# Amending US Constitution - No strikeouts or deletions of text? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 29, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083 "2005-09-29T20:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083/21 "2005-10-02T05:50:24Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Do you have a online cite to a site doing this? > > It has been my experience that copies of the Constitution are displayed intact. In the electronic world, such as [The National Archives](http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html), you find, “[t]he following text is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form. Items that are hyperlinked have since been amended or superseded.” > > The [US Constitution Online](http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html) site does something similar. No, because my sources are out of books. Many printed copies of the Constitution that I have seen do not have this part included. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > Article II, Section 1, 5th paragraph. > The “grandfathering clause” has NOT been struck from the Constitution. > It probably is no longer included in the current statutes related to Presidential election because it’s moot. I never said it was struck from the Constitution! I simply stated that I have seen copies of the Constitution where that line was deleted from the text - I guess they assume there are not many 218 year olds running for President. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083/22 "2005-10-02T15:10:43Z")
> [@SaintCad](#): > > No, because my sources are out of books. Many printed copies of the Constitution that I have seen do not have this part included. Ok, so do you have a book name or three you could post here? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083/23 "2005-10-03T02:18:45Z")
> [@SaintCad](#): > > I never said it was struck from the Constitution! I simply stated that I have seen copies of the Constitution where that line was deleted from the text - I guess they assume there are not many 218 year olds running for President. And I have never to this day seen one (\*\*_official_ \*\* copy, that is) that is so abridged. So we’re even on that one. But the OP is about the official method of amendment, which in the case of the US Constitution is to add new text that supercedes the previous, without deleting the previous. It’s not about the editorial style that a publisher may adopt to flag or remove from his edition those parts that are no longer in effect (which would render it an unofficial copy) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083/24 "2005-10-03T06:34:04Z")
**JRDelirious** : Well, to end this hijack, we can agree that the politics and morality of slavery in antebellum America is a complex topic and has probably filled thick books. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083/25 "2005-10-03T15:40:33Z")
Wouldn’t the grandfather clause also apply in the case of a new state being admitted to the Union? If you are a resident/citizen of the entity that has been granted admission, you would be considered a “Natural born citizen.” e.g. residents/citizens of Hawaii & Alaska when they joined the Union. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amending-us-constitution-no-strikeouts-or-deletions-of-text/324083.md?page=1)