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To ensure ratings and circulation, most forms of mass media would have to oppose the proposed, in order to avoid disenfranchisement of women. Some radio/TV/ print personalities with radical political ideology would emphatically endorse such an Amendment, persons like Howard Stern of radio, Howard Stern of Television, and Larry Flint of print media notoriety. A televised town-hall type forum would give both peripheries of the argument to verbalize their convictions, and would reach viewers at home to inform them of the idea, and aid them in choosing a side, with the intention that they could influence a Congressman or Senator.
Older, Southern, wealthier males would be a coalition to support the termination of female suffrage, because each separate group is conventionally set in traditional patterns of thought and action. Older gentlemen unremittingly hark back to the �old days,� usually with some embellishment of the truth, but one perpetual theme is the subservience, not outright degradation, of women in the home (Heffer). Analogous conclusions can be drawn from observing Southerners and the economic elite, so, logically; a combination of the four aforementioned characteristics yields the most favorable results for this argument.
Federalism would be nearly impervious to such an Amendment, because the Several States could simply opt to not ratify it. No limits of authority would be tested there, since the Constitution specifically outlines the modus operandi for adoption of an adjustment to its conditions. Passage may incite militant protest demonstrations among women, but that is further testimony that as a group, women are too unstable to be trusted with the right to vote.
C. With each house of our bicameral legislature being controlled slightly by a different party; Senate is Democratic by one, and the House of Representatives is Republican by eleven; there is certainly room for delineation based on party principles. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Office of the House Minority Leader Rep. Dick Gephardt would implore their compatriots to approach the issue with a liberal attitude, as is the custom with Democrats, while Sen. Trent Lott and Rep. Dick Armey would entreat the opposite mind-set of their comrades. After passing a Judiciary committee in both houses, perhaps with alterations, and following proper protocol, the proposition would come to a vote, where anyone with faith in the ability of our government would expect a unanimous disapproval, thus leaving it dead, though it never had a chance.
D. Our President, George Walker Bush, a.k.a. G.W. Bush, a.k.a. �Dubya� would without doubt, condemn the proposition, in hopes to ensure female confidence, and their vote, especially in light of the recent economic dilemma, post-September 11, 2001 (�Retail� 12D). The most viable agency to enforce the new restrictions would be the local police force�s regular desk jockeys, since little real physical exertion is carried out, and only one or two officers per voting station would suffice. Unless, of course, there were to be a violent female uprising, so perhaps the National Guard would be advantageous during the three- to four-year transition period of adjustment to the new Amendment.
E. The future twenty-eighth Amendment would definitely be challenged by several groups and individuals, including the National Organization for Women, NOW; the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU (ACLU�); and renowned feminist attorney, Gloria Allred, whose specialties include sexual discrimination and harassment suits (Gloria 1). Extensive search of several judicial databases yields no evidence of precedence in this matter, but as the saying goes: �There�s a first time for everything�. The chances of ratification of such an obscure amendment are incontrovertibly slim to none, since three-quarters of the Several States must sanction it, or, in the present case, 38 out of 50, rounding up (Mount 1).
In conclusion, one cannot be surprised that such an inflammatory bill would be defeated quite easily, but to research and vicariously witness the legislative process is unparalleled.