Proposed 28th Amendment

[RetiredGySgt]

I recieved this in one of those pass along to those who care formats.

The sender was complaining that our legislators are constantly passing laws that either favor themselves or exempt themselves according to whether or not it will make them rich or not. Like a life time pension if they get elected one time.

Like a different health care than Obamacare if it is put into force.

This is an amendment that is currently circulating that would make our lawmakers subject to the laws that they pass. Do you think it's fair that, if these lying snakes pass a law, that they would have to live with the law enforced upon them?

Here is the text that is being considered. Simple and straight forward, not hard to understand and not deviously worded. Would you expect your state legislators to approve this as is to enforce on the pit vipers that steal from us in DC?

>Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States
>Constitution:

"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 ."


It only takes the approval of 38 states to make this happen and it works around the Federal Congress in so doing.

This seems pretty logical to me and if the lying, treacherous snakes that populate our Congress will not control themselves to prevent outright theft, swindle and greed, and they have shown us that they will not, we will need to do it for them.

What say you?

Way to broad, for example the Constitution provides that Senators and Congressmen can not be arrested or detained while on the way to Congressional Business.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

If the federal government finds ways to usurp the constitution as it is now, what makes you think any amendment would change that?

Easily. It would give you grounds for taking case against them to the Supreme court.

That said. GL Passing an amendment is the hardest thing you can try to do in this country. Virtually 0 chance of passing any Amendment at all in the hyper partisan world we live in today. Let alone getting it ratified by the states.

That's why a Constitutional Convention would be faster, since that calls for the STATES to petition Congress for a convention to modify several amendments all at once and/or add new amendments, and thereafter Congress would get in on the act. I think this should be done. There are far too many clauses in the Constitution that are vague and easily construed, or worse, so ambiguous that the USSC refuses to even hear certain cases. We need clear language, while at the same time not changing the original intent.

WikiAnswers - How could a new constitutional convention be called in the United States in the 21st century and what would be the requirements

A Constitutional Congress is the worst idea out there, you see, they are not limited to just changing or adding to said Constitution, they can write a whole new document that has no bearing or relation on the current one.

 

[MaggieMae]

snopes.com: 28th Amendment

Never introduced. No wonder I couldn't find it at Opencongress.org.

 

[MaggieMae]

Easily. It would give you grounds for taking case against them to the Supreme court.

That said. GL Passing an amendment is the hardest thing you can try to do in this country. Virtually 0 chance of passing any Amendment at all in the hyper partisan world we live in today. Let alone getting it ratified by the states.

That's why a Constitutional Convention would be faster, since that calls for the STATES to petition Congress for a convention to modify several amendments all at once and/or add new amendments, and thereafter Congress would get in on the act. I think this should be done. There are far too many clauses in the Constitution that are vague and easily construed, or worse, so ambiguous that the USSC refuses to even hear certain cases. We need clear language, while at the same time not changing the original intent.

WikiAnswers - How could a new constitutional convention be called in the United States in the 21st century and what would be the requirements

A Constitutional Congress is the worst idea out there, you see, they are not limited to just changing or adding to said Constitution, they can write a whole new document that has no bearing or relation on the current one.

That's hardly apt to happen. Two-thirds of the states would need to join in petitioning Congress, and such a petition would never request a complete redo.

 

[rightwinger]

snopes.com: 28th Amendment

Never introduced. No wonder I couldn't find it at Opencongress.org.

Never will be introduced..

It makes no sense