This is an updated draft list of things that need to be done at the federal level to restore the Republic to the founding fathers original design, shrink the federal bureaucracy and return freedom to the citizens of the United States of America.
It is arranged by topic, but in no particular order. I invite you to make whatever serious contribution you care to make. I will update the list periodically with my edits of your contributions.
Constitution:
· Repeal the 17th Amendment -- Allows senators to be directly elected. (JeansBrother)
· Add a Balanced Budget Amendment (Marianne Hart)
· Repeal the 16th Amendment and replace it with a "Fair Tax" amendment (RageforOrder)
· Proposed 28th Amendment -- "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens
of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or
Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or
Representativesthat does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
(JeansBrother)
· (See Judiciary) (JeansBrother)
Congress:
· Require members of Congress to congress electronically from the states and districts from which they are elected. To be done over dedicated, encrypted,high-bandwidth communications. All transmissions are to be recorded and archived to preserve the public
record. (JeansBrother)
· Require one issue per bill put before congress. Do not allow amendments to unrelated
laws or executive rules. Prohibit the phrase “and other things” in
the explanation of the purpose of the Bill. (JeansBrother)
· Require Congress to add a paragraph, in common English, explaining the intent of
proposed legislation. (JeansBrother)
· Require each member of Congress to certify individually that they have read and
understood any bill put before them for a vote prior to casting their vote. (JeansBrother)
And require each member of Congress to certify individually they have considered the
constitutionality of theprovisions of the bill. (boltcarrier556)
· Require each member of Congress to state and explain all objections to any Bill or
provision of a Bill placed before them for a vote. (JeansBrother)
· Require Congress to prohibit lobbying by organizations, to include foreign interest
organizations, while allowing individuals to lobby on behalf ofthemselves only.
(JeansBrother)
· Prohibit the Executive from committing any element of the Armed Forces to operations in
a foreign land without the formal consent of the Senate oralternatively the Senate Foreign
Relations committee. (JeansBrother)
· When giving a Department or other organ of the Executive branch rule-making powers with
the effect of law, require the Congress to approve each rule that may result in penalty to an
individual citizen. Each voting member will explainall objections to each rule.
(JeansBrother)
· Prohibit unfunded mandates on the States. (JeansBrother)
· Disallow “earmarks”. (boltcarrier556)
The Founding Fathers intended service in Congress to be an honor, not a career. They envisioned citizen-legislators temporarily performing a duty of public-service and then returning to their prior endeavors. They did not intend the establishment of a “ruling class.”
·· Term Limits: A maximum of 12 years in Congress. 1) Two Senate terms; 2) Six House
terms; 3) One Senate and three House terms. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative will collect a salary while in office and receives no pay and no
pension when out of office. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative will collect a salary while in office. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative may participate in a retirement plan available to the general
public. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative will pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative may participate in any health care plan available to the general
public. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative will collect a salary adjusted annually by the Consumer Price
Index or 3%, whichever is less. (Albert Lane)
· A Senator or Representative will place all financial assets in a blind trust for the duration of
his/her service. (JeansBrother)
· Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not
apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law
that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the
citizens of the United States." (JeansBrother)
Judiciary:
· The Congress should enact a law that requires the Supreme Court and all Federal courts to
base all decisions on the Constitution as it exists without reference to precedence set
by rulings in prior cases. Should this law be declared unconstitutional, it should be
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution and ratified by the States.
(JeansBrother)
Executive
· (I am still thinking about this.) Administrations change – lasting rules would have to be
imposed from outside. (JeansBrother)
· JFK's Executive Order permitting public employees to unionize must be revoked.
(Patriot077)
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What to do RIGHT NOW? There are some questions I can ask of current candidates for office:
1) What does "support and defend the Constitution" mean to you?; and
2) What does "equal under the law" mean to you?
3) What gives the various attorneys general the authority to select which laws to enforce?
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