Constitutional Amendment Idea

Self | 07 Jun 10 | Self

[NerdDad]

I didn’t see the part that says that congress has to live by the laws that they pass.

[OneWingedShark]

>It was a mistake to lower majority from 21.

I don’t think so; 18 year olds are perfectly capable, and IMO culpable for their actions.

I think what was/is a mistake is keeping so many age-groupings:
16 for driving,
17 for enlistment,
18 for tobacco,
21 for alcohol,
etc.

Legally-speaking if something is to be divided/differentiated based on age it should very likely be on majority/minority; the restrictions on ages of political positions s for EXACTLY the reason [immaturity] that it seems you are citing.

[OneWingedShark]

>I didn’t see the part that says that congress has to live by the laws that they pass.

Interstate Rape covers that! ;)

LOL - Actually, I don’t see how Interstate Fraud wouldn’t be applicable in that case; remember that Section 2 is cutting out their ability to put loopholes into the income taxes in return for [any] payoff, and if it is a particularly egregious “do what I say and not what I do” chances are that they’ll be violating the Conspiracy Against Rights.

[OneWingedShark]

>You should be able to tell by the copyright date if something has expired.

That’s a good idea.
Fifteen would probably be a better number than fourteen though... unless you can give me a reason you chose fourteen, that is.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

You would like an 18-year-old POTUS?

(Not that some would not be better than what we have now,
but what you would probably get is an 18-year-old Obama.)

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Oh, also, and an 18-year-old may be capable of feeding and clothing him or herself and procreating, but making rational decisions about government before they have a few years of real life under their belt is another matter.

[Vermont Lt]

Simple is better.

This is way, way too complicated. I stopped reading when you started regulating local laws with constitutional amendments.

How about we just vote out the A-holes that are ruining our country.

[wendy1946]

You’re looking at the smaller part of the problem. Try www.webofdebt.com for the larger part.

[zeugma]

Fifteen would probably be a better number than fourteen though... unless you can give me a reason you chose fourteen, that is.

I chose 14, because that was the original term, though they also gave you the ability to renew it once, for a total of 28 years. I think the renewability is a bad idea,  because it generates uncertainty and fees for lawyers. One fixed term of definite length is better IMO. (This is one of the few things I'd second-guess the founders on.) :-)

[Clinging Bitterly]

hmmm