28TH Amendment UNANIMOUSLY PASSES
28TH Amendment UNANIMOUSLY PASSES
28th Amendment Unanimously Passes
OPINION | December 2025
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Last Friday, North Dakota lawmakers jointly celebrated the recent adoption of the 28th Amendment.
The 28th Amendment is a brand-new addition to the U.S. Constitution, which removes several laws deemed as “unnecessary” and “ridiculous,” according to several major politicians.
The new amendment originated from a fierce Senate discussion that broke out about obsolete state laws. The solution: remove all of North Dakota’s defunct laws. The reasoning: none of them have any major effect on the government or citizens.
Both the Senate and the House unanimously agreed to forward the bill to the president who signed it without question.
Ridiculous laws’ origins
Some of the absurd laws removed from North Dakota have very unique origins.
According to historians, in 1899, John Sandbox of Tuff, ND, was playing around in his famous sandbox when an elk appeared out of some nearby shrubs, cautiously approaching the man. Sandbox, having spent hours building an intricate sand castle, hunkered down behind his castle, hoping his four-inch mote would be plenty deep to hinder the elk’s terrifying advance.
It was not.
Sandbox jolted up and yelped when a hoof rocketed down and crushed the spire topping his castle. “This is an outrage!” said Sandbox.
“Euraheueuehrhe,” replied the elk.
Sandbox then hurried down to the local mayor’s office, bursting through his door and slamming a hastily-made, pencil-drawn proposal on his desk. The proposition read, “Absolutely no elks shall be allowed in sandboxes ever again!”
Tuff’s mayor, Evel Mann, being a sandbox enthusiast, bawled his eyes out by the time Sandbox finished explaining what happened. And with that, the motion passed.
Another unique law exists in Waverly, ND. Horses are strictly prohibited from being in bathtubs.
The story for that can be traced all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia.
The Emperor of Mesopotamia erected several bathhouses during his reign. These were a centralized points of community and commerce, creating economic growth and heightened nationalism.
One day, a wandering merchant strolled into the capitol on his horse, hoping to have a relaxing afternoon at the bathhouse. Little did he know, it would become the exact opposite.
The horse entered the pool with the merchant, wading around with him. Moments later, the water surrounding the horse turned an ugly brown and quickly spread throughout the rest of the water.
The water became deathly and pungent. There were 17 casualties reported on an ancient tablet that day, and the emperor banned all horses from entering baths.
Thousands of years later, the emperor’s lineage coincidentally consisted of prairie pioneers who created the town of Waverly, never forgetting the ancient tales told through the years and forbidding all horses from entering bath tubs.
The people’s reaction
Although the new amendment has very little effect on everyday North Dakotans, some journalists commented on the law’s removal, claiming the amendment will have absolutely no impact, effectively being purposeless.
The government also agrees nothing bad could come out of this amendment whatsoever.
Maybe.
“Great Elk Dust Bowls” cause panic
“Great Elk Dust Bowls” cause panic
North Dakota’s new law makes chaos
OPINION | December 2025
With absurd laws now made legal, all bets seem off the table in the grasslands. One law stands out from the others, and it's about elks and sandboxes.
Some negative effects from lifting the law are that elk are to be prohibited from sandboxes, backyards, parks and school playgrounds.
This also impacts mass elk migration. Sand has stuck to elk hooves and has caused dust bowls to form in the area,
which has impacted crops and hurt the agricultural economy.
“Euraheueuehrhe,” said a wandering elk about the economical impact.
“They can’t keep getting away with it!” stated Tuff’s mayor Evel Mann, condemning the four-legged wildlife’s destruction of local sandboxes.
Another law the government waved restricted horses from using bath tubs, generating mixed emotions from the public.
Immediately after the law was waved, a single horse, whose family tree can be traced back to the days of ancient Mesopotamia, allegedly broke into the mayor's house and used his tub. Mann reported breaking and entering, as well as a pungent smell, to the local police.
The farmer and horse’s owner, Whitman Morgan, is currently navigating legal concerns after the “Great Elk Dust Bowls” destroyed his crops. “My horse broke free and made a bolted after the 28th Amendment was passed,” Morgan said. “I couldn’t stop him.”
Due to the intensity of the smell coming from the mayor’s tub, 17 were injured, and the event has been named “the Great Grasslands Stink.”
Fortunately the mayor survived.
“They can’t keep getting away with it!” Mann said.
Supporters from all around the world have sent love to those hospitalized
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