constitution.
Every new amendment added makes the existing ones less meaningful.
This post was edited on 1/24 at 7:14 pm
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50Mullets
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Member since Oct 2012
1059 posts
| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 7:16 pm to L.A.)
Why not just hit such laws with a 14th amendment equal protections case?
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Bestbank Tiger 
Tulane Fan
Landmass Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2005
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 7:19 pm to tiger1014)
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I'm still confused how laws passed by them don't apply to them.
They exempted themselves from insider trading laws until last year...and even when they "fixed" that, they exempted their spouses.
They also don't practice equal pay for equal work on their congressional staffs, even though that's been the law since 1963.
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los angeles tiger
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| re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Posted on 1/24/13 at 7:20 pm to L.A.)
L.A., the very fact that they passed laws where they exempted themselves should revoke those laws as being unconstitutional.
Maybe this is the avenue we need to take and find all exemptions they have made for themselves as well as certain businesses and people.
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