Posted on 12/09/2021 6:09:27 AM PST by Red Badger
I would supplement Section 4- All Supreme Court Justices must step down after 14 years on the bench regardless of age!
A good thought, but what about the horde of utterly unaccountable career “civil servants”?
I submit that they present a far greater danger than lifelong congresscritters. For example, who outside of Southern California would know about Adam Schiff if it were not for James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, Bruce Ohr, Andrew McCabe, etc?
Placing additional restrictions on the constitutionally prescribed parts of our government while doing nothing to contain the morass of the administrative state will just tip the balance of power further to the bureaucrats.
I’d rather see Federal employment be term-limited before constitutional offices.
Yes, on paper… but they apparently changed rules for staffers about reporting on them.
A staffer should never know about their bosses private finances...................
They are never going to vote to limit themselves.
We no longer enforce current laws. New laws mean nothing.
They can see evidence of it.
Anyway, this whole thread is about fixing something that wouldn’t matter if the Constitution were obeyed in the first place. With almost all domestic federal activity ceasing if we honored the Law rather than FDR corruption they couldn’t enrich themselves the same and many other abuses too.
We already have term limits. They’re called elections.
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100% correct.
We in VA-7 dealt with Cantor and saved the country from Rubio’s Gang of Amnesty bill by taking out Cantor the day before the GOP House leadership was going to pass it with Democrat votes.
Doesn’t seem to stop them from doing it.
Just remember that recent West Point graduate with “communism wins” inside his hat......
And General Milley.
Not correct. Get behind the Convention of States movement and get your state to approve it, if it has not. Problem solved.
Where did you see anything in the article about a Constitutional convention?
Never, not until you limit staff. People who propose these types of idiocy are either idiots or commie operators.
Do not fall for this. Term limits of staffing will end the swamp, not term limiting the folks the CONSTITUENTS send to the capitals.
SMH!
Term limits are cool, but a MUST-include is a service limit on office assistants. They already control everything and behind the scenes, they change offices and gather “experience.” NOBODY can serve, in the lifetime aggregate, as an assistant to an elected official for more than the 12 year limitation on either house. They are unaccountable and their power will only grow as unrestrained “experienced” assistants will be highly sought because they “know the ropes.”
Darn, Bob. You sniped me while I was replying. GMTA
I’m probably going to touch off a powderkeg...but repealing the 19A would cause a backlash the world has never seen.
Can you imagine the s**tstorm that’d happen when wives, girlfriends, and every woman over 18 is told that their political opinion doesn’t count?
I know the common opinion around here is “Shut up and make me a sammich”. That dog don’t hunt in a vast majority of the female population. And what are you gonna do if they assert themselves? Beat them?
That whole women’s sufferage thing has left the barn a LONG time ago and there’s no getting it back in.
Some folks here are against a Convention of States because it’s so unpredictable. I disagree, and think it’s worth the risk. Our Republic is daily slipping away, and it’s time to roll the dice.
Anyway. a Convention is one way to impose term limits. But that might be a very long wait (if ever). So I’m in favor of a faster solution; pass an Amendment the usual way. Unfortunately, that can only happen if the current office-holders are exempt. Ugh! I know that’s distasteful.
Apparently not “illegal” enough.......
The Founders were very prudent to set the minimum age to serve in Congress and become POTUS. One could hope that by a certain age there would be a degree of wisdom, though AOC proves this is not always the case. As for a maximum age 80 would not be unreasonable, but strict term limits might take care of the problem.
Our current troubles are very much the result of a media totally willing to become the propaganda arm of the Democratic party. The Founders of our republic had faith that an independent free press would shine the light of truth on political miscreants. Sadly a independent media has become a thing of the past and the WhiteHouse is now colluding with the media on how to report the news. I cannot see any Constitutional fix for this problem
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