Posted on 08/25/2013 2:36:07 PM PDT by Jacquerie
Amendment to establish congressional term limits. No more than twelve total years combined in house and senate.
Amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment. Governors may fill vacancies to fill out remainder of terms. Upon two thirds vote, state legislatures may remove their senators.
Amendment to establish twelve year term limits on scotus. On three-fifths vote, and within twenty four months of a ruling, congress or the states may override scotus decisions. These overrides are not subject to judicial review.
Congress shall submit preliminary budget to president by first Monday in May for the next fiscal year. Should congress/president not adopt a budget by October 1st, the budget shall be set at 5% less than the last year’s budget. Outlays no greater than receipts and no greater than 17.5% of previous year’s GDP. Congress may suspend the 17.5% limit for one year on a roll call vote of 3/5 of members. National debt to require 3/5 roll call vote. Maximum limit of 15% income tax. Deadline for filing tax returns shall be the day before elections to federal office. Ban on tax of decedent’s estate.
All federal departments expire unless individually reauthorized in stand-alone legislation every three years. A joint committee of congress shall review and approve all executive branch regulations that exceed $100 million in economic burden. There is a six month window. If the committee does not approve within that time, the regulation dies.
Congressional power to regulate commerce does not extend to activity within a state, regardless of effect on interstate commerce. No entity may be compelled to participate in trade or commerce.
Property owners shall be compensated for actual seizure or when a market value reduction of $10,000 or more occurs through regulation, interference, financial loss caused by any governmental entity.
State legislatures, on two-thirds vote, may amend the constitution. Six year limit from first state to ratify. No state may rescind or ratify during the six year limit.
All congressional bills shall be placed on the public record for a minimum of thirty days before final votes. Two-thirds of congress may override. Three-fifths vote of state legislatures may nullify/repeal a federal statute or executive branch regulation that exceeds $100 million in economic burden. Nullification is not subject to any court review. States have two years to exercise this authority.
Photo ID required to register and vote. States will provide them at no cost if necessary. Excepting military personnel, there shall be no early voting more than thirty days prior to the date of the election. More restrictions to reduce third party registration and voting fraud.
BTW, the Democrats were only 4 seats short of 3/5ths in the House, and had effective control of 60 seats in the Senate in 2009.
Can you imagine what they would have done if they knew they could override the Supreme Court?
...reduce third party registration...”
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It is not talking about you registering to be a member of a third party.
It is talking about how third party groups such as ACORN and ACLU etc. organize and register voters.
Stand by Dicky boy, you are about to get flamed like I did last night.
Oh, I agree with you 100%. You are correct, but that won’t matter.
You, with your post, have “embarrassed” yourself. Chowderhead!
Open your mail tomorrow, you will see what I mean.
Keep a stiff upper lip!
Much of the damage scotus has inflicted these past 80 years was at the expense of those powers not granted to the federal government, i.e. those reserved to the states.
A senate of the states will be far different from the one that is currently populated by demagogic buffoons.
I hoped so. Thanks for the clarification.
"It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices." - Chief Justice John Roberts
Their biggest mistake in 2009,
when they had full control of the house, the senate, the presidency, and the media,
was that they did not appoint 10 new supreme court justices.
There was nothing that could have stopped them from doing it.
You can’t repeal that what was never passed.
If you try to have a limited Con-Con once opened then they can do anything they want.
See Dr. Edwin Vieria and his books and articles on the subject. He nails it.
If you have the Con-Con who will be the delegates? Any one you trust in politics today?
Sounds like anti-Federalism, no?
Read the book by that title. ( The Anti-Federalists) Not everyone agreed with the federalists for good reason. Reads like a prophecy book.
BookMark
These are great, but since The Constitution and Amendments we already have are being violated with impunity every day, it's a bit like tilting at windmills to propose more.
No on Schumer, yes on Frank, no on Pelosi, no on Reid, yes on Kerry, yes on Stark, no on Waters, yes on philosophical clones.
Article I Section 6.
-PJ
Concerning how delegates to an Amendments Convention would be chosen and how it would conduct business, I have two reference works. I respectfully suggest you print them off and study them because they have two completely different visions as to how it would work.
The first is from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative pro-business group. That makes me believe they just might be the good guys. I like the conclusions to which the author arrived. This document has been sent to every state legislator in the country.
Proposing Constitutional Amendments by a Convention of the States: A Handbook for State Lawmakers
The second is a 1973 report from the American Bar Association, a lobbying group, attempting to identify gray areas in the amendatory process to include an Amendments Convention. It represents the view of the ruling class of 40 years ago. I don't like some of their conclusions, but they have laid out the precedents that may justify those conclusions. What I respect is the comprehensive job they did in locating all the gray areas. The even identified in 1973 a gray area that didn't pop up until the Equal Rights Amendment crashed and burned in 1982. Even if you find yourself in disagreement with their vision, it's worth a read to see how and why the ruling class will try to take over and run an Amendments Convention. (For the record, I am not on their side.)
Report of the ABA Special Constitutional Convention Study Committee
Dear Mr. Justlurking,
Please try “justreading” instead of “justlurking”. The proposed power of Congress to overrule a ruling of the Supreme Court must be exercised within two years of the ruling.
In any case I fail to see how that has anything to do with overruling existing provisions of the Constitution. I could say that you seem confused, but that might be too generous.
Today's senators are putty in Obama’s hands because they are popularly elected. Return the senate to the framers’ design.
Please read the post.
"No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."
First question, would the Constitutional convention be a civil office under the authority of the United States? Isn't the reason behind it to keep it separate from the federal government? Second question, don't you think there aren't a ton of Schumer clones and Pelosi clones and Reid and Kerry and Waters clones who would do everything they could to be a convention delegate?
You really think so? Why?
A most excellent question!
On the hundredth anniversary of the horrible 17th Amendment, I posted this.
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