Posted on 09/03/2014 3:52:11 AM PDT by markomalley
Anyone who thinks an Article V convention wouldn’t be absolutely and completely hijacked by progressives in both parties is living in a dream world.
Also, clarify the General Welfare clause so we can get rid of so many of the wasteful programs that have been justified by that mis-applied phrase.
BUMP. This is a bad, bad idea. It opens up a Pandora's Box.
I refuse to be convinced otherwise, the opinions of Mark Levin, Tom Coburn, and Freepers notwithstanding.
That's another idea for an amendment. Eliminate life tenure for federal judges, including SCOTUS. Make the terms of office for 15 or 20 years, and they cannot be reappointed to the same level of the court. So they could serve one term at the district court level, one term at the court of appeals (if they were appointed), and one term at SCOTUS, if appointed. That would be it.
And at the same time, prohibit the federal courts from creating laws by imposing their own solutions on us. If the court overturns a law or a part of a law, it must go back to Congress if it is to be changed - otherwise the law ceases to exist. The court cannot change the law to make it work (by calling a fine a tax, for example).
Don’t be fooled by this carpola. The GOP has controlled both houses of Congress off and on for many years. They could have cut the size of government as much as they wanted. They didn’t want to. GW Bush could have closed every govt agency that was created by an Executive Order. Instead he came up with the prescription drug program and increased the size and scope of government.
Have you noticed how good the Republicans are at voting en masse for new government power grabs but seemingly helpless to reduce the size of govt?
If we take back the Senate in November and elect a Republican in 2016 they can cut the government back as much as they want.
Not true. The states won't send representatives with carte blanche authority to do as they wish. They will send delegates, with specific commissions that limit their powers.
The only worthwhile amendments are structural, like returning the states to the senate, term limits, sunsetting of laws and legislative pre-approval of all administrative regulations. These are the sort that cannot be corrupted, and only under such changes is there a chance our freedoms can be restored.
I suggest public, upside-down naked crucifixions at halftime during Monday Night Football.
Not true. The states won't send representatives with carte blanche authority to do as they wish. They will send delegates, with specific commissions that limit their powers.
You mean like the fellows who sent delegates to tweak the Articles of Confederation?
Once you have a ConCon in session, there is nothing you can do to stop it.
AmP
Which delegates violated their commissions?
ConCon is for dumbdumbs
Have you noticed how good the Republicans are at voting en masse for new government power grabs but seemingly helpless to reduce the size of govt? ...
Exactly right. Republicans had both houses of congress as well as the presidency when GW Bush was in office. What we got were illegal incandescent lightbulbs. I have no reason to believe we'd get anything different the next time around.
While I understand your anger, I disagree with your solution. For treason, a firing squad will do.
“Exactly right. Republicans had both houses of congress as well as the presidency when GW Bush was in office. What we got were illegal incandescent lightbulbs. I have no reason to believe we’d get anything different the next time around.”
Yes and its somewhat likely we will take back the Senate and then the Presidency in 2016. Raise your hand if you believe the Republicans will shutter even one rogue agency of this bloated evil behemoth of a bureaucracy. Do you think they will shut down the EPA, Dept of Energy, Dept of Educ, HUD, BLM?
I predict the new Republican majority will implement immigration reform/amnesty, fail to secure the border, extend the Patriot Act, fail to demilitarize the govt agencies and keep the TSA with their hands down your pants.
The new GOP globalists will likely have to repeal O’Care as it is crumbling under its own weight.
Paul Ryan will be in charge of the budget so tax reform will consist of “closing the loopeholes” which is progressive speak for raising your individual taxes whilst telling you they are lowering the tax rate. You will still pay more. No Fair Tax for you. You didn’t really think the GOP was going to let go of that easy peasy way to just take your money before it ever goes in your pocket did you?
Muslims will still pour into the country building their mega mosques in every city.
When Dubya got elected the first time I was ecstatic. I thought well in 8 years he will be able to do fabulous things like real tax reform yada, yada, yada. Instead he began to erect a police state, bulk up the bureaucracy and take us to war in Iraq.
I’m going to go vote in Nov and in 2016 and hope I’m wrong but who thinks I will be?
Coburn is wrong. The flaw is not in the Constitution but in failure to follow the clear words of that document. Replacing those words with new words will not solve the problem that liberals are lawless and do not mind violating the Constitution. However, a convention poses the danger of producing a bogus and illegitimate “Constitution” that strips us of legal protection for our God-given rights.
Reverse the Kelo decision.
Need an ammendment to limit the power of the government to seize property under “eminent domain”.
Property may NOT be seized to increase a tax base.
The current problem is having the federal government follow the constitution as it is written. We have to fix that before any change to words on paper will have any meaning.
If we can't stop the left in their continual degradation of the meaning of the current constitution, any new constitution will also fail.
This is a risky roll of the dice. The conservatives can't win on relatively small stuff, like eliminating the Dept of Education, but think they can control a constitutional convention? Not one chance in hell.
What this gives the left is one big chance to stuff the election box and win it all.
Article V ping.
Thanks for the ping.
I am behind this 100%.
...but there are a lot of doofusses out there, and
... there is a lot of ejumacating that needs to be done.
If the political class won’t respect and obey the Constitution we have what on Earth makes anyone think they’d pay attention to a revised version? The machine isn’t broken and doesn’t need fixing, but the operators need to be replaced with new ones who are at least willing to follow the instruction manual.
Exactly!
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