tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post4287485718875753287..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Great News for Ohio’s 27th District!COASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-8740258835031883742012-01-02T22:53:50.542-05:002012-01-02T22:53:50.542-05:00I have a clear understanding of how it works. In 1...I have a clear understanding of how it works. In 1868, despite the actions of New Jersey & Ohio, the requisite number of states still ratified it. Thus, the 14th amendment to the Constitution was still enacted.<br /><br />I never once said this didn't happen. However, just like your inability to properly research a topic or properly understand a written budget document, you have decided Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653549869610903244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-35582557409786997022012-01-01T14:01:53.491-05:002012-01-01T14:01:53.491-05:00Actually Coleman, you seem to have no understandin...Actually Coleman, you seem to have no understanding of how an amendment is ratified. Once an amendment is ratified by the required number of states, it is then part of the Constitution. The 14th Amendment was ratified and became part of the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868. <br /><br />Once it is part of the Constitution it then applies to all states. Ohio had no more power to "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-39670284459305983832012-01-01T13:44:59.060-05:002012-01-01T13:44:59.060-05:00Ohio ratified it in 1867 and then rescinded this r...Ohio ratified it in 1867 and then rescinded this ratification in 1868 (along with New Jersey).<br /><br />It was then re-ratified in 2003, when Tom Brinkman was in the Ohio General Assembly, with a near-unanimous vote in the Ohio House (less one vote by Tom Brinkman) and a unanimous vote in the state senate.<br /><br />It helps to actually read and understand history.Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653549869610903244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-21008183563989672582012-01-01T00:36:46.530-05:002012-01-01T00:36:46.530-05:00Hey genius, the 14th Amendment was ratified in 186...Hey genius, the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868. Tom Brinkman was not in the Legislature in 1868, in case you didn't know.<br /><br />http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html<br /><br />"The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-77621004083139784662011-12-31T23:59:34.844-05:002011-12-31T23:59:34.844-05:00Congratulations to COAST for embracing the candida...Congratulations to COAST for embracing the candidacy of Tom Brinkman - The only member of the Ohio General Assembly to vote "No" on ratifying the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. It is curious to recognize that city councilmembers and COAST members Winburn and Smitherman would embrace such a man.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/03/20/loc_brinkman20.html" Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653549869610903244noreply@blogger.com