If you can’t figure out how to make the checks and balances work with this government, What makes you think you can figure it out with a new government?
That's a worthy question, DannyTN, to which I don't have a sure fire quick and easy answer. I've got a hopeful answer, but won't try to pass it off as sure fire or quick and easy.
When we restore our lost constitutional republic, the first order of business will be to reassert our Constitution. I believe the second order of business ought to be to extend—not replace, but enlarge—the Bill of Rights to include:
1. A clear definition of rights, and a decisive exclusion of imaginary "rights" or "entitlements" that transgress individual rights.
2. A list of the unquestionable rights of citizens, each with specified responsibilities. I'd like to see freedom of worship, speech, the press, and assembly listed as distinct rights, along with such additions as life, property, privacy, travel, communication, and freedom from unequal treatment under law; as well, I'd like to see the Second Amendment expanded into a more comprehensive right to individual and common defense without a prefatory clause cluttered with the security of a free state or the militia.
3. A requirement that all courts set aside precedent from past rulings pertaining to rights, and rule exclusively in accordance with the letter and spirit of the extended Bill of Rights, which is to say: in strong favor of individual rights over other claims or considerations.
4. A complete list of the powers and authorities of the federal and state governments, each with clearly delineated and limited responsibilities. The shorter the list, the better.
5. A list of powers and authorities prohibited to the federal government and another pertaining to state governments. The longer the list, the better.
6. A prohibition against expansion of the federal government's powers or authorities absent constitutional amendment.
None of that's fail-safe, to be sure, but I believe those would be steps away from the barbarity of leftism.
I don't think you can restore enumerated powers without a clear plan to deal with the programs that are outside of enumerated powers. Probably easier to grandfather them all and deal with them one by one.
But if you can't get support for an amendment to do so, then you wouldn't be able to get support for it in a new governement either.
I don't think you can restore enumerated powers without a clear plan to deal with the programs that are outside of enumerated powers. Probably easier to grandfather them all and deal with them one by one.
But if you can't get support for an amendment to do so, then you wouldn't be able to get support for it in a new governement either.