Amendments

Provide the answer as addressed by the Constitution. If possible, include the Article and section/Amendment of the Constitution where the information can be found.

The sixteenth amendment, ratified on February 3, 1913, was the first amendment that established a federal income tax. The eighteenth amendment was passed in order to ban the manufacturing and selling of alcohol. It was the twenty-first amendment that repeals the eighteenth amendment therefore making the manufacturing, selling, and transportation of alcohol legal. The original Constitution states “each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members”. It is in Article One and Section Five that it is clearly seen that the senate is able to elect the senators. The seventeenth amendment changed that when it was ratified and allowed the people to directly vote for who they wanted to be senator. If Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive he would not be able to seek another term as president. Under the twenty-second amendment no person can be elected to be president for more than two terms. As of the 23rd amendment (ratified in 1961), residents of the District of Columbia have the right to vote. The twelfth amendment does not allow for there to be a president and vice president from the same state. The Presidential Succion Act of 1947 states that in the case that the president and vice president die in office, the Speaker of the House becomes the Acting President. Amendment II works to protect violations of rights and liberties by state governments; “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Amendment twenty-five states that the Vice president and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or such other body as congress can indeed d eclare the President unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office. In this case, the vice president would assume power immediately as Acting President.
 * 1) Which amendment established the federal income tax?**
 * 2) Name the only amendment that specifically repealed another amendment?**
 * 3) According to the //original Constitution//, who elects Senators? What amendment changed this and what was it changed to?**
 * 4) If Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive today, would he be permitted to seek four terms as President?**
 * 5) Since the District of Columbia is not a state, do their residents get to vote for president?**
 * 6) Is it possible to elect a president and vice-president from the same state?**
 * 7)If the president and vice-president die in office, who becomes acting president?**
 * 8) Which amendment works to protect violations of rights and liberties by any state government?**
 * 9) Is there a way the Vice President and Congress can declare the President unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office? Explain.**