Posted on 01/09/2016 8:17:09 AM PST by Isara
MASON CITY, Iowa–Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wants to add a number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He told reporters Friday at the Praise Community Church he would like to see amendments added pertaining to a balanced budget, term limits, and restoring power to state legislatures.
“We need quite quite a few constitutional amendments,”Cruz said. "I will fight hard for a balanced budget amendment including also a term limits amendment. I think a term limits amendment is absolutely critical. If you look at the abuses of power we're seeing in Washington-term limits for members of Congress and the Supreme court."
He added, "Beyond that, I've introduced a Constitutional amendment restoring state legislators to define marriage as one man and one woman. And there are many more amendments we need, in part because the federal government and the courts have gotten so far away from the original text and our original understanding of the Constitution."
Cruz first wrote about amending the Constitution back in July when the Supreme Court ruled for same sex marriage to be recognized in each state.
The Texas senator’s remarks come as Texas Governor Greg Abbot called for a Constitutional Convention to take back states rights.
"If we are going to fight for, protect and hand on to the next generation, the freedom that [President] Reagan spoke of ... then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America," Abbott said during a speech at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Policy Orientation.
The Dallas Morning News reports Abbot will ask lawmakers to pass a bill allowing Texas to join other states calling for a Convention of States.
The Convention of States (COS) Project is organized in each states with almost one million volunteers, supporters and advocates, their website says. Alaska, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama passed the organization’s Article V resolution, which proposes amendments to the U.S. Constitution on issues pertaining to limiting the power of the federal government and establishing term limits for federal officials, since the project launched in 2013. In 2015, the COS Project filed their resolutions in 37 states.
Winner, winner.
NO BBA. Term limits, yes; repeal 16/17th, yes; State oversight/recall of Judges, yes.
As for others, there are FEW I’d be willing to even discuss until the Constitution is FOLLOWED.
why do we need more amendments? The left doesn’t even bother obeying the constitution itself!
What we NEED are congresspeople willing to prosecute those who violate the constitution
If you are on welfare, you can’t vote.
Oh look! Yet another thread filled with people that called for all manner of ammendments a mere year ago and who praised Ted Cruz a mere year ago.
Except now they have turned 180 degrees because they need to pave the way for a less conservative man to be elected.
Cancer-vatism, not conservatism.
Term limits would be unnecessary if you were to strip them of their pensions. There is no incentive to make it a career.
A term in congress is a contract position. You are elected for a two year term, at which time you are out. If you are re-elected, you have another two year contract. etc. Same for the Senate.
Your congressional pension is vested after three terms in congress, however, as a senator, after one term you are vested for the congressional pension. This needs to go away.
If you were to eliminate the pension system, and vigorously prosecute and severely punish criminal behavior, and enforce ethics violations much of this business would be unnecessary.
I am not thrilled about the idea of a balance budget amendment either, because the next communist president and congress could use it to raise income taxes to 100% and implement a wealth tax as well. They could hide behind the Constitution to justify having to raise taxes. I don’t know how you prevent a runaway government from spending and taxing into oblivion.
We Need Quite A Few Constitutional Amendments’Yea gee, those don't take too long to get done (if ever). It's not like that's all we have time for or anything.
A typical lawyer/politician/government hack.
What we need are more laws and who doesn't love more laws, bipartisanship and debating than the master debater, Ted Cruz?
First new amendment will deal with the punishment of government officials by "spanking" them.
Then we need the religious liberty amendment where all religions have the liberty to practice the way they see fit...Oh wait, we better rethink that lunacy.
Then we need the cake baking amendment so businesses have the right to bake or not bake cakes.
Then we'll have the license amendment where if your religion doesn't approve of someone, like say a Muslim doesn't approve of women driving, they can't be required to issue them a license.
Hey I have an idea Ted. Why not try the Equal Rights Amendment again. That will get you the feminist vote.
What a disgusting excuse for a candidate.
Careful, someone will be along shortly to whine about you being a big meanie to the Trumpanzees.
Then I should probably repost this from a conversation with another Freeper...
Every election since Barry took office, the GOP/conservative base spends all the primaries bouncing back and forth between candidates. There arent that many of us that actually leave the echo chamber bubble and do our own actual research of candidates and their histories.
We spend over a year bashing the bejesus out of eachother based on rumor, innuendo and leftist horsesXit, and the candidates. Historically, we have eliminated the most conservative candidates because of the oft repeated words “He can’t winâ€.
Now there is no proof whatsoever in any election that a candidate that manages to make it to the leaderboard “cannot winâ€. It is 100% speculation and most often, a debate tactic to drive down support for that candidate and to pump up the person’s choice for office.
This has historically resulted in exactly one outcome. EVERY conservative in the running is eliminated, leaving the most liberal candidate/candidates for the final showdown.
At this point, the cries sound that “The Dem is worseâ€, Principle doesn’t matterâ€, X is a lesser evilâ€, we have to win no matter what†because “This is the most important election everâ€.
Every single word above is not REMOTELY arguable because we all live through it every 2 years. Anyone wishing for concrete proof can simply look through every relevant thread on FR since Bush left office.
