Originally Posted by coolegg2

It's a very specific constitutional amendment, designed precisely to get around the thorny and pesky "freedom" issue that the "activist" Supreme Court so often considers in it's decisions. Is there even a process for the Supreme Court to strike down a specific constitutional amendment like this one if it contradicts a more general amendment like the First? Would that lead to a constitutional crisis perhaps? Surely the Supreme Court would not be so bold as to defy Congress and strike down or ignore a brand new and very specific constitutional amendment?

I like to look at the positive side of things... It's nice to live in a historically significant time, to be eyewitnesses to the decline of the great American empire is a bit of an honour, in a tragic sort of way.