UGADawgs wrote:
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 [i.e., the clauses dealing with the slave trade, which I'm sure you know about since you've read it so many times...]; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Congrats, you can quote the constitution. What you're missing is that any amendment has the full power of the constitution itself. Therefore, if an amendment is proposed that repeals the line "...and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate..." in clause one, and then in clause two says that Alaska gets no senators, and is then ratified by 3/4 of the states, it is law. It's sketchy, but law nontheless.
The same, of course, goes for the provision of the fifth article relating to slaves. Of course, there weren't the votes before 1808 to amend the constitution in the way I proposed, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.
Constitutional Law is a fun series of classes. I suggest you take them, before you try to make others look like idiots.