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Re: Write your own Amendment
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Originally Posted by Disillusioned_1
Amendments:
A. The term of the president is a single 6-year term, a president may not be re-elected to the presidency. A VP who became president and served more than 4 years as president is ineligible to be elected to the presidency.
B. Corporations, companies, and legal groupings of people shall not be considered persons. Any rights guaranteed or protected by the constitution for US citizens are not necessarily protected or guaranteed for such groupings of people.
C. Congress's pay shall decrease by the same percentage as the federal deficit and be calculated each fiscal year. Pay raises for the congress are determined by the president no less than 6 years in advance.
D. We were serious when we ratified the 9th amendment as part of the bill of rights. Attention Supreme Court Justices, Congress, and the President: quit fucking with our shit.
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This doesnt sound like you. And take "not neccesarily" out of B, as it leaves room for congress to wiggle, to grant only the groups they like citizen like rights.
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-Thomas Jefferson
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