I'd settle for repeal of the 16th and 17th Amendments.
And as much as it'd be nice to have them, we can live without the line-item veto and congressional term limits if We the People are willing to use the ballot box to keep congress in check.
Most of them are short sighted. Others are silly. The rest are the way things really already are but we as a nation have screwed up the reading.
Too many items that are statutory rather than constitutional in nature, and some that’re just bad ideas: “Allow for the presence of “God” in the public domain.” Who dat? Moloch?
TERRIBLE idea.
Marxists would use such a convention to end Americas Constitutional freedoms.
A dangerous and foolish idea to even toy with.
to remove ANY confusion (WE Conservatives are not confused by our 2nd Amendment, but left-wing un-American progressives and liberals are, be they democrat, independent, or RINO) about just what the 2nd Amendment REALLY means...
modify the 2A to simply say...
The right of the people to keep and bear arms, ammunition, and related items shall not be infringed in any way whatsoever.
problem is that once you open a constitutional convention, the whole document is open, and you cannot control what the special interests can do.
goodbye second ammendment, for example.
Urging the current Congress and Senate to convene a Constitutional convention is a profoundly lousy idea.
SnakeDoc
NO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IS REQUIRED.
We have a perfectly good Constitution already.
What we need is a NEW CONGRESS and POTUS.
Thanks for your indulgence.
Severely limit the ability of congress to create or raise taxes without a supermajority (say 3/4) except in time of war.
I would also propose the following to eliminate unfunded mandates:
"The federal government of the United States, being a creature of the states and the people, may not require the expenditure of funds for any purpose except that it provide all necessary funds. All prior unfunded spending requirements are null and void except that the federal government provide the funds for expenditure."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
NO!
Term limits should also apply to all members of of the federal judiciary including the supreme court to terms of 12 years or less. Life time appointments make no sense in today’s longer living population.
This is non specific. Constitutional mandates need to be very precisely worded to prevent abuse. Even with that, they still abuse them. The second amendment is a perfect example of weasels twisting words to mean other than what they say.
The U.S. constitution needs two amendments.
First, “No government entity may regulate commerce between the states. If an act violates the laws of one state, but not the state where the act originated, the state where the violation occurred may extradite and pursue legal remedy for such act.”
No more federal alphabet soup.
Second, “Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court may be reversed or vacated by an act of the legislative and executive branches. If the act is not passed by a 2/3 majority in both houses, and signed by the president within thirty days of the announcement of the ruling, then the Court’s ruling shall stand. The thrity days shall begin on the first day the legislature convenes if it is not in session when the Court’s decision is read.”
The Supreme Court was never intended to have godlike authority.
If I could have a fantasy third amendment, then legislative districts would have no more than 100,000 people. Each state gets six senators and one is elected each year. This reduces the power of each individual legislator. It also makes them accessible. Representatives have a legitimate complaint that campaigning and fund raising consume much of their time. Constituents have a legitimate complaint that they have no access to their representative. Less time and money are needed to reach the voters in a smaller district. Smaller districts also reduce the opportunity for gerrymandering. A smaller district makes it more difficult to pack the district to ensure re-election of the incumbent. It also means the legislator faces competition from people who will go to the schools and supermarkets and personally know the people, not the lobbyists, who want his vote.
Further, it also means that Congress will get less done, as it will take more effort to ensure a successful vote. I think we will all be better off if Congress does less, but they’ll never surrender their power.
There seems to be no mechanism to do this (other than exorcising our 2nd Amendment rights) otherwise one of the 100 quadrillion scum sucking lawyers we have in this country would have tripped over it and sued.
Nothing but a Trojan Horse. Here we want to make the Constitution better lets have a convention. When the convention is under way they can nullify the current Constitution, then where will we be?????
Congress shall follow the Constitution as written. For interpretation see: Federalist Papers.
OK, but since Congress, the courts, and all federal, State, and local government agencies including law enforcement have completely ignored the current Constitution, what’s there to say they will follow anything new in it?
The corruption is too far gone, the bribery a matter of routine “campaign contributions”, and, frankly, they really don’t give a sh*t what you think of their ignoring the Constitution. Hell, they are writing bribery right into the health care bill! In your face! Blatantly! What are you going to do about that?!
No matter how justified a reason is for a convention, care must be taken not to open pandoras’ box. A constitutional convention has an unlimited agenda...the whole thing is open to all comers, and the World has its liberals and totalitarians to funnel supranational agendas into the process to compete with the original intended purpose.
Yes. This is a terrible idea.
The ConCon will be the end of the Republic as we know it. The left will seize control of it and, regardless of why it is conveined, will use it to overthrown our republic and eviscerate our Bill of Rights. Starting with the hated second ammendment.
Travis McGee’s excellent novel series: “Enemies Foreign and Domestic” is very specific about how this could be done.
A far better plan is to
1) Elect a conservative GOP Senate in 2010 and 2012
2) Elect a real conservative to replace Zero in 2012
3) Appoint more conservatives to the SC and
4) in time toss FDR’s unconstitutional Socialist reforms (including SSI).
And, of course, using the other mechanism to ammend the Constitution is great. That mechanism does not lend itself to mischeif making like the ConCon does.
The ConCon is the Alinkyite dream!!
Here is the background of the individual mentioned in the article. He is either a knowing Soros shill, a useful idiot, or just incredibly misguided. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say the latter.
William H. Fruth
William H. Fruth is the President of POLICOM Corporation, an independent economics research firm located in Palm City, Florida, which specializes in studying the dynamics of local economies.
He has personally evaluated the data for more than 600 local economies in the United States, created more than 150 economic and community studies, and, since 1998, has provided presentations and workshops for state-national associations and community forums in 33 states.
Through his analysis, he determines if an economy is growing or declining, what is causing this to happen, and offers solutions to improve or maintain the situation.
He is a nationally recognized leader in the field of geographic economics and also has extensive experience in economic development.
From 1988 to 1995, Fruth served as Vice President of a major industrial land development company directing the development and marketing of a 500-acre corporate park in the West Palm Beach, Florida area.
Prior to that, he was President of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, the economic development organization for the area. During that tenure was named Florida’s Economic Development Professional of the Year in 1987.
From 1980 to 1984, Bill served in a full time capacity as Mayor of Tiffin, Ohio. During this time, he was named one of the “Five Outstanding Young Men in Ohio” and was heavily involved in economic and community development locally and statewide.
Fruth has been recognized by the Florida Administrative Court as an expert witness regarding local economies and is a member of the American Institute for Economic Research and the American Economic Association.
Additionally, he is member of the International Economic Development Council, Florida Economic Development Council, and the Southern Economic Development Council.
Fruth received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Bowling Green State University in Ohio studying political theory, communications, and journalism.
A video of a sample presentation is available upon request.
a)Clearly define the meaning of socialism. Especially with respect to the government takeover of private businesses and banks.
b)Make sure we the people are not prevented from reviewing all bills being voted on by Congress. The legislative process must be transparent.
c)All bills must be read thoroughly before a legislator can vote on it.
d)Congress must govern according to the will of the people.The only except would be n the case of a national emergency such as war or natural or man-made disaster.
These are suggestions and should be worded appropriately and clearly.