Your Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution:
Comments on any of these? Post your reactions at the Economic Justice Discussion RoomOn Saturday March 6, 2010, ACP of Northwest Arkansas offered this amendment:
All regulations limiting the rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall be declared a violation of the second amendment. No taxes shall be allowed on firearms or ammunition sales. If a persons income is two standard deviations below median then the government will purchase a firearm for the citizen as well as providing enough ammunition and free access to public ranges (which must be less than 5 miles from every city with a population greater than 2000 persons) and a thousand rounds of ammunition yearly to ensure that the militia is well-regulated.
On Monday March 1, 2010, Flora Rodriguez of colorado offered this amendment:
I belive the amendment on land tax should be abolished, if citizens pay taxes on all they do, work,vehicles,gas,food ect.when we own our properties our homes are on we should not have to pay property taxes. the goverment taxes us all around for every singe thing! give us a break.
On Friday February 12, 2010, John Seymour of Georgia offered this amendment:
All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States federal government are granted full and equal rights. No person,group, or institution may be given privileges not granted to everyone else, nor shall any person be deprived of their equal rights that others enjoy. This amendment shall not be violated in any way whatsoever.
On Friday January 22, 2010, John Richard De Luca III of Peculiar, Missouri offered this amendment:
Anything to deal with educational matters- including what will be taught to our youth- shall be a power that is strictly reserved for the states, and the Federal government cannot interfere.
On Thursday January 21, 2010, John R. De Luca III of Peculiar, Missouri offered this amendment:
The postion of Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court shall rotate between associate justices once every year, taking equal turns.----------------Will help to lessen the political heirarchy in the Supreme court.
On Thursday January 21, 2010, John R. De Luca III of Peculiar, Missouri offered this amendment:
All national elections will be held over the period of 7 days/1 week.------------------------This should make it less of a hassle to get to the voting both, which will also benefit those who are working on the perevious single election day, and will allow the elections to calculate, manage, and secure the ballots more accuratly and effectively.
On Friday December 25, 2009, Jon-Michael Ivey of Tucker, GA offered this amendment:
The 17th amendment is hereby repealed. The Senate of the United States shall consist of delegations sent by each state legislature. Delegations may be of any size, with each individual delegate controlling an equal fraction of the state's single vote. Any delegate may be appointed or recalled at any time and for any reason, limited only by such rules as the states themselves shall impose in their constitutions. No delegates shall receive any remuneration from the Federal government, only from the states they serve.
On Friday December 25, 2009, Jon-Michael Ivey of Tucker, GA offered this amendment:
The 16th amendment is hereby repealed. Neither income nor payroll taxes shall be permissible. Wealth taxes shall be allowed only if the only penalty for failure to pay said taxes is the refusal of the state to protect such wealth. Tariffs and excise taxes shall be permitted only if their intention is to mitigate negative externalities. These include human rights abuses and environmental harm from harvesting of natural resources, manufacturing, and shipping. Also included are market manipulations by monopoles, cartels, and acts of foreign governments such as fixing an unfair exchange rate. Taxes on exports shall be permitted if also based on externalities. All externality based taxes must contain provisions to be met in order to eliminate the target externality and thus the tax. Foreign states shall have the right to sue in our courts to show that a tax was unjust. The Unites States shall not enter into any trade agreements. All current trade agreements are hereby repealed. The United States may not place any embargo or economic sanctions (beyond the aforementioned externality-mitigating tariffs)on any foreign state when not in a state of war formally declared by Congress. The export of military equipment and technology abroad shall however require congressional approval.
On Friday December 25, 2009, Jon-Michael Ivey of Tucker, GA offered this amendment:
Neither the United States or any individual state may create any de jure monopoly except through patents and copyrights to individual inventors. Patent rights shall be non-transferable, and may never have a duration longer than 40 years.
