And if this camp is designed and run by the Dem's? Be careful of what you wish for - you just might get it.
I want/wish for a constitutional amendment establishing a 'No service, No vote' type principle.
Not trying to be argumentative, but this is the type of statement that would fit well on DU.
Funny way to be unagumentative, saying my idea would be a fit a DU.. -- Get a grip on your empty rhetoric.
It is beyond the powers allowed to the government by the Constitution. If you want to change the rules - change the Constitution via the constitutionally required process. Otherwise, please don't advocate for a buearacracy to decide what counts or doesn't count for boot camp,--
Straw man anyone? -- I'm not 'advocating' any such bureaucracy.
-- I'm advocating that we can have a boot camp type training program, [probably run by our military establishment] That would teach constitutional values to our young people, prior to enabling them to vote..
I would agree whole heartedly. If I were king I would make reading (and memorizing) the Constituion and Declaration of Independence mandatory with the capability to write word for word a mandatory requirement before graduating high school.
I would also require extensive learning that includes both the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers, in additioni to detailed study of the history of human government.
That said, the plain text of the Constitution and it's amendments is the law of the land. There are opportunities to modify it, but there should always be caution in doing so. That is why our founding fathers made it so hard to do so. Changing the Constituional voting rights of citizens on a whim is no different than restricting the right to keep and bear arms on a whim.
I am not in objection to your goals - a citizenry that understands the brilliance and importance of our Constitution.
I object to your approach and the involvement of whoever happens to be in control of the government at the time that such training occurs. See our public school system for an example of my concerns.