> Repealing a constitutional amendment is massively difficult

But passing one isn't?

Massively unpopular?

Please tell me how a massively unpopular law ever becomes a constitutional amendment. It does not happen.

"Ratification was achieved on January 16, 1919 when Nebraska became the 36th of the 48 states to ratify the amendment. On January 29, acting secretary of state Frank L. Polk certified the ratification. By 1922, 46 states had ratified the amendment.

The following states ratified the amendment:

Mississippi: January 7, 1918

Virginia: January 11, 1918

Kentucky: January 14, 1918

North Dakota: January 25, 1918

South Carolina: January 29, 1918

Maryland: February 13, 1918

Montana: February 19, 1918

Texas: March 4, 1918

Delaware: March 18, 1918

South Dakota: March 20, 1918

Massachusetts: April 2, 1918

Arizona: May 24, 1918

Georgia: June 26, 1918

Louisiana: August 3, 1918

Florida: November 27, 1918

Michigan: January 2, 1919

Ohio: January 7, 1919

Oklahoma: January 7, 1919

Idaho: January 8, 1919

Maine: January 8, 1919

West Virginia: January 9, 1919

California: January 13, 1919

Tennessee: January 13, 1919

Washington: January 13, 1919

Arkansas: January 14, 1919

Illinois: January 14, 1919

Indiana: January 14, 1919

Kansas: January 14, 1919

Alabama: January 15, 1919

Colorado: January 15, 1919

Iowa: January 15, 1919

New Hampshire: January 15, 1919

Oregon: January 15, 1919

North Carolina: January 16, 1919

Utah: January 16, 1919

Nebraska: January 16, 1919

Missouri: January 16, 1919

Wyoming: January 16, 1919

Minnesota: January 17, 1919

Wisconsin: January 17, 1919

New Mexico: January 20, 1919

Nevada: January 21, 1919

New York: January 29, 1919

Vermont: January 29, 1919

Pennsylvania: February 25, 1919

New Jersey: March 9, 1922"

Massively unpopular.

That's your actual argument. Massively unpopular.