What should we add to make a new 28th amendment? (1 Viewer)

[AnthonyGiarrusso]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

 

[Captain Adverse]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

Nothing. IMO it is getting too piled up with Amendments diluting the first 10 as it is.

IMO it should stand and enforced as written...most importantly the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.

 

[Nomad4Ever]

Nothing. IMO it is getting too piled up with Amendments diluting the first 10 as it is.

IMO it should stand and enforced as written...most importantly the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.

Why not? It seems silly to think a document can stay relevant forever. I don't think it is "diluted".

If an argument can be made that the addition is worthy of constitutional protection...why not?

 

[Individual]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

I would prefer to see the 16th and 17th repealed, but IMO a Woman's Right to choose needs to be recognized by Federal law as I find nothing in the Constitution which would provide grounds to diminish Her Natural Rights prior to birth of a reasonably healthy new born citizen.
Taxes, Federal Debt, and Inflation are at the top of my "Need to Fix" list.

 

[The Stars Tremble]

I would have a guarantee against poverty, but I admit the wording could be tricky. Government can define "poverty" however it likes, to avoid its responsibility under the constitution.

 

[humbolt]

At those times when political factions reach an impasse so great that compromise is not possible, Humbolt shall be appointed king and resolve all disputes to his satisfaction.

Having reached such an impass, all y’all sit down and shut up. I’m driving the bus now. Free beer for everyone. And knowing y’all, you’ll be too wasted to drive, so as the only responsible adult left, I’ll continue to drive. It’ll all work out. Trust me. I sold the USS Ford to Paraguay. They’re building a lake for it.

 

[Slartibartfast]

How elections are funded should be completely rewritten to remove PACs, corporate donations, and dark money and pivot it over to public funding.

Popular election of the president and getting rid of the electoral college.

Prohibition against gerrymandering.

all federal elections are instant runoff or ranked choice voting.

I would also add a provision that there needs to be a balanced federal budget, except in times of war.

Lastly, I would add something about emotionally manipulative advertising or information techniques should be considered addiction enabling behavior and should be regulated.

 

[tshade]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

Maybe term limits or gerrymandering thing, etc

 

[The Stars Tremble]

At those times when political factions reach an impasse so great that compromise is not possible, Humbolt shall be appointed king and resolve all disputes to his satisfaction.

Having reached such an impass, all y’all sit down and shut up. I’m driving the bus now. Free beer for everyone. And knowing y’all, you’ll be too wasted to drive, so as the only responsible adult left, I’ll continue to drive. It’ll all work out. Trust me. I sold the USS Ford to Paraguay. They’re building a lake for it.

That's a really dumb Amendment. When you die, as you surely will, there will be a civil war to determine your successor.

 

[ttwtt78640]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

A balanced budget amendment.

Without a 2/3 majority vote in both the House and the Senate, total federal spending appropriations for the next fiscal year shall not exceed the total federal revenue received in the prior fiscal year.

 

[humbolt]

That's a really dumb Amendment. When you die, as you surely will, there will be a civil war to determine your successor.

Not my problem. Words on paper won’t fix anything. We have plenty of words, and we ignore those when it suits us.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Nothing. IMO it is getting too piled up with Amendments diluting the first 10 as it is.

IMO it should stand and enforced as written...most importantly the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.

I’m not sure how to reword it, but the 10A has proven itself to have been too weak to prevent the continuous expansion of federal government power and expense. We seem to have reached the point where anything deemed to be ‘important’ (by congress) automagically becomes a (new) federal government power.

 

[multivita-man]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

Multivita-man shall hold the title of Caesar Augustus Multivita-man and shall rule by decree.

 

[ttwtt78640]

I would have a guarantee against poverty, but I admit the wording could be tricky. Government can define "poverty" however it likes, to avoid its responsibility under the constitution.

