Uups — post 22 “But on the flip side, we could bypass the Beltway with this. Far beyond what Levin is suggesting.”
No it’s not. This is the BASIS of what he’s suggesting. Sorry everyone.
Just a few more ideas I’m throwing out there [not necessarily covered by the Great One, who probably would not like so many words in Constitution.]
We can have a lot of ideas/amendments that are removed from the Constutition after a number of years [such as my earlier idea of police powers reg. street colors for two years.]
Executive Impeachment
States should also have the power to impeach/remove appointees in the Executive branch. Such as Eric Holder for example. Repeal Power to the States Option
State Repeal of Legislature
Another option is to allow the states to collectively repeal [Federal] legislation with a simple majority vote.
Added Power to the House Option:
Perhaps the People would not mind giving up direct vote of senators if the House had more power over the purse strings than it claims to have now. While we’re at it, bad legislation is currently too difficult to repeal. Perhaps the House should have line item veto powers on spending, and the power to repeal exhisting legislation. This could be countered by a 2/3rds opposition by the Senate.
For example, the House tries to repeal Obama-Care. But if 2/3rds of senators block the repeal, then it is blocked [and the creeps in the senate ‘out’ themselves]. But there’s always ‘two years from now’. If there’s a shift of just a few senate seats, then the repeal might succeed in a future session.