[real_change]

back to the topic of the thread.............:moon:


1. [B]Abolish lifetime tenure for federal judges by amending Article III, Section I of the Constitution.[/B]

[B]I’m Against this. I like the principle that judges are above the petty politics of the day.[/B]

2. [B]Congress should have the power to override Supreme Court decisions with a two-thirds vote.[/B]

[B]An interesting concept- taking Checks/Balances to another level. [/B]

3.[B] Scrap the federal income tax by repealing the Sixteenth Amendment.[/B]

[B]Our current Tax structure needs to be changed. The Tax code is way to complicated and to many loopholes/deductions [/B]

4. [B]End the direct election of senators by repealing the Seventeenth Amendment.[/B]

[B]Flat out dumb. The people should vote for their representatives.[/B]

5. [B]Require the federal government to balance its budget every year.[/B]

[B]Great idea. [/B]

6. [B]The federal Constitution should define marriage as between one man and one woman in all 50 states.[/B]

[B]Should include some type of civil unions[/B]

7. [B]Abortion should be made illegal throughout the country.[/B]

[B]Killing is wrong[/B]

1) Lifetime tenures are a must in this field. Having to answer to the 'people' will result in disaster...look at congress.

2) absolutely not. a process is laid out to override the courts. amend the constitution! don't give 535 men and women the power to change your life daily, because they don't like the rulings of those THEY confirmed and allowed to take office.

3) repeal the 16th amendment and implement the fairtax. now!

4) repeal the 17th amendment and return the senate to its rightful owners... the creators of this union... this nation.... THE STATES! (nky, senators ARE NOT representatives of you.... read the constitution, the federalist papers, and understand original intent. Only about 90 years ago did we elect senators. Prior to that, they represented the state government itself. Most often appointed by the governor or legislature.)

5) for the most part, i support this. however, a clause allowing a super majority to override this rule in times of crisis should be included. what though is a crisis? 3/4's of congress most determine. and besides declared and legal wars, budgets can be unbalanced for no more than 2 years.

6) the constitution should be burned and spit upon if marriage ever is mentioned in it. it is a document of freedom, not discrimination. a guide for government, not for sexual relations. the fear of two guys being married is baffling. i serve in the military, and in the coming days gays will be allowed to serve alongside me openly. guess what? i can't wait. our uniform needs updated..... they know fashion. lol. seriously though? for those who think that gays are NOT born that way, and its a choice..... At what moment did YOU choose to be straight? or have you yet?

7) abortion. its murder. how is it that a wildflower in a national park has more protection than a beautiful innocent child in a mothers womb? how is it that its murder if i drink and drive, and kill an unborn child... yet, had the woman been on the way to the abortion clinic as it happened, she'd be 'excersising her rights'?