Changing the Constitution ain’t easy and that’s on purpose. Two-thirds of Congress (290 House, 67 Senate) or 33 states must agree to propose. Then 38 states must approve. The system was built to make big changes tough for a reason.
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…and violating the Constitution is just lots easier than abiding by its restrictions on governmental power, moreso now that SCOTUS’ conservatives created a “rule for the ages” to declare their leader immune from the law when he violates pesky Constitutional rights, solicits bribes, etc.
But, the founding fathers didn't mean for that to apply to President Trump. It's implied that he doesn't have to abide by that system, which was meant for lesser Presidents!
Google is free! Why can’t these know it alls look up basic civics? I understand they might not have been required to take Government 101 in high school but the amount time they spend on this app could be used for basic research. Extra credit for researching the saga of the Equal Rights Amendment.
The issue is he’s poking the bear right now to see if he even needs to follow the constitution. There has been almost no accountability for his unconstitutional acts, so he apparently doesn’t. So now the merch is being printed. After a few more months of no accountability the rallies will start.
The right isn’t just stupid they’re also incredibly LAZY. They’ll never do the work required to actually change the constitution. Easier to just ignore it. 🤡
Which is one reason why the ERA (amendment) took decades -- decades -- to reach ratification, and be nearly scuttled for more than a decade by anti-female rights Red States.
big PERMANENT changes, importantly. big changes are supposed to be perfectly achievable, through law not fiat, but legislatures are often corrupt and intransigent
Of course, the way he's going, he could just declare the whole constitution null and void by executive order, and have the Project 2025 write a new one, and those wuffs in Congress would just fold with it.
There aren't enough repubs to change the constitution. We must redo SCOTUS first, add judges, and don't be "fair". Repubs weren't. Then pass good laws. There's no point if SCOTUS can undo everything we need to change. They've already undone most of the legal progress we've made in the last 50 years.
That's why it's so aggravating to hear people say that the majority of Americans votws for what's going on. No, they votes for a President, not to repeal the Fifth Amendment.
I suspect that Project 2025 already knew that. They are 2/3rd on their way to flipping the switch to a theocracy before,or no later than the 2030 mid terms.
Will yall please stop forgetting SCOTUS has given Trump the right to just shoot whoever he wants and as long as he labels it under his prerogative, he can't be tried. He can just shoot whoever won't vote his way if things get too desperate.It's worth thinking on a plan for a worst case scenario here
Sure .. but if one is allowed to just flagrantly go against it with no adverse consequences .. the question is why would they care about changing it? They just f#ckin do it - no morals, ethics, etc. in the House and Senate majorities stopping it. Actually, too many jumping on board.
Because there are still possible future consequences by the courts and if they ever lose power. They are codifying their crimes into law so that they can point to the constitution to get out of punishment, and so that they can continue their crimes after losing power.
What I find interesting is the ones who call themselves Christians - most of them - swear an oath to their God that they will be damned to Hell if they break their oath. Yet break it they do, with blithe disregard for consequences. They must think there aren't any. So they must not believe in God.
That's a fundamental flaw in the American system, it should not be so difficult to change the Constitution. The US is a massive outlier in this compared to other Western democracies and it's mainly served the interests of those seeking to suppress the poor and minorities.
Congrats to America for having the oldest living constitution. Longevity’s nice, until it traps you in a system that barely fits a 21st-century democracy.
I disagree. There are so many issues that haven't been addressed because they are held hostage by the set up. A much better approach would be for a vote in Congress, followed by a national referendum. Bypass gerrymandered, unrepresentative state governments and allow people to decide directly.
Foolproofing the Constitution is a whole another matter. These fuckers are so dumb or pretending to be dumb that we have to preschool the Constitution to them so that the rest of us don't get killed.
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Ratification: 3/4 of state legislatures OR 3/4 of special state conventions.
It is super hard
A constitutional convention could be a disaster in the hands of Heritage Foundation types.
1) Stack the Supreme Court &
2) Tell everyone else, "So what are you gunna DO about it?"
After that, they'll go for the "Unitary Executive" idea.
The entire US government is void as long as it regularly coerced its own people.
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