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Change the Constitution? Both Left and Right Want More Amendments to the Constitution
Townhall ^ | 07/06/2022 | John Stossel

Posted on 07/06/2022 9:55:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: ridesthemiles

Yes, some of the letters are so worn it’s hard to see them.

It is such a simple concept, if you are ONLY an American, you are naturally an American.

If you are also some thing else, you are NOT naturally an American.


41 posted on 07/06/2022 11:30:53 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JesusIsLord

That would include lots of Republicans who are fans of Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, Haley and George P Bush and everyone who was in office on Usurpation Day.


42 posted on 07/06/2022 11:32:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: mewzilla

The leftists will stand against restoration with all their might. When caos ensues, the leftists will have a giant AHA moment, for that is the time where might is right. There is always someone bigger, stronger, smarter, or with more ammo!


43 posted on 07/06/2022 11:37:05 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: Billthedrill
With the possible exceptions of federal ammo subsidies and a Strategic Beer Reserve.

Beer doesn't last long in storage, so in addition to the Civilian Marksmanship Program to sell off unused government surplus ammo, you'll need a Civilian Beersmanship Program.

44 posted on 07/06/2022 12:02:20 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
That would include lots of Republicans who are fans of Cruz, Rubio, Jindal, Haley and George P Bush and everyone who was in office on Usurpation Day.

Regardless of party, if you take an oath to uphold the Constitution and break that oath, you should be impeached, removed and where applicable prosecuted and jails for breaking the law.

I'm sad to say that for too long our republic has allowed our government to be controlled and ruled by individuals and parties that pick and choose the sections of the Constitution that they'll obey.

It will take a miracle to save our nation from the anti-American globalists who are causing our destruction.

45 posted on 07/06/2022 12:09:33 PM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: RFEngineer

Thune..
Come home


46 posted on 07/06/2022 12:17:34 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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To: SeekAndFind
My proposed change would be a slight editing of the 2nd Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

47 posted on 07/06/2022 12:43:51 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: DoodleDawg
I cannot imagine a single issue from the left or the right that would get the necessary number of states to ratify.

In their wisdom the Founding Fathers gave us a way to change the Constitution. Also, in their wisdom though, they made it difficult to change on purpose. If it was easy, the left would change it willy-nilly and be full of self-contradictions, none of them good.

48 posted on 07/06/2022 12:52:43 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m no expert on the American Constitution but I do think it should be amendable based on historical context. Not to restrict rights, but to extend and confirm precedence.

Example: First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

I’d split them back out to make it clear that the First Amendment currently merges five rights into one - they’re not additive or overlapping, they are distinctive. In no particular order:

1 (a). “The freedom of citizens to speak, to write, or to publish their individual sentiments, shall be inviolable.”

1 (b). “The freedom of journalists to investigate and publish, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.”

1 (c). “The People shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to peacefully assemble, and consult for their common good.”

1 (d). “The People shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to peacefully petition their Government (state or federal) for a redress of grievances.”

1 (e). “The People shall not be deprived of their right to practice their religion.”

1 (f). “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment or prohibition of a national religion.”

That’s only an example. The wording might be open to discussion. Personally, there needs to be a distinction between individuals and organisations at 1 (a) and (b) for the simple reason that individuals need protecting while they’re researching and publishing their findings but aggregators of content (especially online scrape-bots) are subject to corporate responsibility so regulating them is more of a states matter. In the event that a state overreaches, the individual journalists have protection under the Constitution through three constitutional rights, to blow the whistle and challenge the state.

1 (c) (d) and (e) are rights accorded to the individual. 1 (f) confirms that a State can adopt a religion, but it cannot do so in a way that violates the individual right of worship.


49 posted on 07/06/2022 1:44:30 PM PDT by MalPearce
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To: South Dakota

Allow Senators to be elected, but also allow State House, and popular recall.


50 posted on 07/06/2022 2:11:11 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! S Matter)
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To: Red Badger

<>The Founders made it difficult to do so for a reason..................and this is it................<>

For eighty-some years, Scotus regularly amended the Constitution. Too many Freepers are comfortable with that.


51 posted on 07/06/2022 2:20:47 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: DoodleDawg

So we propose and then we run on it until we get the votes.


52 posted on 07/06/2022 4:21:32 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: NicoDon
Corporations should not be considered to be people. Corporations should not be allowed to make political donations. Corporations should not be allowed to lobby. Citizens should have all these “rights” (wrong word, but it conveys the idea) reserved to themselves.

All PACs are corporations. All corporations are is a group of people joined together for a common end, like a team or any civic group or any other group of people (who have free speech rights.)

Money is a means -- the means -- of delivering political speech.

Do youu intend to prevent labor unions from lobbying or making political donations?

53 posted on 07/06/2022 4:30:50 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Stossel TV's Mike Ricci takes the idea further. "If your father, mother, siblings, uncle, cousins were elected to federal office, you can't be." That would curb Kennedy/Bush-like dynasties.

So Rand Paul would be ineligible?

54 posted on 07/06/2022 4:35:33 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: servantboy777

Why the 14th?


55 posted on 07/06/2022 4:36:17 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: MalPearce

1 (e) The right of the people to practice their religion shall not be denied or infringed in any manner.


56 posted on 07/06/2022 4:50:47 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Are you still on about this?

"No one born with more than ONE nationality is NATURALLY an American because they are also born something else."

No, that's not what "natural born citizen" means. Never has. You were wrong then and you'll continue to be wrong. Find another obsession.

57 posted on 07/06/2022 5:05:39 PM PDT by mlo
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To: SeekAndFind
"But the Constitution originally accepted slavery. It's good that we can amend it."

Only for a limited time. It didn't require slavery. In principle, slavery could have been abolished without an amendment.

58 posted on 07/06/2022 5:16:56 PM PDT by mlo
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To: SeekAndFind

I would:

Explicitly list a right of contract.

Limit the federal government’s authority to commerce that truly crosses state lines.

Strike the introductory clause of 2A, since it confuses so many.

Restore the selection of senators to the states.


59 posted on 07/06/2022 5:20:23 PM PDT by mlo
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To: TBP
"1 (e) The right of the people to practice their religion shall not be denied or infringed in any manner."

What if a religion requires human sacrifice?

60 posted on 07/06/2022 5:21:22 PM PDT by mlo
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