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CaliforniaPeggy

(156,990 posts) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:59 PM Aug 2012

Every time I see folks promoting a constitutional amendment to fix something... [View all]

I cringe.

It is a tool at our disposal, true. But it's a very cumbersome one. It takes years to get these things through the Congress, and then voted on by every state legislature.

Look at what happened to the ERA. It got through the Congress all right, and then bogged down later. It has never been ratified.

I really think there has to be a better way to legislate our difficulties.

Your thoughts?

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Every time I see folks promoting a constitutional amendment to fix something... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 OP

America is way too polarized for any changes to be made to the Constitution. JaneyVee Aug 2012 #1

Exactly right. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #5

And there is also a time mandate to be considered.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #16

3/4 FreeJoe Aug 2012 #17

You are correct about the process, CalPeg, elleng Aug 2012 #2

I have serious doubts about the efficacy of this approach, my dear elleng. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #6

I am afraid a constitutional amendment is the only chance we have to kill Corporate Personhood. yourout Aug 2012 #3

It'll take a constitutional amendment to undo Citizens United struggle4progress Aug 2012 #4

There is so much division in this country I think it's very difficult to get the majorities. In a RKP5637 Aug 2012 #7

They've had more than their share of weird ideas for constitutional amendments. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #8

Yeah. The practicalities of overturning CU by amendment are depressing. pa28 Aug 2012 #9

Forget the amendment and act directly on the Supreme Court. Jim Lane Aug 2012 #18

I am promoting a Constitutional Amendment hfojvt Aug 2012 #10

I maintain my right to cringe, dammit! LOL CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #11

It's also, in most cases, an incredibly heavy-handed approach Posteritatis Aug 2012 #12

That is an excellent thought. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #13

It is the only way to overturn a SCOTUS ruling on the Constitution cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #14

If we got a Congress of honest legislators instead of the purchased Cleita Aug 2012 #15