Barack Obama has promised to veto any amendment to the Constitution to balance the Federal budget. Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution states:
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Nowhere does this Article mention any role of the President in this process. The proposed amendment would limit the budget so that any spendthrift despot like Obama could not spend the country into financial oblivion. The opposition by the Pharaoh shows his contempt for the Constitution of the United States. What an embarrassment for the great law school at the University of Chicago to have had a dunce like Obama teach there.
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