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To: Da Bilge Troll
I've answered it several times. Structural changes would be enforced the same way the President's term limit is now.

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No you haven't answered the question. You have merely asserted that it would work like term limits.

So when some Hitler type wanna be decides to declare Martial law, postpone elections indefinitely and continue serving past the 2 term limit, and the congress acquiesces, and the Supreme Court says it's ok - what then?

How would the 2 term limit be enforced should someone violate it? That question has not been answered, and that is the crux of what I am asking.

For most of the last 50 years, similar situations have arisen related to other laws, and the constitution has been undermined. The last President we had that truly supported the constitution and vetoed bills that were unconstitutional was Grover Cleveland.

Feds do what they want, Congress helps and/or acquiesces. Supreme Court says ok. It leads to more unconstitutional Federal intrusion.

The constitutional remedy is interposition. State and local governments and citizens push back and refuse unconstitutional laws. Other than the occasional dust up like the Bundy/BLM episode, this just hasn't happened.

It's a long road back from where we are now. The local committee chairman is another good starting point. Get honest, conservative constitutional supporting candidates to run and win those positions. It costs about ten bucks to register, and about half of the positions are not filled.

The elected neighborhood chairmen get to vote on the leadership of the GOP in their state. Get enough conservatives in this position, and you'll have the votes to kick the GOPe Rinos out of your state.

Get enough states with the conservatives in power, and you can tackle the Rinos at a national level. Go to Phyllis Schafley’s Eagle Forum and read what she has to say about the neighbor hood chairman's position.

Don't waste time proposing additional constitutional amendments that can't be enforced. Instead figure out how to enforce the laws we have, because you will surely need a plan to enforce any future amendments anyway.

59 posted on 04/28/2014 7:33:58 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes
"So when some Hitler type wanna be decides to declare Martial law, postpone elections indefinitely and continue serving past the 2 term limit, and the congress acquiesces, and the Supreme Court says it's ok - what then?"

Then the shooting starts, I guess.

"Don't waste time"

I'll waste my time my way and you waste your time your way.

"Instead figure out how to enforce the laws we have"

When you figure that out, let me know. I've been working on that most of my life and guess what the result was? It's time to try something else. This is not an either/or proposition. Why can't we do both?

60 posted on 04/29/2014 2:09:05 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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