Posted on 01/09/2016 8:17:09 AM PST by Isara
I’d like to see senators placed back under the control of the state legislatures.
For many politicians, reading and complying with it would be a good start. If the SCOTUS ignores it and the left is intent on shredding the rule of law, what good will more laws do?
I’m not being sarcastic here. Will that make a difference? If it does, how? I mean, looking at the state legislators in my own state, it won’t change a thing.
I’m against a balanced budget amendment which sooner or later will be used by these demagogues as a constitutional excuse to raise taxes to “balance” the budget ON THE BACKS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE ANSWER: CUT THE $4 TRILLION FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY AT LEAST 80% AND GET IT BACK INTO ITS CONSTITUTIONAL CAGE. THAT will fix the deficit issue.
What has been done can be undone.
Perhaps I am being too negative.
True enough.
A few of my favorites:
Repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments
Require all states to be bicameral and the upper house State Senate be composed of one senator for each county and be elected from within that county.
Require Congress and Congress only to set the uniform value of currency.
Limit Federal ownership of land within a state to no more than 10% of the total lands of that state.
Require States maintain a separate election roll of voters that is purged 30 days after the new president is sworn in. Require ID to reestablish presence on the roll and require ID to cast a vote.
Definitely.
Cruz has what Trump doesn't.
“restoring power to state governments”...the founders used all the words at their disposal to limit the power of the feds. Over two and a half centuries, the wordsmiths have contrived to redefine enough words to render the original intent meaningless. Stare decisis insures that once the camel’s nose is under the tent, the camel is protected from expulsion in perpetuity. Human nature guaranteed that outcome.
How about Cruz explaining how he intends to get our jobs back after his vote on TPA, giving Obama his support on Obamatrade. Just give me some meat 'n potatoes on what is vastly important to the average schmuck trying to live right by his family.
Start with Article II and lets clean that up so Cruz can be president.
An amendment I’d like to see is that candidates can only accept campaign donations from individuals that are legally allowed to vote for them.
No union donations, no corporate donations, no PAC donations. Only donations from individual persons that can vote for them.
Iâd like to see senators placed back under the control of the state legislatures.
Also instead of trying to do the wrong thing the right way, how about just doing the right thing.
Get to the root issue: the feds have NO constitutional right to meddle in marriage. The Constitution gives the feds NO authorization to meddle in marriage. Simply enforce the Constitution that if it’s not an enumerated power, the feds can’t do it and NULLIFY THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL ACTS.
We don’t need constitutional amendments to do that. In fact some of these proposals would actually have the effect of validating the original unconstitutional federal acts.
Ted Cruz is a good guy, but he went to law school where they teach you (brainwash you with) UNconstitutional law. You have to manually and carefully sort out the truth from the lies they give you in law school. Few do that. (To the extent I have been able, I have, and continue to do so.)
I’d like to see an amendment that mandates the death penalty more than 1 year after conviction of a capital crime, and reinstate RAPE as a capital crime.
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