You have to get rid of one of the amendments to the Constitution - which one?

[Indy Texas]

The amendments are listed below, with the year they were submitted for ratification.

The 18th and 21st amendments (enacting, and repealing Prohibition, respectively) are not included as they essentially cancel each other out - and letting people choose to get rid of the 18th would be something of a cop-out.

1st (1789): No state religion; freedom of speech; freedom of religion; journalistic freedom; right to peacefully assemble

2nd (1789): right to keep and bear arms

3rd (1789): private homes cannot be forced to quarter soldiers without owners' consent

4th (1789): no unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause

5th (1789): right to due process; right to remain silent in court; prevents being tried more than once for the same offense

6th (1789): right to jury trial; right to counsel; right to confront one's accuser

7th (1789): right to trial by jury in civil cases

8th (1789): bail cannot be excessive; punishment cannot be cruel and unusual

9th (1789): lack of enumeration in the Constitution does not imply a right does not exist or should not be protected

10th (1789): state governments have powers not given to the federal government

11th (1794): states are immune from lawsuit by foreigners and by Americans from other states

12th (1803): revises Electoral College to current system; previously, top vote getter became President and second-place finisher became Vice President

13th (1865): abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude

14th (1866): explicitly provides for jus soli citizenship and equal protection

15th (1869): right to vote cannot be denied based on race

16th (1909): allows for the implementation of a federal income tax

17th (1912): US Senators will be directly elected rather than appointed by state legislatures

19th (1919): right to vote cannot be denied based on sex

20th (1932): presidents inaugurated in January instead of March

22nd (1947): presidential term limits

23rd (1960): electoral votes for the District of Columbia

24th (1962): abolishes poll taxes

25th (1965): clarifies that vice president should succeed president if he resigns/dies/etc and must appoint a replacement vice president to be confirmed by the Senate

26th (1971): lowers voting age from 21 to 18

27th (1992): members of Congress cannot vote to raise their own salaries before the next election occurs

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Either the 2nd or 22nd.

Gun (lol) to my head on those two: the 2nd.

[H. Ross Peron]

10th easily

[ElectionsGuy]

16th.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

16th.

[SNJ1985]

There are several I'd like to get rid of. I settled on the 16th.

[BaconBacon96]

The 2nd.

[RogueBeaver]

22nd.

[Vega]

The 22nd for sure.

We have term limits for every office in the United States - they're called elections.

[SWE]

10th

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

16th Amendment.

[Frodo]

Preferably none of them, but if I had to choose, probably the 22nd would go.  

[SPC]

16th.

Although the 17th is a close second.

[TDAS04]

22nd.  

[Paul Kemp]

I'm not quite sure at this moment but people picking the 22nd of all the amendments is so Atlas.

[TJ in Oregon]

9th. It's meaning is unclear in almost every possible scenario in which it could be invoked.

[JerryArkansas]

The 25th.  I would really support a new amendment to re clarify the succession process and who controls the army in the event of a crises where the president is dead.  Right now it is so muddy

[Grumpier Than Thou]

All of them, but voted the 2nd.

[ElectionsGuy]

16th.

Although the 17th is a close second.

You don't like people voting for their own senator?

[SWE]

16th.

Although the 17th is a close second.

You don't like people voting for their own senator?

mah state's rights

[RI]

Either the 10th or 22nd. I'd be ok with the 2nd or 21st as well.

[Goldwater]

16th.

[SPC]

16th.

Although the 17th is a close second.

You don't like people voting for their own senator?

There exists the House of Representatives to represent the interests of the people. While the erosion of federalism in the United States began long before 1913, the elimination of the states' representation in the federal government certainly contributed to the trend.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

2nd, easily.

[ElectionsGuy]

16th.

Although the 17th is a close second.

You don't like people voting for their own senator?

There exists the House of Representatives to represent the interests of the people. While the erosion of federalism in the United States began long before 1913, the elimination of the states' representation in the federal government certainly contributed to the trend.

I can understand the argument. One chamber represents the people while the other represents the states. I don't think that just because the senators are now elected by the general population instead of state legislatures there is less representation of states interest. People of a state are still going to elect someone that represents the state, are they not? And how did the way senators did their job change after 1913?