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In reply to the discussion: A question that must be asked... and answered. [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,963 posts)I would add these:
1. Create a new fairness doctrine for media.
2. Strengthen elections laws requiring transparency of donations, presidential candidates tax returns, and requiring all business connections to foreign governments be made public. In addition, require any communication between members of a campaign and citizens and/or leaders of a foreign country be made public (not personal between friends but business/government contactsnot sure about this one because of privacy issues).
3. End the revolving door of lobbyist to government position overseeing the same industry. We need complete independence here.
4. Strengthen the IG law and change their reporting to a bipartisan committee in Congress so the president and agency heads cannot hide or stop investigations.
5. Publicly fund federal elections.
6. Pass a law to overturn Citizens United.
7. Limit the use of acting agency and department heads to a few weeks, perhaps six. Trump has abused this power by appointing a never-ending supply of acting appointments that bypass the requirement for Senate confirmation.
8. Analyze our federal court system for responsiveness in time. The last circuit court, the DC. court, was established by Congress in 1982 when we had a population of just under 234 million people. Today we have a population of around 329 million, almost a hundred million more people with no additional appellate courts. Because the SC takes so few cases, its the appellate courts that often have the final ruling and those rulings take entirely too long for justice to be satisfied. Any addition, any appeal from Congress needs to be automatically fast tracked.
9. Given number 7s analysis, the SC may need an additional number of justices added as each justice oversees assigned circuits.