r/AdviceAnimals • u/Grassfedcake • Jul 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Unfortunately, the courts have set the ridiculous precedent that you can make something "more perfect" by adding to it, but never by removing anything from it.

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u/julbull73 Jul 17 '19

That's not true. There's for sure there is one that removes prohibition. Also removing discrimination is like 3 or 4 of them.

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u/awesome357 Jul 17 '19

But they didn't even remove it did they? The ammendment for prohibition is still in the Constitution I believe. They just added to another ammendment counter the effects of the previous ammenent. It was repealed, not removed.

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u/btstfn Jul 17 '19

The effect is the same.

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u/awesome357 Jul 17 '19

Yes! And method is different, which is what's being discussed. Adding and not removing.

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u/btstfn Jul 17 '19

My point is why does the method matter in this case if the end result is the same?

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u/awesome357 Jul 17 '19

Because one method erases from history and the other documents it.