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Constitution of the United States

Monday 13th of May 2024

Ask candidates … What will you do to make the Constitution more democratic? © 2015 Kwiple.com
Cocks of the walk say I am pleased to inform you that I have just granted a full pardon to 85 year old American patriot Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He kept Arizona safe! Donald Trump, 7:00 PM - 25 Aug 2017, displaying his eagerness to pander to his base's prejudices and enough deep-rooted contempt for judges, the rule of law, and the Constitution to act as a warning that he'll pardon any associate or family member convicted of any crime, however egregious © 2017 Kwiple.com
The Constitution of the United States I don't think it's a living document. I think it's dead. More precisely, I think it's enduring. It doesn't change. I think that needs to be orthodoxy. Antonin Scalia © 2016 Kwiple.com
The Constitution of the United States To assume that this country has remained democratic because of its Constitution seems to me an obvious reversal of the relation; it is much more plausible to suppose that the Constitution has remained because our society is essentially democratic. Robert A. Dahl, A Preface to Democratic Theory  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say Amend the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), Donors Trust, the Koch brothers, and anonymous wealthy right wingers © 2016 Kwiple.com
Kwiple dictionary First Amendment (fûrst ə mend' ment), n. According to Supreme Court decisions since the mid-1970s, it's the Constitutional provision that guarantees corporations and non-profits the right to spend unlimited amounts to buy elections, legislatures and courts, and ordinary people the right to burn flags in protest, except on its grounds. © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to allow metropolitan regions that want to become states, become states © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to allow states to secede via a two-thirds vote two years in a row © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to define labor organizing as a civil right © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to deny personhood to corporations and other such artificial entities while preserving their right to enter into contracts © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to elect one Senator from each state and all Representatives from all states in presidential election years © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to expel states that nullify federal law © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to guarantee felons, prisoners, probationers and parolees the right to vote © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to guarantee governments' right to pass ordinances or laws to protect public health, public safety or the environment, even though they may adversely affect companies' profits © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to guarantee people without a fixed address the right to vote © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to limit the total dollar amount an individual or a for-profit or a non-profit organization may donate to candidates and political parties together during a calendar year to one half of the previous year's median family income © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to make the District of Columbia a state © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to make Senator's votes proportional to their state's population as of the last census © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to prevent gerrymandering by requiring Congressional districts in each state to represent populations within a maximum of 1% of each other, to be bordered within the state by as few straight lines as possible, and to have population densities inversely proportional to their size © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to prohibit using tax dollars to support private or religious schools © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to ratify proposed amendments by conducting a nationwide election to be held 120 days after their official publication date, and in which all citizens at least 16 years old on that date are eligible to vote, regardless of their eligibility to vote in any other election © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to replace the electoral college with direct election of the president by popular vote © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to require elections for public office to be held on weekends © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to require members of Congress to be elected by a majority of voters in their constituencies © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution to require a simple majority of both Houses of Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution, not two-thirds of both © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Amend the Constitution so that, every other year, the two most senior justices of the Supreme Court are replaced by people who never served on the Court before © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Convene a constitutional convention © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Mark the Constitution “Not for Export” © 2015 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Prohibit trial evidence based on an analysis of crime-scene mixed-up DNA performed by software whose coding cannot be examined by anyone who wants to examine it, thereby denying defendants their Sixth Amendment right to question witnesses against them © 2015 Kwiple.com
Political dynasties No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution © 2015 Kwiple.com
Political inequality Congress shall have the Power … To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution © 2015 Kwiple.com
Political inequality The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State Amendment XXIII of the United States Constitution © 2015 Kwiple.com
Political inequality Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: — The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 and Amendment XII of the United States Constitution © 2015 Kwiple.com
Political inequality The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years, and each Senator shall have one Vote. Article I, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution (Amendment XVII provided for choosing Senators by popular election) © 2015 Kwiple.com
Racial inequality Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free persons, including those bound to service for a Term of Years and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, a.k.a. “The Three-Fifths Compromise” © 2015 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Originalism when it favors us, the living Constitution when it doesn't © 2017 Kwiple.com
Republicans say Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment © 2016 Kwiple.com
Same-sex marriage [Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family. Mike Huckabee, defending a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage © 2015 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say The federal government does not have the authority to come down into the states and control its land and resources. Ammon Bundy © 2017 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Power's not what the Constitution was about. Roy Moore © 2017 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Republicans would impeach Trump if he pardoned himself © 2017 Kwiple.com