On Friday December 25, 2009, Jon-Michael Ivey of Tucker, GA offered this amendment:
Citizenship may only be attained through a contract entered with informed consent. It shall never be conferred automatically based on happenstance of birth, either by location or parentage. As natural born citizenship it not recognized, it shall not be a prerequisite for any office. To hold the office of the presidency a person must instead have been a citizen for at least half his or her life. No office in the united states shall have any age requirement. Representatives must have been citizens for at least 3 years before taking office, and senators for at least 10 years. In addition to an oath of allegiance, Congress may require testing of the knowledge of the English language, American History, the Constitution, Ethics, Mathematics, and Economics as prerequisites for citizenship. It must however provide adequate schooling in these subjects free of charge to prospective citizens of any age. Such schooling may never be made mandatory. Willing immigrants to the United States shall be rejected only if they carry communicable diseases, have histories of committing crimes recognized by the United States, or have present ties to criminal organizations or states at war with the United States.
On Friday December 25, 2009, Jon-Michael Ivey of Tucker, GA offered this amendment:
All elected positions in the united states shall be elected through voting systems that allow for the expression of the strength of preferences for multiple candidates (such as Fractional Ballots or Range Voting) rather than requiring full support be given to a single candidate. This shall include positions elected indirectly, such as leadership positions in congress ranging from committee members to the Speaker of the House. There shall be no official recognition of the existence of any political parties. Parties may continue to operate as private associations, but shall not be funded in any way. The organization of congress must be non-partisan. Parties shall not have access to voter lists, polling places, or any funding for primary elections. No state shall allow voter partisan voter registration. Incumbents shall not be eligible for reelection. Leadership positions in Congress shall be reelected at the start of every session. Seniority may not justify any special privileges in Congress.
On Sunday December 20, 2009, Tim of Brooklyn, NY offered this amendment:
All age requirements to hold public office and the requirement that the president be a natural born citizen should be repealed.
On Friday October 16, 2009, Scott Trimble of Austin, TX offered this amendment:
Abolish the presidency. Replace it with an executive branch of hired administrators. Remove all ability for the executive branch to create law. Establish citizens' panels to instruct each department in its operations.
On Thursday September 24, 2009, Jonathan P. Chance of Boston MA USA offered this amendment:
Prohibit the federal government from borrowing money or credit.
On Sunday July 19, 2009, Rod Smith of Heidelberg offered this amendment:
Let all citizens vote regardless of age and regardless of past convictions.
On Tuesday May 19, 2009, Tony of Chicago offered this amendment:
Any candidate for the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives or the Office of President or Vice President are hereby prohibited in receiving a campaign contribution exceeding $100 per contributor. This prohibition applies to any individual person, commercial business or political organization.
On Wednesday May 6, 2009, Tony of Chicago offered this amendment:
All branches of the United States Armed Services are hereby prohibited in contracting private mercenary forces or commercial support businesses in their military operations.
On Saturday April 25, 2009, Edward Mikolas of Arizona offered this amendment:
Words like "IN GOD WE TRUST" on all money and coins.
On Wednesday February 25, 2009, jake textor of willard mo offered this amendment:
guns should be allowed to people of all ages after a free safety test
On Sunday January 18, 2009, Lycette of seguin texas offered this amendment:
It's the real truth of the united states!!!!!!!!
On Sunday January 18, 2009, lYCETTE of texas offered this amendment:
its awesome!!!!
On Sunday December 14, 2008, Lyle Moriarty of Colorado Springs,CO offered this amendment:
Ammendments to a pending bill must be pertinent to the topic of that bill. No more hidden "ear marks"!
On Thursday October 16, 2008, Gerald Williams of Delaware, USA offered this amendment:
I propose amending the constitution to allow same sex marriage as an equal civil right that should be allowed to all.
On Sunday September 21, 2008, Taryn Gilbert of Easton, Pa offered this amendment:
None - We have the best Constitution on the planet!
On Wednesday July 16, 2008, Dan of Redondo Beach, California offered this amendment:
1. Three years after the ratification of this amendment, the sixteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall hereby be repealed, and the Congress shall have no power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, wages, profits, nor on any productive activities of the people, nor on any exercise of their natural rights. 2. The Congress shall have the power to lay direct taxes on land site values, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration; and to establish rules for determining such land site values, which shall be uniform throughout the United States, and shall exclude the value of improvements to land.
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