The problem with that (BIG?) idea, is that it would create a great loafing class (deemed to have too little?) who are guaranteed to be handed some ‘fair share’ of the income/wealth of others (deemed to have too much?) without need to produce anything to support their (personal or household) consumption.

 

[The Stars Tremble]

Maybe term limits or gerrymandering thing, etc

Term limits are rubbish. Imagine if you applied the same rule to a business: after four years or eight years with a company, employees would have to be fired. Regardless of whether they were excellent at their job, or only just good enough to avoid an earlier dismissal. It takes choice away from the 'employer' ie the voters.

Gerrymandering is definitely a problem, but actually it kind of evens out between the parties. The base of both parties has changed, and now Democrats have the suburban advantage and Republicans are gerrymandering just to keep up. Popular vote for the House isn't that much different from representation.

An Amendment costs huge political capital. You have to spend it on something big, with very long term effects. Term limits would have long term effects (but for the worse) while gerrymandering is something that is not "ripe" yet. States like California are using independent commissions, and if that works out to the satisfaction of voters (ie, the House contingent becomes more like the popular vote) then other states may adopt it and eventually it would be easy to impose it by amendment on 1/4 of states who want to maintain their gerrymandering power.

Personally I think that independent commissions are not enough to make House contingents reflect the popular vote. It's not politically possible to reconstitute the US House as a national proportional chamber: the States are too strong in political power and in tradition. But a hybrid system where the larger the State's population, the more proportional it is, could perhaps be achieved by multiple state adoption and then nation-wide enforcement by amendment. The states which would be most dissatisfied, would be those with TWO representatives ... and there are only 6 of them.

 

[Airyaman]

There will be no more amendments. In such a divided country we'd never get 3/4 states on board.

 

[The Stars Tremble]

A balanced budget amendment.

Without a 2/3 majority vote in both the House and the Senate, total federal spending appropriations for the next fiscal year shall not exceed the total federal revenue received in the prior fiscal year.

Money for nothing is so popular, the party promising it would likely get that 2/3 in House and Senate. Sorry about that.

 

[Gordy327]

If we could add an amendment, what should be in it?

Unrestricted abortion rights.

 

[The Stars Tremble]

There will be no more amendments. In such a divided country we'd never get 3/4 states on board.

The country has been bitterly divided before, but recovered from that to pass later amendments.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Money for nothing is so popular, the party promising it would likely get that 2/3 in House and Senate. Sorry about that.

That’s a distinct possibility and could cause Austerity Day to come much sooner.

 

[ttwtt78640]

There will be no more amendments. In such a divided country we'd never get 3/4 states on board.

That’s a distinct possibility, so we’ll just allow the federal government to continue to borrow and print our way to prosperity.

 

[Rich2018]

1. Repeal the 2nd Amendment and ban privately owned guns
2. Scrap the Electoral college
3. Mandate every county to constantly maintain a list of every eligible voter
4. Make participation in the electoral process mandatory
5. Make abortion a right
6. Scrap trial by jury
7. Repeal the 1st Amendment and re-write it with one that grants the right of free speech, but bans hate speech
8. Establish the principal that the loser in all court cases pays the court costs and the winners costs.
9. No convicted felon can run for public office
10. Ban capital punishment
11. Increase the terms of office for members of the House of Representative 4 years
12. Decrease that of Senators to 4 years.

 

[AnthonyGiarrusso]

@Rich2018 Number three I like. 3. Mandate every county to constantly maintain a list of every eligible voter. That could actually be used for election integrity.

 

[Rich2018]

@Rich2018 Number three I like. 3. Mandate every county to constantly maintain a list of every eligible voter. That could actually be used for election integrity.

Glad you agree

No more having to waste money persuading people to register to vote.

 

[BirdinHand]

Nothing. IMO it is getting too piled up with Amendments diluting the first 10 as it is.

Well, then we can start removing some. Let’s start with the second.

IMO it should stand and enforced as written...most importantly the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.

The Constitution isn’t an ancient religious text. It is meant to be changed.