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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by manigandham on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @07:06PM (#18349956)
The amendments themselves are not in the constitution itself, so do they not apply?

Amendments were added to the body of laws after the constitution, and congress and the supreme court have since added more to the body of laws after the amendments. The cumulative result is what governs citizens today.

Those laws are in fact very specific about their exceptions, as shown very clearly in the wikipedia link. What exactly do you find fuzzy or confusing about them?

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:58PM (#18350906)
The amendments are part of the constitution.

Case law, as you linked, is not. It also keeps changing without the underlying documents changing. I don't know how you can look at all those dates marking times high courts had to get involved and still say it's clear.

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