Mark Levin's proposed "Liberty" Amendments (the gist---I don't want to copy the text of the proposed amendments from his copyrighted book):
1) Term Limits: Limit service in both the House and Senate to 12 years.
2) Repeal the 17th Amendment: Eliminate popular voting for Senators and revest States (through governors or legislators) with the power to select senators as originally established by the framers of the Constitution.
3) Limits on Judiciary. Limit service to one 12-year term, and grant both Congress and the state legislatures the authority to overturn court decisions with the vote of three-fifths of both houses of Congress or state legislative bodies.
4) Limits on Taxation and Spending: Balanced budget amendment, limiting spending to 17.5% of GDP and requiring a three-fifths vote to raise the debt ceiling. Also limit the power to tax to 15% of an individual’s income, prohibiting other forms of taxation, and placing the deadline to file one’s taxes one day before the next federal election.
5) Limiting bureaucracy: Limit and sunset federal regulations and subject the existence of all federal departments to stand-alone reauthorization bills every three years.
6) Define the Commerce Clause: While technically unnecessary, practically required to restore the original intent of the Commerce Clause. Clarify that the commerce clause grants not power to actively regulate and control activity; rather to prevent states from impeding commerce among other states, as Madison originally intended.
7) Further curtail Federal power to take private property through eminent domain and regulatory takings.
8 ) Allow State Legislatures and easier path to Amend the Constitution: Allows state to bypass Congress and propose an amendment with support of just two-thirds of the states (instead of three-fourths) and without convening a convention.
9) State Authority to Override Congress: Allow states to override federal statutes by majority vote in two-thirds of state legislatures.
10) Protect the Vote: Require photo ID for all federal elections and limit early voting.
I would add an 11th:
11) Get the Federal Government out of Marriage. Prohibit the federal government from establishing policies on the basis of marital relationships or the lack thereof, including through tax structures, and expressly define marriage as a state right the states are free to define if/as they wish without federal intervention or oversight. Allow for cohabiting adults where one works and the other remains at home to care for minor children or disabled family members to claim the at-home adult as a further dependent for tax purposes.
I approve of this message. 1) Term Limits: Limit service in both the House and Senate to 12 years.
2) Repeal the 17th Amendment: Eliminate popular voting for Senators and revest States (through governors or legislators) with the power to select senators as originally established by the framers of the Constitution.
3) Limits on Judiciary. Limit service to one 12-year term, and grant both Congress and the state legislatures the authority to overturn court decisions with the vote of three-fifths of both houses of Congress or state legislative bodies.
4) Limits on Taxation and Spending: Balanced budget amendment, limiting spending to 17.5% of GDP and requiring a three-fifths vote to raise the debt ceiling. Also limit the power to tax to 15% of an individual’s income, prohibiting other forms of taxation, and placing the deadline to file one’s taxes one day before the next federal election.
5) Limiting bureaucracy: Limit and sunset federal regulations and subject the existence of all federal departments to stand-alone reauthorization bills every three years.
6) Define the Commerce Clause: While technically unnecessary, practically required to restore the original intent of the Commerce Clause. Clarify that the commerce clause grants not power to actively regulate and control activity; rather to prevent states from impeding commerce among other states, as Madison originally intended.
7) Further curtail Federal power to take private property through eminent domain and regulatory takings.
8 ) Allow State Legislatures and easier path to Amend the Constitution: Allows state to bypass Congress and propose an amendment with support of just two-thirds of the states (instead of three-fourths) and without convening a convention.
9) State Authority to Override Congress: Allow states to override federal statutes by majority vote in two-thirds of state legislatures.
10) Protect the Vote: Require photo ID for all federal elections and limit early voting.
I would add an 11th:
11) Get the Federal Government out of Marriage. Prohibit the federal government from establishing policies on the basis of marital relationships or the lack thereof, including through tax structures, and expressly define marriage as a state right the states are free to define if/as they wish without federal intervention or oversight. Allow for cohabiting adults where one works and the other remains at home to care for minor children or disabled family members to claim the at-home adult as a further dependent for tax purposes.
Just the first two would result in a huge change. If the dems hadn't used deceptive methods to get the 17th passed, Obamacare would have never passed. It needs to die. It was never meant to be a popular vote for the senators. Completely neutered the states.
Statistics: Posted by imuakahuku — Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:25 pm
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