I was told that clause “the elastic clause” allowed for the government to overstep its bounds when it was necessary for the general welfare of the nation. Of course I knew they were wrong.
A repub. has been trying to pass a law to that effect for quite some time. Unfortunately, neither the law nor the amend has any chance whatsoever of ever being passed. Period. If passed, it would be ignored, much like the Cons. itself is ignored.
The problem is that the PTBs in Washington can twist the Constitution to mean anything...it is often said that you can prove anything in the Bible, well, if you are twisted enough, you can support anything by reading into the Constitution...
For example, I’ve known legislators who look at the 10th Amendment and read the part “..or the people”, then take that and say that they are elected as representatives of the people, and use that to justify almost any legislative action.
IMHO, it is more of getting back to our core, Conservative individualist principles so when we read and understand the Constitution, we do it through the principles that where guided in its writing.
The only way to hold the dems in check at this point is to
push for ballot initiatives at the state level that call
for a federal constitutional convention. This is the true
‘nuclear option’.
What would be the top ten topics at such a convention:
1. Balanced budget to limit the federal debt
2. Judiciary limits. Eliminate ‘for life’ appointments.
Direct election of judges to serve a single term of 4 years.
3. Define when a fetus gets civil rights.
4. Update the right to bear arms
More please....
How about an activist Supreme Court that strikes down the NEA, USDA, and all welfare programs as unconstitutional?
What we really need is a “Vanity Clause” to the FR constitution.
An idea for another amendment!
Given a partisan Congress that refuses to do its job where corrupt justices are concerned, the Article V majority should have the power to reverse a USSC case decision and remove Constitution-ignoring justices from the Supreme Court.