This increased calls to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Some states require a supermajority for passage of a constitutional amendment or statutory initiative. He supports a constitutional balanced budget amendment and comprehensive tax reform. He voted for the Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment of 2011. The party believes that any attempt to make laws barring the second amendment is unconstitutional. This proposal ultimately led to the Ninth Amendment. He voted in support of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Ayotte favors passage of a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Enforcement of the law under the Eighteenth Amendment lacked a centralized authority. During Prohibition there was controversy among women concerning the 18th amendment. Gabbard became well known for his advocacy for Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998). Articles 31A and are added by the first constitutional amendment in 1951. Efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment have continued. In the first year after ratification of the 16th Amendment, no taxes were collected. Over 70 proposals for an amendment were drafted.