We haven't had a meaningful Constitutional Amendment in a hundred years

THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA!

I. THOU SHALL NOT BE RICH.

II. FUCK BIG BUSINESS (Posted from my iPad).

III. THOU SHALL COVET EVERYTHING THY NEIGHBOR HAS.

IV. NO RICH ALLOWED!

V. THE ABUSE, INTIMIDATION, AND HARASSMENT OF ALL OPPONENTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY CALLING THEM RACISTS SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED.

VI. FREEDOM SHALL BE ABRIDGED.

7. ALL SUBJECTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS DEMOCRATS. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY WILL BE DEEMED RACISTS AND EXECUTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS WITH NO TRIAL OR MOCK TRIAL.

8. EACH STATE SHALL HAVE A QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPOINTED TO VOTE FOR EVERYONE IN THAT STATE TO MAKE SURE THEY VOTE CORRECTLY TO ENSURE DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

9. IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!

I Find wrote:

I find your combination of ignorance and stupidity to be fascinating.

You couldn't find a hair on your ball sack, if you had one.

Since liberals have found they can modify the constitution, even though illegal, through the Supreme Court, amendments are no longer necessary.

RIP AMERICA wrote:

THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA!

I. THOU SHALL NOT BE RICH.

II. FUCK BIG BUSINESS (Posted from my iPad).

III. THOU SHALL COVET EVERYTHING THY NEIGHBOR HAS.

IV. NO RICH ALLOWED!

V. THE ABUSE, INTIMIDATION, AND HARASSMENT OF ALL OPPONENTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY CALLING THEM RACISTS SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED.

VI. FREEDOM SHALL BE ABRIDGED.

7. ALL SUBJECTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS DEMOCRATS. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY WILL BE DEEMED RACISTS AND EXECUTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS WITH NO TRIAL OR MOCK TRIAL.

8. EACH STATE SHALL HAVE A QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPOINTED TO VOTE FOR EVERYONE IN THAT STATE TO MAKE SURE THEY VOTE CORRECTLY TO ENSURE DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

9. IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!

This here is a gem of a submission. It's setup as a parody of the Bill of Rights (enumerating the limitations of government) but borrows heavily from the 10 Commandments (enumerating behavioral limits to men). It stops at 9 rather than 10, but only employs Roman Numerals through right VI. Numbers II and 9 are just recited slogans. Use of All Caps broken only by citation to equipment(?).

Bravo.

So, I'd like to see an amendment setting term limits for congress and the supreme court.

The problems is, congress would have to propose this and pass it.

I would think this would have bi-partisan support among voters and Letsrun posters.

Instead of trying to get elected and then spending most of their time in office trying to stay elected, they would be more motivated to accomplish something in their limited time. And lifetime appointments seem real scary as justices get old and crotchety.

Pelosi and Boehner- enough.

Scalia and Ginsburg - make room for someone new

The Constitution needs to be amended to force people out who otherwise don't know when to quit.

jsquire wrote:

[quote]R2D3 wrote:Criminalize lobbying./quote]

That would be nice...except it's pretty much completely protected by the first amendment's guarantees of "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

If you mean to make it illegal for organizations and/or individuals to give money to political campaigns, I'm all for that. You'd need some other way to pay for campaigns and Buckley v. Valeo would have to be overturned among other things. But hey, you're shooting for the moon so go big or go home.

Why not make the petitions and details of associated actions available to all.

The Constituion should give women the right to drive a car, and allow minorities the right to vote. Just saying.

RIP AMERICA wrote:

THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION OF AMERICA!

I. THOU SHALL NOT BE RICH.

II. FUCK BIG BUSINESS (Posted from my iPad).

III. THOU SHALL COVET EVERYTHING THY NEIGHBOR HAS.

IV. NO RICH ALLOWED!

V. THE ABUSE, INTIMIDATION, AND HARASSMENT OF ALL OPPONENTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY CALLING THEM RACISTS SHALL NOT BE ABRIDGED.

VI. FREEDOM SHALL BE ABRIDGED.

7. ALL SUBJECTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS DEMOCRATS. THOSE WHO REFUSE TO COMPLY WILL BE DEEMED RACISTS AND EXECUTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS WITH NO TRIAL OR MOCK TRIAL.

8. EACH STATE SHALL HAVE A QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY APPOINTED TO VOTE FOR EVERYONE IN THAT STATE TO MAKE SURE THEY VOTE CORRECTLY TO ENSURE DEMOCRACY WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

9. IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!

This is why I visit lrc.

To be fair, number IV is also a slogan. Punctuation is a dead giveaway.

Democrats opposed:

The Emancipation Proclamation

The 13th Amendment

The 14th Amendment

The 15th Amendment

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

The Civil Rights of 1866

The Enforcement Act of 1870

The Forced Act of 1871

The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

The Freeman Bureau

The Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1960

The United State Civil Rights Commission

Civic duty wrote:

Democrats opposed:

The Emancipation Proclamation

The 13th Amendment

The 14th Amendment

The 15th Amendment

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

The Civil Rights of 1866

The Enforcement Act of 1870

The Forced Act of 1871

The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

The Freeman Bureau

The Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1960

The United State Civil Rights Commission

Great.

What's that have to do with this thread?

So ....

Anyone support an amendment for term limits?

And to think that it was the North that seceded from the Union all this time...

close the borders

close the borders wrote:

close the borders

There you go.

We met our goal for building the country through immigration.

No should should be allowed in or out of the country.

L L wrote:

close the borders wrote:

close the borders

There you go.

We met our goal for building the country through immigration.

No should should be allowed in or out of the country.

Better yet, no one should be allowed into or out of any public or private building, park or McDonald's.

red can-o-worms wrote:

17th Amendment had a big impact. It needs to be repealed. State Governments no longer have a representative in the Federal Government, so the Federal Government keeps growing and pushing unfunded mandates on the states.

Agreed. The way our bicameral legislature was originally envisioned by the Founders, it was supposed to be the Peoples' House and the States' Senate. Now we have the Peoples' House and Senate, the the States get zero representation in our federal government.

As for new meaningful Amendments, we could sure use one for proportional distribution of each State's electoral votes rather than the current "winner take all" electoral vote sweep. Some states do have proportional distribution, which allows the top vote getter in a particular Congressional District to receive that District's electoral vote.

Yeah, I'm well aware that some want to get rid of the Electoral College altogether and turn the USA into a de facto 3rd World country by have direct popular elections for President. Hopefully wiser minds will prevail.

Running on Empathy wrote:

Agreed. The way our bicameral legislature was originally envisioned by the Founders, it was supposed to be the Peoples' House and the States' Senate. Now we have the Peoples' House and Senate, the the States get zero representation in our federal government.

As for new meaningful Amendments, we could sure use one for proportional distribution of each State's electoral votes rather than the current "winner take all" electoral vote sweep. Some states do have proportional distribution, which allows the top vote getter in a particular Congressional District to receive that District's electoral vote.

Yeah, I'm well aware that some want to get rid of the Electoral College altogether and turn the USA into a de facto 3rd World country by have direct popular elections for President. Hopefully wiser minds will prevail.

Oh, yeah. I forgot that having a popular election for POTUS results in 3rd World country status.

MORON!