Fwd: Re: Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution

this is the only reply to my question so far.  I think it's right on. 
The Republicans lie again.  Satanism. 
--Kim

I got this from a friend:

I have seen this before - it is a "proposed amendment" only in the sense that an unelected person said "hey, we ought to..."  Some state governments have filed suit for unlawful burdens, but that doesn't have anything to do with this. There IS NO law exempting members of Congress from anything, and the claim that they exempted themselves from healthcare reform is a patent lie.   http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp

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Hi Everybody -- This is one of those emails that is going around.  i just wonder what you all think about this?  i don't think there's really much chance of a constitutional amendment, but it's interesting where the public is putting its attention. 

--Kim

Governors of 35 states have already filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.

 

           This will take less than thirty seconds to read. If you agree, please pass it on.

 

           An idea whose time has come!

 

           For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress have specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest was to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law.

 

           The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.

 

           Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

 

           I'm asking each addressee to forward this E-mail to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

 

           In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.

 

           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."

           You are one of my 20+.

 

           Keep it going.