Yeah, but…would no longer be a legal defense.
I’m wondering what affect passing an amendment that banned all political parties would have. Would it make the current situation better or worse?
I don’t know exactly how to phrase it, but I would like an amendment limiting the terms of both Senators and Representatives. It is my belief that the original intent at the nation’s founding was for legislator to be a temporary job.
- Any state which re-elects any Senator or Representative must have that choice approved by simple majority in a national referendum. IF the nation decides not to approve their election, that state will be without representation until the next election for that office. (Numeric definitions of majorities will be recalculated to reflect the new numbers of Sens and Reps)
Too many legislators are “fat dogs in mangers that are long overdue for mucking out”, and I would like to give the whole country an option to give them the boot. If a state persists in re-electing reprehensible legislators, they will have to do without representation until they offer new blood, or someone acceptable to the country as a whole.
This is bipartisan and would affect a Pelosi as much as a Cruz.
While I’m at it, I’d like an amendment requiring all representatives to travel to and from Washington by bus – just so they can see what the hell is going on… but I don’t know how to word that one.
Without the logistics of a political party to support them only rich people (or people backed by rich people) would be able to afford financially and time-wise to run for office on any level. This is already true on national level politics for the most part (unfortunately) but it would trickle down to local politics too.
To require marriage be between one person who was born a man and one person who was born a woman.
Every ten years the number of Representatives each state gets will be determined by the number of voters who cast ballots over the previous five elections. That way if you suppress the vote you get fewer seats in Congress.
This comment makes no sense. Any time the popular vote splits 50.1% - 49.9% someone either wins with 50.1% or 49.9% under any system that doesn’t call for a do-over.
You do know what happens if citizens are assigned to districts randomly don’t you? With a high probability ever Congressional seat in the state goes to the party with a majority vote in the state unless the vote totals are very close. Consider California, it would take me too long to add up the vote totals but let’s assume it went 60% Democratic 40% Republican which is a bit redder than it actually did. There were 11 million votes cast and 53 districts. so a bit more than than 200,000 per district.
If you pick 200,000 voters at random when 60% voted Democratic, what are the chances the random district elects a Republican. They’re so close to zero so as to not matter. In fact if the state voted 50.5% Democratic, the chance the a Republican wins a district is .0004%
Tell me about it. I don’t remember this thread, and I apparently wrote it.
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OK, so if I’m damaged by the actions of a corporation, who do I sue? Do I have to sue every individual shareholder individually? Because that’s what I’m reduced to.
Similarly, if I invest in a corporation, perhaps via a mutual fund, and it turns out to be Enron 2: Scandal Boogaloo, how much am I personally liable for?
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I’m not saying that corporations wouldn’t have legal status. I’m just saying that this legal status wouldn’t extend to “person-hood”, meaning no corporate entity would have individual rights. It would still exist as a thing that can sue and be sued, however. (This is not completely different from how things work, at least in the states with which I am familiar. You are typically required to register your corporate entity in order to transact business in the state, and registration includes things like designating a registered agent for the purposes of receiving service of lawsuits).
That’s the best example yet of “a solution in search of a problem.”
“The rights and protections put forth herein apply without exception to all humans either born in, or naturalized citizens of, the United States of America.”
ETA: including zombies
I like it! Completely do away with the archaic institution of marriage by imposing impossible standards to who can get married, genius.
Abolish Daylight Savings Time.
The state shall make no law to protect the sensibilities of one citizen from another.
Impossible standards? I don’t think so. It has been that way for centuries. genius
Term limits for congress.
Prohibit discrimination in employment, etc. on the basis of political views, or the penalizing, even by private organizations or employers, of employees on the basis of political views.
I assume that they’re reading Man = Adult Male and Woman = Adult Female. People aren’t born as adults.
Every person who meets the requirements as a legal voter in their jurisdiction will be automatically registered to vote. The removal of voting rights shall not be a punishment for any crime. Voter registration will be the only criteria for voting for candidates for federal office. Primary elections held by political parties will not include any additional barriers to participation. Anyone registered to vote may vote in any primary.
We need more than one.
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Repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments; implement the Fair Tax
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mandate a balanced budget from Congress
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term limits on Congress; no pensions; Congress can’t exempt itself from the laws it passes