OK, Now to standing on principle.
When people are playing hopscotch with their new hotness of the moment, their positions are shifting wildly. We have all seen and well remember a mere year ago when Ted Cruz was the next Reagan. He was the golden child of FR.
Today he is literally called evil and I have personally had that told to me by a few posters.
Sarah Palin, likewise was the darling of FR. The vast majority of Freepers were in full support of her.
We then went through the PDS wars with screaming fits that her family was a bunch of drunks, attacks on her kids etc.
In the undercard, Freepers spend YEARS trashing people like Bhoner and Mitch and Ryan and Romney. And they trash them with legitimate criticisms based on their actions in office.
And then what happens in all cases? What happens each and every time the election comes around?
The right throws everything out the window. Lesser evil rules the day because winning is everything and what people win WITH does not make a tinker’s damn.
Then the ‘only guys that can win†usually win. And then they govern 100% leftist as we literally see with this congress, giving Barry everything he wants and then show voting to cover their pathetic asses.
But sometimes, like Mitt Romney, they are so utterly bad, they cannot beat a muslim jihadist that did 4 years of destruction.
I left him till last because he is unique. A candidate so utterly and openly leftist that his record in office mirrored Obamas. Mirrored it. Nor came randomly close. It mirrored it. Jim had that comparison posted for YEARS and there is no honest way it can be denied.
Here was a man that fathered gay marriage in America. Here was a man that fathered Obamacare. Here was a gun grabber. Here was a man that not only profited from abortion via Stericycle by BBQing the dismembered remains of aborted children, he did so taking advantage of the very laws he passed as governor.
And the right, who spent YEARS calling him satan, who fought diligently amongst themselves shredding their conservative alternatives until they dropped or were forced out, TURNED ON A DIME and screamed bloody murder to elect, trashing viciously anyone that stood up and said “No F’ing way I will electâ€...the man accurately shown above.
WE were then called everything but white men and some trash us to this day.
Now. Take a look back through this entire book here. There is not one word of it false, exaggerated, misleading or a lie. Every word is supported by the very posts of Freepers themselves.
Every election ‘we’ abandon principle to elect whatever whim we have. Every election we don’t work to elect a conservative, which supposedly is why we are Freepers in the first place. Every year we drive the party further and further left by electing the only liberals our own actions guaranteed would be the only people standing. Every election we elect or try to elect those liberals.
And then after the election ends and the liberals we elected do exactly what their liberalism ensures, we cry the blues. No promises of feet being held to the fire materialize.
And do we learn our lesson? Of course not because NEVER AGAIN! and harumph and blah blah blah. Because as history has repeatedly shown, we do do it again every 2 years. Never is obviously a very short measurement for the modern ‘conservative.’
Now to wrap this up, and hopefully I clarified my original posting here; Considering all the above, all of it factual, all of it verifiable by our own words and actions here...
Are we a base that any principled and conservative candidate is going to look at and say “There are people I can count on to have my back?â€
Probably not. So as I have said for years, the problem is self inflicted. The problem, is “USâ€. Because Democrats are not the people filling the GOP with garbage. We are. And if we actually wanted conservatism...if we actually wanted conservative candidates in power governing us...then why exactly have we done everything we possibly can to insure none will be elected and very very few will run to begin with?
Is the Dem worse? The facts show they are no more damaging to America than a liberal Republican. The entire adventure into lesser evil is a disaster and we really need to accept it. And stop making the same mistake like it was Groundhog day.
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That pretty much sums up Trump’s positions on the issues.
He needs to show us a little more.
See, I disagree. I think the existing constitutions are FINE.
They just need to be respected and enforced.
Excellent idea.
I’m not opposed to amendments in the future, if the nation survives. What I am opposed to is waiting for amendments to pass (if ever) as the way to save the US. A lot of the problems could be solved if the constitution is followed and executive orders are reversed. Then work on getting the unconstitutional laws off the books, judicially or legislatively. But before that process, talking about amending the Constitution just adds to the problem of getting things done NOW!!
I think it would be the single most effective thing we could do.
States like Michigan are under GOP control but we end up with democrat senators who vote against the will of the state almost as a reflex.
Knowing they can be removed would make them a lot more willing to act on the wishes of the state.
What whoever wins this election needs to do is restart HUAC and start jailing liberals for violations of national security, sedition, treason and denial of civil rights under color of authority.
Even and especially the elected liberals of both parties.
Says the trump supporter....you’re concern is duly noted...and ignored.
And perhaps, just perhaps his solicitation is because he is looking beyond Iowa?
And how’s that whole just enforce the constitution as it is working for you? As far as legal precedent is concerned, the constitution has been bastardized to mean exactly what the liberals say it says.
We shall see, won’t we?
I’m laughing. Mr. Constitution now wants to amend the Constitution he loves so much ten ways to the wind. Give me a break. How about we just abide by the Constitution we have Teddy? And let the 10th amendment take care of gay marriage and any other unconstitutional Supreme Court rulings.
The Alan Keyes plan. Only individuals, remove all limits and all donations must be made public.
How about no more pardon power for any president?
I didn't know we were voting for Car Salesman in Chief.
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