Your constitution needs many amendments.

[pink]

It was written when times were totally different to today. There was no internet with social media for example. Also, there are many protocols that in recent times have not been followed. They need to be made into law. Also, there should be a law that a president should not be allowed to pardon anybody when he is in a lame duck period.

At the moment, the world is watching in abject horror as to what's happening in your country.

[maxsolomon]

1. Got it.

We'll get right on it when we have 2/3 of the Senate & 2/3 of the State Legislatures and Governors. Shouldn't be long.

[pink]

4. It certainly is a sad state of affairs

I feel your frustration.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

5. LOL. nt

[Statistical]

8. even worse it is 3/4ths of the states. The least populated 13 states can ensure no amendment ever

passes even if supported by 80%+ of the population.

[Karadeniz]

2. I agree... We all do, but we don't have the numbers!

[safeinOhio]

3. If you open it up to change....

Just hope the idiots don’t really screw it up

[Mike 03]

6. I'm not the first person to say this, but...

No matter how good the Constitution is, it doesn't work when people of malign intent and bad faith get into political positions of power. When that happens, Constitutions, amendments and laws are just marks on a piece of paper.

And you've probably noticed, this is also happening in Hungary, Poland, and other nations as well.

So maybe we can learn a few tricks from the EU if they can figure out how you tackle a situation like this when the truth simply has no meaning.

[Silent3]

10. Improving the Constitution, however, can make it tougher for abuses to happen

You're right that even a very good Constitution can simply be ignored, but the tipping point where the system breaks down can be made tougher to reach.

It's too bad that this is largely a moot point since we're nowhere near to votes we'd need in Congress or in state legislatures to change much.

One slim hope I'd have is that constitutional amendments to improve oversight of the executive branch, and the independence of the Justice Department, could be accomplished if Democrats support them, and Republicans can be convinced to look at such changes in terms of the short-term benefit of limiting Biden's power.

[Mike 03]

12. I appreciate your thoughts

Thanks.



I was looking at how difficult it is to amend the Constitution.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Constitution_vrd.htm#:~:text=Article%20V%20of%20the%20Constitution,thirds%20of%20the%20state%20legislatures.

Maybe over time the Republican party will recede and become a fringe party, like has happened in some European countries (although, it's scary how large some of them are, and some are growing bigger).

[roamer65]

7. At a certain point, it's why blue state secession makes sense.

If you can’t change the document, the situation just gets worse.

[Rebl2]

9. I definitely

agree about no pardons in a lame duck session, nor should judges be voted on by the senate during that period. There should be no firings either after a presidential election by the outgoing president unless someone did something obviously illegal.

[mopinko]

11. like- the era has been ratified by enough states, but not added

because of a made up time frame not mentioned in document.