The Sleeper Amendments with Post Animal

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Nov 14, 201800:26:28History

On first read the 16th and 22nd Amendments are at best sleepers and at worst, stinkers. In a list of Constitutional hits like the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and birthright citizenship, the amendments c...

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