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Originally Posted by PhotonGuy
The BOR which makes up only the first ten amendments is not supposed to be amended or repealed and that's what sets it apart from the rest of the Constitution. Since the BOR is only the first ten amendments, the amendment on Prohibition was obviously not part of the BOR as it was the 18th amendment. So yes the Constitution can be amended, except for the BOR.
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This is simply made up. The Bill of Rights didn't even exist until four years after the Constitution was ratified, and the impetus then was that this newfangled idea of federalism may have created a tyrannical monster seated in New York or Philadelphia that was out of touch with the very states that gave it life, especially those in the rural south. (Sound familiar?)
Just because the first 10 amendments (originally proposed as 12) were ratified as a block in no way suggests that they're indelible. The first seven articles were ratified as a block as well; so what?
In fact, for years Republicans pushed the "Flag Desecration Act," which was drafted specifically to relax the First Amendment and expand the power of government. It never passed Congress, but there's no legal reason it could not have.