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Solid4096
Junior Chimp
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« on: October 06, 2017, 07:22:06 PM »

I have a few (I'll list the text along with a TLDR):

"No person shall be required to perform any sort of national service, be it civil or military, during a time of peace or of war." – Bans the draft

"No educational institution receiving funding from the State shall restrict the right of students to the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, or religion, so long as they do not substantially interfere with the operation of the institutition." – Established freedom of speech in schools

"Electoral districts shall be contiguous and compact, shall take no factors, including voting trends or the demographics of the area into account, and shall not be drawn nor approved by elected officials." – Abolishes gerrymandering

"The freedom of movement in public areas shall not be restricted, except during times of emergency." – Abolishes curfew laws

"All jurisdictions under the administration of the United States shall be permitted to elect the President through a nationwide popular vote." – Abolishes the Electoral College and gives territories a say for President

"Jurisdictions under the administration of the United States that are not part of any state, including but not limited to, territories, districts, and commonwealths, shall receive representatives in the House of Representatives proportionate to population, and two Senators if the population is not less than one-fourth that of the least populous State." – Gives territories/DC representation in Congress

–Something about campaign finance but I can't come up with the exact words

"Any citizen of the United States who has resided in the country for at least fourteen years shall be eligible for election to the Presidency." – Abolishes the "natural born citizen" clause

"Congress or the President shall independently have the power to call referendums." – Establishes more direct democracy

"Justices of the Supreme Court shall serve no more than ten years." – Abolishes lifetime tenure on SCOTUS

There are some important issues to me, such as trade and healthcare, that I feel should be better left to law instead of the constitution.

You got an amazing set
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Solid4096
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2017, 06:57:28 PM »
« Edited: November 12, 2017, 07:19:41 PM by Solid4096 »

We also need an amendment to prevent police from effectively being able to put themselves above the law, and also abolish Capital Punishment, and remove the crime exception from the 13th amendment, and overturn the 2nd amendment, and to ban the military draft.

We also need an amendment to ensure universal voting rights, and automatic voter registration, and institute an NPV vote for president, expand the size of the House of Representative, prevent gerrymandering, replace the Senate with something less anti-proportional, and require all candidate to release most information on their tax returns to the public to appear on the ballot (allow them to redact certain sensitive information like their SSN though), and give DC full voting rights, and make all election IRV.

We also need an amendment to overturn citizens united, and ban all taxes except the estate tax, income tax, property tax, and corporate tax, overturn Taft-Hartley, and re-instate Glass-Stegal, and ensure that health care is government subsidized in the form of a single payer system.

We also need an amendment to ensure complete equality of all people regardless of any factors, whether it be biological gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc.

We also need an amendment to abolish private/charter schools, and abolish corporal punishment (all forms), and to have all college tuition government funded.

Not Federal, but every State could use an amendment to make state legislature jobs full time; both in the aspects of work schedule and pay; to prevent the situation that people will need other very high paying jobs or otherwise independently wealthy to be able to run for state legislature; and also reduce the possibilities of conflicts of interests.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2020, 06:28:46 PM »

A good idea would be to stipulate that a seat gets removed from the judiciary instead of becoming vacant whenever a judge retires or dies, and that seats can only be added to the judiciary via legislation.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2021, 09:58:33 AM »

Section 1: The right to an equal vote may not be denied to any resident 13 years of age or older for any reason.
Section 2: The Electoral College is hereby abolished, and the President shall be elected by a national popular vote.
Section 3: The United States Senate is hereby abolished.
Section 4: Wherever Redistricting is done, whether it be the United States House, State Legislatures, or otherwise, the power to draw the lines must be given to an Independent Citizens Commission.
And whatever other sections might be needed.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2022, 10:15:19 PM »

Section 1: The US Senate shall be abolished, and the US House shall be the sole legislative chamber in the Country.
Section 2: States shall be required to set up an independent citizens commission for the purposes of drawing Congressional Districts. Said commissions may not use any kind of partisan data when constructing the maps.
Section 3: The US House, by a simple majority vote, shall be in charge of the process of advice and consent previously given to the US Senate.
Section 4: The US House shall have the power to impeach federal officials by a simple majority vote, and to convict them with a majority of two thirds following an impeachment trial.
Section 5: Legislation shall become law upon passage by the US House, followed by a signature from the President. The President may also veto legislation, in which case the House may override the veto with a majority of two thirds. Ratification of treaties shall be treated as regular legislation.
Section 6: All judiciary offices whose officeholders US Senate confirmation occured with Senators voting to confirm them reperesenting a minority of the nations population according to the contemporary preceding decennial census shall be immediately considered vacated upon ratification of this amendment.
Section 7: The Electoral College shall be abolished, and the President shall be elected by a national popular vote.
Section 8: Elections for the President and the US House shall be conducted using ranked choice voting.
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 8,750


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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2022, 06:16:42 PM »

Section 1: The US Senate shall be abolished, and the US House shall be the sole legislative chamber in the Country.

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Just remember that, because of what's in Section 1 of your proposal, it cannot be adopted into the Constitution unless all 50 states ratify the proposal.
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The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

No it would not because 0 = 0.
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