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DisgustipatedinCA

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15. No vowels. And we should switch to a nice, sans serif font.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 06:01 PM

Dec 2011

And that Hancock guy's ego needs to be checked. Just write it the same size as the rest of the signatures.

Me? I'd make sure it was clear that the 2nd Amendment applied to the citizens militias we might need to form from time to time, and not beyond.

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You get to amend the Constitution... [View all] cthulu2016 Dec 2011 OP

Senate votes will be weighted by population. TheWraith Dec 2011 #1

We call that the 'House of Representatives' Richardo Dec 2011 #2

Still disproportionate. joshcryer Dec 2011 #4

+1 Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #5

Which is irrelevant, since the Senate is the problem. TheWraith Dec 2011 #7

Which is precisely how it was designed. Richardo Dec 2011 #12

I'm with TheWraith on this one. The U.S. Senate is a profoundly anti-democratic (lower-case 'd') coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #22

Bicameralism. It is a good idea in principle. joshcryer Dec 2011 #25

How about Peregrine Dec 2011 #26

That is a really cool idea that defuses a good deal of my coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #28

That's cool. cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #29

I find this interesting. TheWraith Dec 2011 #32

That's a really good idea Aerows Dec 2011 #37

Thanks. The Senate is the biggest problem in US government, I think. TheWraith Dec 2011 #33

No legal entity shall be bestowed with any right nor any privilege Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #3

Reapportionment shall be 50k people per rep. joshcryer Dec 2011 #6

I like this one gratuitous Dec 2011 #14

Agreed, but 50k per rep is too far. TheWraith Dec 2011 #16

An effective jobs program, at least cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #17

George Washington thought 30k was reasonable. joshcryer Dec 2011 #21

Yes, but back then the population of the United States was like 2.5 million. TheWraith Dec 2011 #38

I think that 70-100k is reasonable, but I think Washington was speaking ideologically. joshcryer Dec 2011 #39

I would not change anything. It's fine the way it is. badtoworse Dec 2011 #8

Nonsense Courtesy Flush Dec 2011 #40

All elections at the Federal level shall be funded LiberalEsto Dec 2011 #9

Yup, Sherman A1 Dec 2011 #30

Yes, it would fix a whole hell of a lot that closeupready Dec 2011 #44

And ban soft money. Angleae Dec 2011 #41

Congressional representation shall be elected on an "at large" basis in each state. cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #10

Spelling lessons for all. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2011 #11

The extra m is for marbury v. madison cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #13

!! Richardo Dec 2011 #20

No vowels. And we should switch to a nice, sans serif font. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2011 #15

Where are you going to store all that left over vowel removement? Bucky Dec 2011 #45

Amendment Section 1 [A corporation is not a person and can be regulated] Zorra Dec 2011 #18

I wonder if in your ammendment "artifical" should be something like ... JoePhilly Dec 2011 #23

This all gets tricky in terms of interstate commerce cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #19

Corporate "personhood" would be abolished. hifiguy Dec 2011 #24

Two changes DavidDvorkin Dec 2011 #31

End corporate personhood Prophet 451 Dec 2011 #34

The laws of The United States of America must safeguard a strict separation of Church and State. Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #35

Pay to Play Waltons_Mtn Dec 2011 #36

Free Pizza Fridays Norrin Radd Dec 2011 #42

Amend it so that all campaigns are publicly financed. closeupready Dec 2011 #43