Repeal the 22nd Amendment and the 17th, too.

[eagle1462010]

22nd. NO

17th YES

State legislature reps should have been maintained

 

[Zincwarrior]

The 11th Amendment has been annoying. The 13th and 14th eliminating slavery just get in the way of state's rights!

 

[Polishprince]

Meaning they make partisan back room deals to select a Senator
State Districts are Gerrymandered and don’t reflect the voters

No Thanks

State legislative districts aren't gerrymandered at all. PA District 7, ex given, is basically a rectangle. Representative Parke Wentling

 

[Zincwarrior]

The First Amendment can be a real pain. Gone!

 

[rightwinger]

State legislative districts aren't gerrymandered at all. PA District 7, ex given, is basically a rectangle. Representative Parke Wentling

The party in power decides the shape of voting districts, making them partisan

 

[rightwinger]

The First Amendment can be a real pain. Gone!

I hate the Third Amendment

 

[gipper]

The 22nd Amendment is virulently anti democratic.

Only those who loathe democracy would tolerate the continuation of the 22nd Amendment.

We were able to repeal idiotic Prohibition. We can repeal the 22nd Amendment, too.

Oh, and while we’re at it, let’s get rid of the direct election of Senators, too. Let’s return some power to the States. Repeal the 17th Amendment.

You’re welcome, America.

Yeah we need a crooked politician potus for life, like we have in Congress.

WTF is wrong you?

 

[postman]

The 14th amendment needs to be modified to allow the States to go back to upper legislative houses based on geography and not population.

The 14th had nothing to do with how state legislatures are structured, or how their federal representation is determined.

Please explain.

 

[postman]

It works for the Senate, and it's designed so big cities can't run roughshod over the whole State.

People can vote per person in the lower houses, the upper houses should be by county as they were before.

Cities can pass laws that deal in their cities, they shouldn't be dictating statewide laws just because they can.

What does the 14th amendment have to do with how states structure their government?

 

[Zincwarrior]

I hate the Third Amendment

Gone!

The Second Amendment appears pretty controversial. It needs to go to.

 

[postman]

Before the 17th Amendment, Senators were elected by state legislators- who are popularly elected by the people.

That was part of the constitutional compromises. They gave the state legislatures the power to chose their senators, and their EC votes for president. The people were only given the vote for the house of representatives (the peoples house).

Which means they can gerrymander their senators, vs letting the people vote in a state-wide election that is independent of how the legislature draws election districts.

 

[martybegan]

The 14th had nothing to do with how state legislatures are structured, or how their federal representation is determined.

Please explain.

Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris - Wikipedia

The court unanimously declared the New York City Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that the city's most populous borough (Brooklyn) had no greater effective representation on the board than the city's least populous borough (Staten Island), in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause pursuant to the Court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision (Reynolds v. Sims).[3] The Board was disestablished.

This was then used as precedent to remove the ability of States to have upper houses similar to the Federal Sentate.

 

[martybegan]

What does the 14th amendment have to do with how states structure their government?

See my response to your post above.

 

[postman]

State legislative districts aren't gerrymandered at all. PA District 7, ex given, is basically a rectangle. Representative Parke Wentling

That's not what the supreme court said. They long acknowledged gerrymandering of state legislature drawn districts. But they will only step in, when the practice is so egregious, that it violates equal protection.

 

[postman]

State legislative districts aren't gerrymandered at all. PA District 7, ex given, is basically a rectangle. Representative Parke Wentling

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/22/579788104/pennsylvania-supreme-court-strikes-down-voting-map

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Map

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's congressional district map today, saying it "clearly, plainly and palpably" violates the state Constitution.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Repeal of the 22nd Amendment would apply to Presidents after Trump
He was elected under the terms of the 22nd

doesnt work that way

 

[postman]

Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris - Wikipedia



This was then used as precedent to remove the ability of States to have upper houses similar to the Federal Sentate.

The federal senate violates the equal protection clause, but as it was "the great compromise" put into the constitution, so it takes precedent over equal protection. Similar to the 3/5ths compromise. It's actually the 14th amendment that requires states give their voters equal protection, not the 17th.

 

[JWBooth]

The 19th should go first.

 

[postman]

doesnt work that way

It did with the 18th amendment and the Volstead act.

 

[Polishprince]

That's not what the supreme court said. They long acknowledged gerrymandering of state legislature drawn districts. But they will only step in, when the practice is so egregious, that it violates equal protection.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is hard left, you should know.

They actually are in favor of gerrymandering for liberal benefit, and like to usurp the Constitutional prerogatives of the general assembly.