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ancianita

(36,017 posts)
13. I have ten:
Sat Aug 23, 2014, 10:33 AM
Aug 2014

Reinstate as mandatory and operational: Habeas Corpus and the Posse Comitatus

1. Revise 2nd Amd to include all military hardware for civilians OR to ban all weaponry from anyone -- police or civilian -- that are non-hunting.

Add the following amendments:
2. the ERA for all women.
3. define personhood as solely organic
4. define speech as solely that of organic personhoods
5. Permanent Voting Rights Amendment that maximize all felon and other citizens' voting; and No Money in Campaigns, which minimizes public funding to a permanently capped public financing of candidates, reviewable every twenty years.
6. No Lobbying at state or federal levels, with non-disclosure clauses required of each and every exiting elected official.
7. Making public education a fundamental right for America-born citizens, with a permanent base funding distributed across states from the federal budget.
8. Make ALL suspensions of any parts of the Constitution the basis of immediate dismissal of the guilty parties by a Citizens Council of Fifty.
9. All Majorities of Government shall be, without exception, majorities of 50% + 1.

Sorry it's worded sloppily, but these five changes have been discussed around here so much that I assume others know what I mean.

Perhaps a edit is in order. whistler162 Aug 2014 #1
What did i miss? terdheadur Aug 2014 #3
Pass the ERA shenmue Aug 2014 #2
Agree. That's a federal constitutional issue. pinto Aug 2014 #7
It was in the USSR's Constitution of 1977 - TBF Aug 2014 #17
Codify non-personing of corporations. Public fund elections. immoderate Aug 2014 #4
Voter registration becomes automatic at age 18, no registration needed except to determine precinct. arcane1 Aug 2014 #5
Voters STILL won't show up! Place a fine end of year tax time, like Austrailia! 250.00 TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #9
Dump the outdated and dangerous 2nd Amendment! nt Walk away Aug 2014 #6
Here's what Justice Stevens has to say about amending the wording: femmocrat Aug 2014 #8
Ahem imthevicar Aug 2014 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #16
Citizens United. We the People have no voice because of this ruling by the courts. TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #10
Term limit for Supreme Court Justices rock Aug 2014 #11
I have ten: ancianita Aug 2014 #13
9 just might requite a ConCon Reter Aug 2014 #22
Likely so. Having lost so much civilian command of intel, armed forces and defense industries, ancianita Aug 2014 #23
Eliminate midterm elections. lastlib Aug 2014 #14
Proportional Representation in the House of Representatives. Joe Bacon Aug 2014 #15
Edits to the First and Second Matrosov Aug 2014 #18
Let me address this. IronGate Aug 2014 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #21
Assuming you don't mean adding amendments... Chan790 Aug 2014 #19
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