# House of Representatives votes to not enforce certain Supreme Court decisions **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 29, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-votes-to-not-enforce-certain-supreme-court-decisions/191593 "2003-07-29T05:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 37
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-votes-to-not-enforce-certain-supreme-court-decisions/191593/37 "2003-07-31T04:53:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by december \* > **One conceivable remedy would be a Consitutional Amendment. … These two approaches are impractical.** Really? considering that’s one of the reasons for an amending formula in the Constitution, and that several constitutional amendments have been passed to overturn Supreme Court decisions, that seems a bit difficult to argue, both from the perspective of original intent and historical example: [ul][li][XIth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment11/) (state immunity from federal court jurisdiction), overturning [Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 (1793)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=2&invol=419);[/li] [li][XIIIth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment13/) (abolition of slavery), overturning one aspect of [Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=60&invol=393#404);[/li] [li][XIVth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment14/) (citizenship of all individuals born within the jurisdiction of the United States), overturning another aspect of [Dred Scott](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=60&invol=393#404);[/li] [li][XVIth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment16/index.html) (authorising federal income tax), overturning [Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429 (1895)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=157&invol=429);[/li] [li][XIXth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment19/) (women’s suffrage), overturning [Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1874)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=88&invol=162);[/li] [li][XXIVth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment24/) (abolition of the poll tax qualification in federal elections), overturning [Breedlove v. Suttles, 302 U.S. 277 (1937)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=302&invol=277);[/li] [li][XXVIth Amendment](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment26/) (lowering minimum voting age to 18), overturning one aspect of [Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (1970)](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=400&invol=112).[/li][/ul] --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-representatives-votes-to-not-enforce-certain-supreme-court-decisions/191593)._