the states could circumvent congress by calling for a constitutional convention which would require 34 states. any changes would need to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. history shows how challenging it is to repeal an amendment given that it s only happened once. in 1933, congress ended poor vision by repealing the 18th amendment. dianne feinstein told a group of gun-control advocates she doesn t think repealing the right to bear arms is even possible. bret: thank you. it was a wild day on wall street today. the data recorded a swing of 737 points. going from way up to finish down 345. s&p 500 was up off 46 rather. the nasdaq plunged 212. let s get some analysis and a look at other business news. deirdre bolton of the fox business network joins us from new york. a wild day.
end. jon: the times were rowdy even during those 13 years of prohibition when america supposedly went dry. then on december 5th 1933 after mounting public pressure and a constitutional amendment, prohibition came to an end. on july 2nd 1932 franklin d. roosevelt addressing the delegates to the democratic national convention assembled in chicago made the following prophecy. from this day on, the 18th amendment is doomed. beer is back. joy as it swings in the gentle swing breeze. hop to it and throughout the lands during conception consums increased 100 million bushels. happy days are here again! jon: the lively days of
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well, i think what it does, wayne, is it reflects how strongly we are feeling about our beliefs and how divisive things are. wayne, let me move on to obamacare. my mean, what do you think about it its affect on our economy and people and freedom. talk to us about that. well, i think the law itself is obviously imperfect. we all know that. it s terrible. it is not and, you know, people justify it saying both houses of congress passed it, the supreme court sprinkled holy water on it therefore you shouldn t question it. that s the same thing of the 18th amendment and turned around 12 years later and got rid of the 18th amendment. this thing should be they should start all over. we know it doesn t work. not just the, you know, the computer part of it that doesn t work. the whole thing is badly and the part that i m most curious about because you re a judge.
look, they think that the substitute the government for some reason is better equipped to make a choice for you than you are for yourself. they substitute their own what they think of as their own intelligence for your intelligence. it s a people can t make up their minds and they say things like, oh, look, the supreme court you know, okay this, both houses of congress passed this. the president signed it. it must be all right. the same thing is true of the 18th amendment, by the way, and the congress passed that and everything else. and then we had to turn around and reverse it with a 21st amendment. so this is not poured in concrete and these people are absolutely wrong and cannot recognize it. let s talk about the first amendment. very smart gentleman in this building once told med the media has to do their job. democracy cannot work until the media does their job. the media doing their job on this or dropping the ball? they are the may don t see as billion as a president. t