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Has a Constitutional Amendment Ever Been Repealed?

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Has a Constitutional Amendment Ever Been Repealed?

The Eighteenth Amendment

Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) of the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919.
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is the only amendment to have secured ratification and later been repealed.

Has any constitutional amendment been repealed?

In the history of the United States, only one constitutional amendment has been repealed. In 1933, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment—better known as “prohibition”—banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.

What is the only amendment that has been repealed?

Although the Constitution has been formally amended 27 times, the Twenty-First Amendment (ratified in 1933) is the only one that repeals a previous amendment, namely, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), which prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” In addition, it is the ...

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