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In reply to the discussion: So how would you amend the constitution? [View all]petronius
(26,595 posts)92. No no: as I said, California gets a pass. There may be additional unspecified
exceptions--in both directions--when I get around to googling...
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You take that cap off and stand up with hand-on-heart when you hear Steven Tyler sing.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2016
#156
At least dissolve the tax-free status and education vouchers from tax dollars
lindysalsagal
Jan 2016
#63
So a Republican Congress could prohibit publishers from publishing certain books?
Nye Bevan
Jan 2016
#25
It's a start, but how about we remove any state which ever hosted a "Real Housewives of..." variant,
petronius
Jan 2016
#85
No no: as I said, California gets a pass. There may be additional unspecified
petronius
Jan 2016
#92
Also, mandatory retirement age for Federal judges and justices
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jan 2016
#57
give us a parliamentary system instead of the incoherent mess we currently have.
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#21
Especially since impeachment is increasingly confused with a no confidence vote
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#32
ah, that's a good point. Though I would point out that outside Latin America
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#176
This largely guts free speech protection for journalism and media organizations.
dairydog91
Jan 2016
#43
I think efforts to eliminate corporate personhood fail for this reason
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#69
The issue could be addressed directly without taking speech rights away
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#152
An Amendment Enshrining, among other things, the right to privacy penumbra from Griswold
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#37
I like the amendment Warren Buffett proposed somewhat tounge in cheek
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#71
I think every balanced budget proposition ever written has had a time-of-war out clause
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#117
You'd have to issue a war declaration. Nobody does that anymore for whatever reason.
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#144
"No descendent of Prescott Bush shall be eligible for or hold Federal office"
Retrograde
Jan 2016
#51
One interesting thing I saw recently was a map of redrawn state lines with equal populations
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#73
No, absolutely not! Soldiers have as much right as any of us to be protected from
petronius
Jan 2016
#95
Right with you. Also I'd add an express & stringent conflict of interest prohibition
JudyM
Jan 2016
#75
Audits of all govt spending; prohibition of (1) conflicts of interest & (2) falsifying "news"
JudyM
Jan 2016
#88
Re-draw congressional districts on a physical grid that does not change, ever.
lindysalsagal
Jan 2016
#65
There would be ways around that, still. Deliberately 'stacking the deck' of a district with...
randome
Jan 2016
#116
End statute of limitations on assault, and write a equal rights amendment for women, gltg
lindysalsagal
Jan 2016
#67
We could just clarify the Second Amendment, e.g. to something more like Delaware's
petronius
Jan 2016
#91
Enshrine protection of the living environment to be among the highest purposes of the state,
cheapdate
Jan 2016
#89
Where does the 'artificial persons' come from? Fear or a need for a new round of slavery?
randome
Jan 2016
#115
In a more general sense -- update the document to reflect two centuries of technological advancement
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#127
Imagine what America could be,if prisons were non-profit & prison slavery was unconstitutional.
Sunlei
Jan 2016
#150
This is for several of you that have commented in various ways about gerrymandering/redistricting, e
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#120
Are you kidding -- look how much better the Vikes have gotten in their short time in TCF
Algernon Moncrieff
Jan 2016
#123
Agreed. We should not worship a piece of paper but adhere to the concepts it spells out.
randome
Jan 2016
#135
It does create one venue where tyranny of the majority can't be practiced
HereSince1628
Jan 2016
#161
Might as well give the 2a crowd something to complain about for the next few years
BainsBane
Jan 2016
#171