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Which is your foavrotie amendment? I dunno, that's up to you.

Mine isn't on the list. That would be the 1st, of course.

Which is your foavrotie amendment? I dunno, that's up to you.
I'm willing to abide by the poll decision. :D

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Dude, who has a favorite amendment? Damn, I'm not that uber-geeky. :p

Dude, who has a favorite amendment? Damn, I'm not that uber-geeky. :p
Heck, how can you not love choice gems like the 16th (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxvi.html) or 18th (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxviii.html) Amendments?

Quartering (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html#amendmentiii) for t3h w1n!

Where is five?

I'm not sure people are taking this poll in the spirit in which it was intended. :D

1 and 2.

I'm not sure people are taking this poll in the spirit in which it was intended. :D
What was it intended to be?

Now I'm very sure people aren't taking this poll in the spirit it was intended. :D

The First!

What was it intended to be?
A joke. I deliberately picked the amendments that were either least consequential, least well-thought-out, least popular, or most obscure.

I mean, I left out free speech, the right to a jury trial, the slavery ban and suffrage and I included income tax, prohibition and state suits. I didn't even include the repeal of prohibition. :D

Ah, well. Sometimes jokes don't work.

The 18th, Its been too long since criminals could make money from prohibition

The 18th, Its been too long since criminals could make money from prohibition
** cough** War on Drugs ** cough **

** cough** War on Drugs ** cough **
Sorry, but compared to alcohol prohibition, that is nothing. ;)

Which is the one whut lets me shoot things?

Sorry, but compared to alcohol prohibition, that is nothing. ;)
Hey, but they're tryin', those scrappy little campers! Ya gotta give 'em that.

Dude, who has a favorite amendment? Damn, I'm not that uber-geeky. :p

I am that uber-geeky. :D In fact, I'm so uber-uber-geeky, here's a list of the amendments (with the choices NZD gave in blue) and a link (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments):

Amendment I [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)]
Amendment II [Right to Bear Arms (1791)]
Amendment III [Quartering of Troops (1791)]
Amendment IV [Search and Seizure (1791)]
Amendment V [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process (1791)]
Amendment VI [Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to Confront and to Counsel (1791)]
Amendment VII [Common Law Suits - Jury Trial (1791)]
Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)]
Amendment IX [Non-Enumerated Rights (1791)]
Amendment X [Rights Reserved to States (1791)]
Amendment XI [Suits Against a State (1795)]
Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)]
Amendment XIII [Abolition of Slavery (1865)]
Amendment XIV [Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)]
Amendment XV [Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)]
Amendment XVI [Income Tax (1913)]
Amendment XVII [Election of Senators (1913)
Amendment XVIII [Prohibition (1919)]
Amendment XIX [Women's Right to Vote (1920)
Amendment XX [Presidential Term and Succession (1933)]
Amendment XXI [Repeal of Prohibition (1933)]
Amendment XXII [Two Term Limit on President (1951)]
Amendment XXIII [Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)]
Amendment XXIV [Poll Tax (1964)]
Amendment XXV [Presidential Succession (1967)]
Amendment XXVI [Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)]
Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)]

I don't know that Ninja Zombie Dinosaur's favorite is, but I'm pretty partial to the 16th & 17th. (Honestly) :cool:

BTW, the 11th (state immunity) is litigated a lot. The 12th (electoral college) and 22nd (two-term limit on President) are pretty important. If you live in the District of Columbia, you probably should be happy about the 23rd ('cuz otherwise you can't vote for President). (I told you I was uber-uber-geeky.)

Apparently my favorite is the 11th or the 27th. :eek: