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Yes, the Constitution and its amendments are outdated.
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Posted on 10/09/2013 1:16:05 PM PDT by A'elian' nation
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To: A'elian' nation
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:20:35 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: A'elian' nation
The 17th was the beginning of the end if Federalism as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.
They should replace it with another copy of the 10th Amendment.
The States have virtually no power and this is where it started.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:20:52 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:21:22 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: A'elian' nation
As for the Constitution itself, lets eliminate the outdated Commerce Clause. It served its purpose for its time to help form the union. I doubt there is any state today that would impose tariffs once you cross its state line. She is wrong about that.
Pennsylvania legally charges fees for interstate commerce on the Ohio River in that state whether the ship originates in Pennsylvania or not.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:21:50 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: A'elian' nation
The communist-democrats would rather make stuff up as they go along. We all know how that would go......
There should be an effort to deride them as "regressives".
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:22:07 PM PDT
by
paulcissa
(The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
To: A'elian' nation
Correction: Their assignment asked them to "prune" the Bill of Rights, not the entire Constitution.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:24:55 PM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Pontiac
First of all, the she is a he.
And I don’t have a problem with states charging fees for interstate commerce. If someone does not want to pay it find another way around the state.
Unimpeded competition will sort it all out.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:27:30 PM PDT
by
A'elian' nation
("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
To: Kip Russell
You are right. I know it did. I took some poetic license.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:28:27 PM PDT
by
A'elian' nation
("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
To: Gene Eric
29th Amendment:
No journalist or blogger can work for a current federal administration.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:31:10 PM PDT
by
A'elian' nation
("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
To: A'elian' nation
ROTFL! What a great list!
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:35:41 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: A'elian' nation
A good start, now lets muster the Troops...
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:37:16 PM PDT
by
Rumplemeyer
(The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)
To: A'elian' nation
Weird. I thought we already had a class of 3RD graders in the White House rewriting it as we speak..
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:40:15 PM PDT
by
KittenClaws
( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
To: A'elian' nation
The 28th amendment. Congress can only enact legislation during the months of June, July, and August.
I've been advocating that for years, but there's more needed to make it truly effective:
- Every regulation proposed by an administrative agency must be passed by both Houses of Congress before it takes effect.
- Every proposed law and regulation must be read verbatim, before a quorum of both Houses, twice, prior to a vote.
- Proposed laws and regulations can only be read during the primary session of Congress.
- Primary sessions of Congress cannot extend beyond the months of June, July, and August.
- Congress mus meet, for primary sessions of Congress, in a public building within the geographical limits of the District of Columbia.
- Air conditioning is forbidden, in public buildings within the District of Columbia.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:45:48 PM PDT
by
jdege
To: KittenClaws
Good point and sadly too true. A bunch of vindictive juveniles.
All the more reason to revise the outdated amendments.
30th Amendment: Only ballots cast on Election Day and absentee ballots will be counted. No Drive In, Drive By or pre-election day votes will be counted. Nor will a state’s election hours be extended by some federal judge.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:57:23 PM PDT
by
A'elian' nation
("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
To: jdege
I love it. Thanks much for your extra by-laws to the 28th Amendment. You must have some legal expertise.
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posted on
10/09/2013 1:59:32 PM PDT
by
A'elian' nation
("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
To: jdege
Add a 7 thru 10 to the 28th
7. The Supreme Court of the U.S. and its subordinate Federal courts will only rule on the constitutionality of any law in the narrow sense that it is permitted explicitly in the Constitution or that it is not explicitly covered under the Constitution and is given to the states.
8. The president may not in any way add to, reinterpret, alter the conditions of, or change by means of Executive Orders or any other Executive instrument any standing law of the United States.
9. All citizens of the United States will be required to strictly adhere to any Constitutionally passed law with no exceptions for any resident, legal or legal alien.
10. No person or persons within the boundaries of the United States illegally will be accorded any privileges under any Constitutionally established law of the United States.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:05:54 PM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: A'elian' nation
30th Amendment: Only ballots cast on Election Day and absentee ballots will be counted. No Drive In, Drive By or pre-election day votes will be counted. Nor will a states election hours be extended by some federal judge.
Short and sweet: The Federal Government will keep its filthy hands out of State Elections.
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posted on
10/09/2013 2:09:54 PM PDT
by
KittenClaws
( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
To: A'elian' nation
Also include some language in the 28th Amendment to the effect of “Congress shall pass now law from which its own members are exempt.”
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