[servantboy777]

I really like Levin and the work he does despite how rude he sometimes can be to folks who call into his show.

Yankee trait I suppose. I have to say though, he really is only a talking head. Most everything he says, everyone pretty much knows. Levin just articulates a bit better than most.

In the end, it’s all talk. Our republic is dying at an alarming rate....and we talk, regurgitate old issues, talk some more. In the end, nothing is really affected up in la la land of D.C..

[fireforeffect]

Not having read the book, yet. And based on the several reviews and comments on Mr. Levin’s proposed amendments.

Here is one he forgot.

Excepting the armed forces of these Unites States and the militias of the several States; no law shall be made which provides exemptions or grants special privileges to any citizen, elected official, appointed official, or regular employee of these United States.

And another one.

Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Constitution of these United States; no elected official, appointed official, or employee is immune from prosecution for crimes committed in their official capacity.

[Regulator]

Levin is proposing sensible ideas that could be appealing electoral issues.

Along with “Abolish the IRS!”, another long overdue and worthy issue, the so-called Republican Party could have a tight list of easily understood measures that would starkly differentiate them from the Statist Stalinists that the Democratic Party has become.

Having some issues to win with sure as hell beats “cut the budget, us rich guys wanna keep the loot” as the only policy initiative you’ve got.

[hosepipe]

What Levin overlooks is that “the People” may be as corrupt as the givernment..

THAT; the givernment truely represents the people..
The givernment is corrupt because the people want it that way..
Proof?... If they wanted it to change they would change it.. (they don’t/won’t)..

DENYing this is a strong delusion!...
Obama(Clinton/Bush) is PUNISHMENT for corruption... by the populace..
God didn’t do it.. it is entirely... (( NORMAL ))..
Corruption seeking it’s own level..

[Beagle8U]

The problem with 12 year term limits is...

Who could afford to take 12 years out of their career to serve in Congress or on the USSC ?

The good ones would get booted after 12 years and there is an endless supply of worthless slugs waiting to fill the slot when a bad one leaves.

I have my doubts that this would be a gain.

[Albion Wilde]

bttt

[taildragger]

I'd love to see some legislators in TX, LA, KA, NC etc adopt all of Mark's recommdations and vote for them up or down in one vote and have them pass...

All we need is one State to get the ball rolling and get others attention...

I wouldn't rule out other States as well Indiana and a long shot? Michigan.

[Publius]

Kas, normally I like the writing of Mr. Bozell -- and his grandfather, who ghost-wrote Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative. But sentences like this make me cringe:

He proposes a Constitutional convention, not one called by Congress but one impaneled by two-thirds of state legislatures, and which would require a three-fourths margin to pass any new amendments.

The amendatory process under Article V consists of three steps: Proposal, Disposal, and Ratification.

Proposal:

There are two ways to propose an amendment to the Constitution.

The Congressional Method requires the House and Senate to pass an amendment by a two-thirds majority.

The Amendments Convention Method requires the legislatures of two-thirds of the states to petition Congress to call a Convention for Proposing Amendments. The states may request a single-subject convention or a general convention open to all subjects. Mr. Levin's suggested amendments would require the states to request a general convention. Once the two-thirds threshold is reached, Congress is required to set a time and place for the convention.

Article V gives Congress and an Amendments Convention exactly the same power to propose amendments, no more and no less.

Disposal:

Once Congress, or an Amendments Convention, proposes amendments, Congress must decide whether the states will ratify by the State Legislature Method or the State Ratifying Convention Method. The State Ratifying Convention Method has only been used twice: once to ratify the Constitution, and once to ratify the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition.

Ratification:

Depending upon which ratification method is chosen by Congress, either the state legislatures vote up or down on the proposed amendment, or the voters elect a state ratifying convention to vote up-or-down. If three-quarters of the states vote to ratify, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

Mr. Bozell's sentence makes it sound as though an Amendments Convention also possesses ratification powers. It does not.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

"Levin quotes Tocqueville reflecting on the Constitutional Convention of 1776"

Wasn't the Constitutional Convention in 1787?