You get to make one Admendment to the Constitution what would it be?

[Higure]

I'd just explicitly define the general welfare clause, honestly.

 

[Laskar]

With the exception of those who are drawing from their rightfully earned social security and pensions or are physically and/or mentally disabled and thus can't work

No exception.
This is brilliant. It's a bullet to the head of the federal welfare state, especially if the amendment clarifies that it counts even if that cash is paid in grants to non-government organizations.

I don't see the need for an exception because A) you have to be severely disabled to the point where you can't even work as a stockboy at the local gas station and B) private and religious charities can fill in the gaps. Federal welfare could still exist as a means of last resort, but this disincentivises people who are receiving government largess from voting for more of it.

 

[Knowledgeispower]

Case in point; I'm autistic, which makes me mentally disabled.

Join the club albeit highly functioning in my case

 

[Terthna]

Join the club albeit highly functioning in my case

Same here; specifically Asperger's syndrome, back when they still diagnosed it as a separate thing. And before that, they said I had ADHD; which just goes to show how much mental healthcare has changed in the thirty years since.

 

[bullethead]

All federal, state, and local regulations are subject to review on a 25 year basis to evaluate whether or not they are necessary, cost effective, and/or burdensome to the citizenry.

 

[Yinko]

All federal, state, and local regulations are subject to review on a 25 year basis to evaluate whether or not they are necessary, cost effective, and/or burdensome to the citizenry.

25 years from when they are passed or all at the same time? Because I would think that if it were the former that most states would just rubber-stamp renewal, while if the latter they would actually be forced to be harsher in order to save themselves work.

 

[bullethead]

25 years from when they are passed or all at the same time? Because I would think that if it were the former that most states would just rubber-stamp renewal, while if the latter they would actually be forced to be harsher in order to save themselves work.

I dunno which option would put the most pressure on them, because these dumbasses can come up with plenty of excuses to just rubber stamp stuff.

 

[Knowledgeispower]

Same here; specifically Asperger's syndrome, back when they still diagnosed it as a separate thing. And before that, they said I had ADHD; which just goes to show how much mental healthcare has changed in the thirty years since.

I too was diagnosed with ADHD until about 7 years ago

 

[almostinsane]

This one, I would add this one.

It'd get rid of the soyboys as a voting block.

 

[Deleted member]

An Amendment Providing That All State Legislatures Must be Bicameral, and that the Upper Chamber thereof shall be apportioned by County or other body possessing the powers of a County under the law of that State, with equal numbers of legislators to be returned to this chamber per county.

 

[prinCZess]

"All judicial, legislative, administrative, and executive decisions, or lack thereof, may be reviewed and rescinded or amended according to the desires of the esteemed mind, beautiful body, and unquestionable righteousness of [my name]."

...What? Is that cheating?

Oh phoo. Fine. More seriously...I suppose, to avoid reproposing potential ones like redoing representatives or general organization--I'd add a more hard-coded mandate for military conflicts to require explicit and straightforward authorization by the House in stand-alone legislation every two years and make the War Powers Act 'time limit' on executive deployments an explicit part of con law.

 

[Atarlost]

Is an amendment with a bunch of related clauses like the fifth okay?

"Representation in the House of Representatives shall be based solely on the number of U.S. Citizens residing within a state.
No person shall be recognized as a citizen on the basis of where they were born. Birth citizenship shall be reserved for persons whose mothers were citizens at the time of their birth.
No person having ever held foreign citizenship for any reason shall be considered eligible for the office of President or Vice President.
Anyone who has in a public forum and under their own name advocated the destruction of these United States or the abrogation of their founding principles as set out in the Declaration of Independence shall have their citizenship revoked.
Any treaty which requires these United States to give citizenship based on geography or prevents these United States from revoking the citizenship of anyone shall be considered null and void."

 

[Knowledgeispower]

Is an amendment with a bunch of related clauses like the fifth okay?

Yep that's totally allowed

 

[Scottty]

While we're in dreamland, how's about:

• All legislation passed by Congress shall be subject to strict scrutiny by the Supreme Court
• Should any act of Congress be determined to be in violation of the Constitution
  • Said act shall immediately be null and void​
  • All congress members who voted for it shall be immediately removed from office, their seats remaining empty until the next scheduled election​
• The same shall apply to all regulations passed by other government agencies.

Oh and...

• The other eight Supreme Court justices have all been replaced by clones of Clarence Thomas.

 

[Abhorsen]

An equal rights amendment, including race, sex, sexuality, gender identity, etc. Then watch as all affirmative action is banned.

 

[Deleted member]

An equal rights amendment, including race, sex, sexuality, gender identity, etc. Then watch as all affirmative action is banned.

An interesting outcome is that it would also outlaw unfair allocations of alimony and child support based on sex, and even custody. Men’s Rights Activists might end up winning if an ERA was passed. It would be rather ironic.

 

[Free-Stater 101]

An interesting outcome is that it would also outlaw unfair allocations of alimony and child support based on sex, and even custody. Men’s Rights Activists might end up winning if an ERA was passed. It would be rather ironic.

Ideally but in reality this isn't happening as even the most conservative judge on the bench would make some sort of bogus ruling to limit how the amendment could be interpreted just like the second and tenth amendment essentially.

 

[Abhorsen]

Ideally but in reality this isn't happening as even the most conservative judge on the bench would make some sort of bogus ruling to limit how the amendment could be interpreted just like the second and tenth amendment essentially.

Unlikely. Gorsuch just used a ban on sex discrimination to ban gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination, claiming that the rule was meant to be read broadly. From a textualist perspective, he would also come down against affirmative action.

 

[Free-Stater 101]

Unlikely. Gorsuch just used a ban on sex discrimination to ban gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination, claiming that the rule was meant to be read broadly. From a textualist perspective, he would also come down against affirmative action.

That's apple's to oranges as Child support is something that people will flock to as alot of people rely on it and Gorsuch will be framed as a man who hates the poor widows if he does.

 

[Abhorsen]

That's apple's to oranges as Child support is something that people will flock to as alot of people rely on it and Gorsuch will be framed as a man who hates the poor widows if he does.

First, child support to widows isn't a thing, as their husbands are by definition dead. Second, Gorsuch gives no shits.