A New New Bill of Rights

Posted by Eudaimonia 11 years, 2 months ago to Philosophy
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The Progressives, since FDR, have been pushing a New Bill of Rights, a document of vague "positive liberties" such as the right of "freedom from fear" which, in practice, would give the government a blank check to do whatever it damned well pleased.

The Libertarian/Republitarian/Conservatarian/Tea Party/Constitutionalist/Originalist/Objectivist/Randian thinkers among us need to respond in kind.

If you were to suggest an actual amendment to a Constitutition (US, State, or Gulch), what would it be?

I will post my suggestions to the thread.


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  • Posted by LauriJon 11 years, 1 month ago
    This is what I would propose.
    Congress shall create no Law which applies to the citizens of the United States of America that exempts themselves, the judicial or the executive branches, nor any federal employee. This would also eliminate Obamacare, darlings.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years, 1 month ago
    (a) No law, executive order, or other means, shall be enacted, ratified, or signed, limiting, changing, weakening, or deleting, either in whole or in part, of this constitution or any amendment attached and ratified thereto, nor shall any article or amendment to the constitution be narrowly construed to limit the rights set forth under said section or amendment.

    (b) Any politician, elected official, or member of the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial branch of the Government of these United States, or of any lesser government entity within the boundaries of these United States, who violates section (a) above, shall be declared in absolute malfeasance of their office; they shall immediately be removed from their position and title(s); said office shall be immmediately vacated, they shall be barred from seeking, attaining, or holding future office in ANY capacity with ANY governmental entity, and all gains, monetary, Influential, or Material, shall be forfeit. Further, they shall be subject to arrest and immediate inprisonment, the term of which shall be no less than 25 years, in no less than a maximum security detention facility."
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am working backward on your links, but as to the Constitution you drafted, I assume it's yours, I am struck by your presumption that the citizen must sign anything. It is the government that must sign a contract. We hire them. They also have a monopoly on force. It is important to constrain them, not the people.
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  • Posted by jwork 11 years, 2 months ago
    In my earlier comment I said that I think our system of government has failed. A more constructive comment would have explained why or suggested a solution.

    I think the main problem is that the Constitution failed to state a set of basic principles. To get an idea of the importance of principles see David Kelley's "A Short Course in Rule Breaking" - http://www.atlassociety.org/tni/short-co.... For some good thoughts about the problems with our legal system and "legislative law" read Bruno Leoni's "Freedom and the Law" - http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_s.... And for an attempt at framing a Constitution in terms of principles see this page of my website - http://stardrivenovel.com/Constitution.p....
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  • Posted by Kamanaopono 11 years, 2 months ago
    If a federal, state or county employee uses their office, position or political influence for monetary gain, criminal activity or polital corruption, that person should face a life sentence in a federal prison and the forfeit of all salary gained through governmental employment. All government expenses should be checked and evaluated by a private accounting firm that should be evaluated by an independant third party watchdog group that answers to the Judiciary Department. The Judiciary will held under the same criminal comtempt as every government employee.We are talking about government employees who are not working for the good of the American people and these people should be encouraged to do their job correctly,held to the up most accountability or to just leave.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 11 years, 2 months ago
    My post of 3/16 amended...

    1) The right of the Individual to own property shall not be infringed.

    2) Monies necessary for the Government to fund a military force, a police force, and a system of courts shall be raised by voluntary donations.

    3) The Government is hereby enjoined and forever prohibited from any spending beyond those listed in Article 2.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    you'll laugh. only shot once in my life. just wasn't raised with them. but I fully support your right to cock you hammer whenever you feel the need to :)
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Real property can be dealt with in the current system. Deeds, mortgages, leases, liens, contracts of sale etc. should all be registered with the county recorder. That's the only way to insure you have the right to transfer a title to real property. If someone comes up with a better idea I'd sure be interested.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 11 years, 2 months ago
    The Individual's right to own property shall not be infringed
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 2 months ago
    thank you. I had to read all the way through this to get back to the beginning. hammer cocked.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    (You're killing me lol) Um...no they were not successful in their attempt to ban said project. I called and left a couple of crisp voicemails requesting the reasoning behind their decision to ban the making of a tool (which occurred at the end of the period and was due the next day...the project was complete all but the firing). The return phone call I received the next day didn't really answer the reasons behind the decision, but the decision was promptly reversed. I still made my opinion known however...that this over sensitivity is COMPLETELY ridiculous. The hammer is cooked!
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