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the point is that constitutional ammendments are historically for adding rights. this is the first, to my knowledge, to specifically deny something to one group of people.



Not true.

The 22d Amendment specifically denies someone the right to serve as President for more than two terms.

The 18th Amendment denied people the right to "manufacture, sale, or transport... intoxicating liquors."

The Eleventh Amendment limits the rights of people to sue states.

I suppose one could also argue that the Sixteenth Amendment, which allows the government to impose the income tax, also denies us the right to our own money.