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I concur. Here are mine.

1. As angry as I am, I believe that "the next civil war" is not necessarily upon us.
2. Here is the plan of action that I think we must pursue:
a) We must start a grass roots campaign to begin writing ALL of our Senators (regardless of party affiliation) and the President and DEMAND that the FIRST order of business of the New Congress next year is to repeal McCain-Feingold IN ITS ENTIRETY.
b) Failing that, we must apply pressure to our state governments to recall their senators from Washington and strip them of their political office and their Senate credentials and appoint replacement senators to complete the remaining terms.
c) The FORMER senators (assuming they refuse to repeal McCain-Feingold) should be placed on trial for treason, malfeasance, knowingly violating their oath of office and knowingly violating the Constitution.
d) The President, having signed a bill into law that he KNEW was flawed, is also guilty of treason, malfeasance, knowingly violating his oath of office and knowingly violating the Constitution. He should also be recalled from office and tried for these crimes.

ALL of these people played "pass-the-buck" politics. The senate, knowing that the bill was flawed, passed it anyway, assuming the President would veto it. The President passed the buck when he signed this flawed bill into law, assuming that the SC would strike down the unConstitutional portions of the bill. The SC has passed the same buck, leaving us - ALL of us, regardless of political affiliation - with a law that violates our Constitutional rights. Since the people we entrusted to "protect, defend and support" the Constitution of the United States have failed in their most important and sacred duty, it is up to us to take these issues in our own hands and ensure that the Constitution is restored as the rule of the land. As part of the ultimate corrections that we must demand to protect our freedoms, SC Justices can no longer be appointed for life but, instead for a 10-year term. They may be re-appointed to a second 10-year term only once; after that, they retire.

This is just a basic plan of action. We can flush it out as we move forward.

"b) Failing that, we must apply pressure to our state governments to recall their senators from Washington and strip them of their political office and their Senate credentials and appoint replacement senators to complete the remaining terms."

The long run solution is to repeal the 17th amendment and go back to appointing the senators through our state legislatures. Might be a good idea to add a recall feature though.