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Claim: Warren Buffett proposed a constitutional amendment that seeks to require laws apply equally to U.S. citizens and members of Congress. Rating: False. About this rating.
An image shared on Facebook more than 74,000 times claims a “28th Amendment” to the Constitution bars Congress from making laws that do not apply equally to both citizens and lawmakers.
Stated simply, the 28th Amendment would not allow Congress to make any laws that apply to American citizens that don’t apply equally to the members of Congress. And it would preclude them from making any laws that apply to themselves, but don’t apply to all U.S. citizens.
Three-fourths of the states must ratify an amendment before it gets added to the Constitution. In today's divided nation, could any issue realistically gain that level of support?
A 28th Amendment to the Constitution is proposed barring Congress from enacting laws applying to its members and not equally to the “citizens of the United States.” Are the facts right?
A meme circulating online falsely claims that there is a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that bars lawmakers from exempting themselves from having to comply with existing laws.
Fifty years ago today, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, following the lead of the House of Representatives and paving the way for it to become the 28th Amendment to the...
The Details: The proposed amendment would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, implement mandatory universal background checks for prospective gun buyers, and ban the purchase of assault weapons for civilians. Newsom didn't define "assault weapon" in his proposal.
Public opinion has shifted strongly in favor of gay rights, making a successful revival unlikely. the balanced-budget amendment Passed by the House in 1995; defeated in the Senate Forty-five ...
A meme circulating online falsely claims that there is a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that bars lawmakers from exempting themselves from having to comply with existing laws.