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"There are like 10 things I would change in the Constitution with a magic wand."

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[randys1]

1. As well as everything they would change would reduce benefits/rights for

non white christian male millionaires.

[world wide wally]

2. They also want to repeal the 14th Amendment which grants birthright citizenship.

Last election cycle, they wanted to repeal the 17th Amendment which allows for citizens to vote for Senators instead of having them appointed by State Legislators.

But they sure cling to that 2nd Amendment like it was written by God

[niyad]

13. they also want to repeal the 19th amendment.

[packman]

3. The people on the right who -like Pavlov's dog salivate

at the ringing of that constitutional bell, have little or no idea of how torturous, complex and time-consuming it is to change the Constitution. They believe that their man can come in and "WHAMO-BANG" wave their penis wands and it will be done. Idiots.

[Scuba]

4. And Donald Trump says the 14th Amendment won't stand up in court. WTF?

[underpants]

6. All the rage in the RW bubble

Apparently Laura Ingraham was trumpeting this to Greta Vanwhatever

[Scuba]

8. OMG! The Constitution is unconstitutional!!

[merrily]

20. Appropos of nothing, have you heard Greta trying to say "candidate?" What the hell?

[underpants]

22. I'm just saying that they are convincing themselves

and will suck up 10-20% of news talk with the "well you know, some people say...." BS

[BruceStern]

15. His legal team stopped investigating this issue after Dred Scott.

[Thor_MN]

33. Combine some of them to see the lunacy..

Trump thinks he cane get rid of the 14th and deport all non-citizens. Huckabee and Paul want to extend the 14th to fertilized eggs. Cruz may have some issues about his Canadian birth.

Cruz's issue raises the question of "Natural Born Citizen". Regardless of one's opinion, a fertilized egg has not been born, therefore can not be a natural born citizen, so does the 14th amendment apply to them? And since they are not citizens, Trump wants to deport them.

If one must be a citizen for the constitution to apply, how can a corporation have 1st amendment rights?

[underpants]

5. I heard they also want to amend the 2nd

to add "HELL YEAH!"

[Paladin]

10. If they put the 14th on the chopping block, it ought to be open season on the 2nd. (nt)

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

11. I think I might've heard what you heard

Only to me it sounded like they wanted to add YEEEeeeeeeeeeeeHAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaw

[underpants]

23. They are going to work that out in their Constitutionsl Convention

At the Koch brothers place.

[DetlefK]

7. "What parts of the US constitution do you hate most?"

Would it be unfair to ask them that question?

[radhika]

9. They'd likely add an amendment to marginalize the role of SCOTUS...

Essentially, they'd want to a new one that nullifies Marbury v Madison. That case ruled that SCOTUS is the supreme law of the land. The'dy want to use any future legislative majorities to impose whatever policies they pass without judicial review.

They'd also want to affirm in an amendment what they and their funders most believe: Corporations are indeed people.

Both of these are necessary to set Plutocracy in stone.

[niyad]

12. jeb!'s magic wand??? ackkkkkkkk, mind bleach, quick!!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

34. Let's hope

he doesn't start singing 50 Cent's Magic Stick.

[yuiyoshida]

14. All of them would probably favor dumping the Constitution

in favor of making their own Republican party version, complete with crayons and copies of the bible.

[merrily]

21. Why not? When we were in total control of Iraq, we allowed the new Constitution

to incorporate all of Islamic law by reference--and there is not even one source of definitive Islamic law--IOW, no equivalent of, say, the Pope, who is a final authority on what is Catholic and what isn't.

[ShrimpPoboy]

16. To be fair

amendments are exactly how the constitution is supposed to be changed and the process is spelled out in detail. The framers obviously expected future generations to make changes and gave us a way of doing that democratically. I don't think following the rules to amend the constitution is disrespecting it or failing to defend it. It's how the process is supposed to work. Ignoring what is written now or trying to make changes improperly (like extreme judicial interpretations) is another matter.

I don't agree with any of the amendments suggested in the OP of course, but I don't fault them for the idea of changes generally. I can think of a couple I'd consider making too (ERA comes to mind).

[merrily]

19. Too bad I posted before reading the thread. I could have just posted +1 to this.

[louis-t]

17. This is what I keep saying...

Republicans LOVE the Constitution, except for the parts they want to change.

[d_legendary1]

24. Which is everything but the 2nd Amendment

Cuz we can't trust the gubbermint!

[merrily]

18. The Constitution does provide for amendments to the Constitution.

Ignoring the Constitution is a problem. Amending is very difficult, but, if successful, not a problem.

We would like amendments as well; and I don't see a thing wrong with talking a lot about the Constitution. IMO, we don't do that enough.

However, the amendments they want are a problem.

[oldandhappy]

25. What a hoot. thanks

[MADem]

26. Talk about bifurcated reasoning! On one hand, they whine about what the "founders intended," and on

the other, they have no respect for what's written in the document! It's hilarious!

[asjr]

27. Our forefathers surely never expected what their Republican

fellows would want to do in the 21st century. I am still amazed at the crazy acts now.
I wish we had acted quickly after the theft in year 2000.

[MADem]

31. Events got in our way, unfortunately.

And Al Gore should have stood his ground--he was damned if he did/damned if he didn't.

[czarjak]

28. Hope and change...

Republican version.

[63splitwindow]

29. The fact they mock the concepts of "Hope and change..."

speaks volumes about their total lack of REAL character, but then everything else they say and do does likewise.
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[Fritz Walter]

30. In short: whatever the Koch Bros. tell us should be in the Constitution

What a bunch of whores!

And shameless ones at that.

[ion_theory]

32. Haha I actually used this in an argument with a repug last week. nt

[allan01]

35. how does this nonsense rebuild our roads , bridges and other things ?

nuke

[valerief]

36. The GOP talk about protecting "life" and are warmongers and won't

give food/shelter to the needy. The GOP talk about the deficit and spend the most. The GOP talk about the "sanctity" of marriage and have no problems with multiple divorces. They're the Reverso party. Everything they say is the reverse of what they do.

[3catwoman3]

37. I was listening to Norman Goldman's radio show on the way home from...

...today, and he re-iterated his rationale for why an embryo cannot/should not be granted the same rights as someone who has already been born. He explains it thusly:

An embryo can be frozen, thawed later and implanted into a woman's uterus and healthy baby may result.

Can you freeze a 1 minute old newborn and thaw it out later and have a healthy baby? No.

A caller had a similar scenario. You are in a lab with a living 6 year old child, and a box of 20 frozen embryos. A fire breaks out in the lab, and you can save only the child or the box of frozen embryos - not both. Which do you save as you go running out of the flame-engulfed lab?

[lonestarnot]

38. Apparently they have a diaper fetish and have mistaken the Constitution to be just full of shit.