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1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.
I'm OK with this. A lifetime appointment is a ticket to do whatever you want without repercussion
2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.
I'm not OK with this. It removes an important check/balance.
3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.
I' might be OK with this, depending on how it is done, and how the federal government decides to get it's funding without it.
4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.
I'm not OK with this. I feel it's important to have a say in who represents you in the government.
5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.
I'm VERY OK with this. If I have to balance my budget, why shouldn't the federal government. Most states have some type of balanced budget provision in their state constitution.
6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.
I'm not OK with this. I have religious/personal reasons for not approving of homosexuality. However, I am neither judge, nor jury. Nor would I want to be. It is not up to me to decide that people of the same sex who love each other are not entitled to the same protections and benefits that opposite sex couples routinely enjoy. I don't think it's up to the federal government wither.
7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.
I'm undecided on this issue, and will not take a stance at this time.
1st, Perry can 'want' anything he feels like wanting... it's a free country.
2nd, he can't 'get' the changes unless Congress, the Senate, and 37 states agree.
3rd, here's the list of what he 'wanted'...
1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.
I'm OK with this. A lifetime appointment is a ticket to do whatever you want without repercussion
2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.
I'm not OK with this. It removes an important check/balance.
3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.
I' might be OK with this, depending on how it is done, and how the federal government decides to get it's funding without it.
4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.
I'm not OK with this. I feel it's important to have a say in who represents you in the government.
5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.
I'm VERY OK with this. If I have to balance my budget, why shouldn't the federal government. Most states have some type of balanced budget provision in their state constitution.
6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.
I'm not OK with this. I have religious/personal reasons for not approving of homosexuality. However, I am neither judge, nor jury. Nor would I want to be. It is not up to me to decide that people of the same sex who love each other are not entitled to the same protections and benefits that opposite sex couples routinely enjoy. I don't think it's up to the federal government wither.
7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.
I'm undecided on this issue, and will not take a stance at this time.
Don't sell him short.What I want to know .... Who gives a crap about Rick Perry?. Looks like a diaper failin' kid to me.
1st, Perry can 'want' anything he feels like wanting... it's a free country.
2nd, he can't 'get' the changes unless Congress, the Senate, and 37 states agree.
3rd, here's the list of what he 'wanted'...
1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.
I'm OK with this. A lifetime appointment is a ticket to do whatever you want without repercussion
2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.
I'm not OK with this. It removes an important check/balance.
3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.
I' might be OK with this, depending on how it is done, and how the federal government decides to get it's funding without it.
4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.
I'm not OK with this. I feel it's important to have a say in who represents you in the government.
5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.
I'm VERY OK with this. If I have to balance my budget, why shouldn't the federal government. Most states have some type of balanced budget provision in their state constitution.
6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.
I'm not OK with this. I have religious/personal reasons for not approving of homosexuality. However, I am neither judge, nor jury. Nor would I want to be. It is not up to me to decide that people of the same sex who love each other are not entitled to the same protections and benefits that opposite sex couples routinely enjoy. I don't think it's up to the federal government wither.
7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.
I'm undecided on this issue, and will not take a stance at this time.
I was just thinking we hadn't had a Rick Perry thread in about 5 minutes...
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What does that tell you?
1. Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.
What profound ignorance this would destroy the Republic and the principle of the rule of law it was founded upon, the doctrine of judicial review, and as noted the doctrine of checks and balances.2. Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.
3. Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.
4. End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.
5. Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.
6. The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.
7. Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.
Not necessarily, It would after all be an amendment, that would be making a legal constitutional Exception to the States rights allowing the Fed to define Marriage. Remember it says all powers not given to the Fed fall to the states, an Amendment defining Marriage if passed specifically gives the fed that power, there fore it is not longer the states, Legally. Personally I think something is needed. It is not practical to have 50 separate Definitions in a country where people often move around.C_Clayton_Jones's Avatar
C_Clayton_Jones
There would also be serious Constitutional case law conflicts, as such an amendment would run afoul of scores of decisions based on the 14th Amendment’s provision of equal access to the laws.