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KingSweden
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« on: July 31, 2018, 04:46:46 PM »

- Some form of restriction on gerrymandering/money in politics
- Mandate supermajority votes in Senate for all judicial candidates
- Set a formula for House size growth. Wyoming Rule is my favorite but I’m open to suggestion
- Make Senators elected for single non-renewable 10 year terms
- Make process for amending Constitution easier
- Narrow the powers of Senate to up-down votes, with all legislation originating in the House. No amendments from Senate floor/committees.
- Single six-year term for the President/Vice President
- National popular vote
- Define Commerce Clause more narrowly to allow states more power over economic affairs without federal permission
- Some form of straightforwardly worded and understood equal rights amendment
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KingSweden
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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2018, 07:52:55 PM »

- Mandate supermajority votes in Senate for all judicial candidates

3/5ths or 2/3rds (like most Constitutional supermajorities)? If 2/3rds, you can pretty much guarantee that the federal judiciary will end up pretty much completely vacant.

2/3rds. Obviously that would go in hand with my other proposed reforms, the idea being towards guaranteeing consensus nominees
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2018, 10:33:49 PM »

- Mandate supermajority votes in Senate for all judicial candidates

3/5ths or 2/3rds (like most Constitutional supermajorities)? If 2/3rds, you can pretty much guarantee that the federal judiciary will end up pretty much completely vacant.

2/3rds. Obviously that would go in hand with my other proposed reforms, the idea being towards guaranteeing consensus nominees
How do guarantee consensus nominees? Just curious...

Well, nothing is ever guaranteed. But having a higher threshold for confirmation would presumably shift one away from more controversial/ideological candidates. There’d still be conservative or liberal judges, sure, but it wouldn’t be the kind of rubber stamp stuff we see now
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