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In your opinion, which amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America is the most important?
The 1st Amendment (Freedom of speech, religion and press; right to assembly and petition the Government) 50%  50%  [ 24 ]
The 2nd Amendment (Right to bear arms) 19%  19%  [ 9 ]
The 4th Amendment (Prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, sets requirements for search warrants) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
The 5th Amendment (Due process, protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
The 8th Amendment (Prohibition against excessive fines and bail and cruel and unusual punishment) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
The 14th Amendment (Citizenship, Due Process, Equal Protection) 13%  13%  [ 6 ]
The 19th Amendment (Women's suffrage) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
The 22nd Amendment (Two-term Presidential limit) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
The 42nd Amendment (Prohibition against GGPViper posting on WP) 10%  10%  [ 5 ]
Other (Please chronicle in your reply) 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 48

The_Walrus
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30 Jul 2013, 11:30 am

wizamagog wrote:
Who needs freedom of speech when you've got the internet?

Ask the Chinese.



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30 Jul 2013, 12:31 pm

I went with the 14th when I voted, but the 1st, 4th and 5th I think are equally important - its just that the 14th amendment seems to be central to a lot of recent issues.



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22 Dec 2013, 10:40 pm

Having just gotten around to watching Lincoln (Spielberg's great movie), I'm now convinced that the most important amendment is the 13th, which finally abolished slavery.

Even with the Southern states gone, the amendment just barely squeeked through the House of Representatives, and required a heck of a lot of politicking.

If the Southern states hadn't attempted to secede, then there is no way that slavery would have ever been abolished, and the basis of our nation's economy would be human trafficking.



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23 Dec 2013, 12:13 am

Whilst I really like 1 and privacy/due process/property, I'll have to go with 2.

And that's not from the perspective of someone who likes to shoot water bottles and the odd animal now and again, rather:

As peaceful the world is for the majority of us in the West, there is always the chance that "we'll" have to make war. That's easier when you already have arms (easier in that you already have the chance of a weapon before it starting, legally), and people knowing that there's a high chance of others having arms..., it may just stop war itself.



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23 Dec 2013, 9:14 am

3rd. I'm really glad I don't have soldiers crashing at my place :P


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23 Dec 2013, 11:31 am

Dox47 wrote:
1st. Nothing is more repugnant to me than trying to control what people are "allowed" to say.


Not so. The First Amendment clearly limits Congress in what it can do.

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23 Dec 2013, 8:07 pm

The second because without it the others can simply be taken away by growing government.
This is followed closely by the first because it is how we can create change in our government without violence.