Constitutitional Amendment (Edited)

[pdrichards114]

What would proposing a constitutional amendment entail? How does the process work?
Any thoughts, we need something now to restrain Shrub; an amendment that makes clear to his monkey-ass that any violation means a long trip to prison.
Thoughts?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. It's not easy to amend the Constitution

Witness -- we've had 27 in almost 220 years.

By the time one got through all the steps, Bush would be long gone.

[pdrichards114]

6. It can't be easy. I think a majority of America is coming to believe...

that our government is becoming if not already broken. It seems like we are approaching the time for a new amendment to curtail this out control, unitary executive, bullshit.
Roughly how long does it take, from start to finish?

[jwirr]

12. If a majority of Americans think our government is broken then

you can bet it is the pugs and their co conspirators who convinced then of it. Our constitution was doing just fine until *ss. We need to make the corrections for his changes and we will be back in business.

Very often when someone says that it is not working they are from some red state where they have elected people to run it that do not believe in it. They can expect what they voted for. We had a minister who came up from Texas to our area preaching how bad the government was. He was surprised that none of us agreed and that most of the workers in the local government were of our own religion. He soon left because he had no one to bitch about. Government works only as good as the people you elect to run it. *ss is a very good example of that.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

13. Based on history, anywhere from a few months to decades.

The usual time is a few years if memory serves.

[Mythsaje]

2. Welcome to DU

Though I have to gently chastise you for the prison rape comment.

Some people don't find that to be all that amusing.

Though, I have to say, if someone like Shrub had to face it, maybe they'd actually start doing something about it.

[MyNameGoesHere]

3. Democrats do not need

to make a constitutional amendment for everything that is wrong. We are not repugs. For every thing they dislike they want to change the constitution. Gay marriage, flag burning, prayer in school on ad infinitum. He has already violated the constitution on several occasions. We only need to carry out the law of the people.

[pdrichards114]

8. You have a good point!

[Dogmudgeon]

4. What's this? A NEW fan of Prison Rape?

And who's this "Bubba" all you rape fans like to mention?

:eyes:

Stop Prison Rape

--p!

[eyesroll]

5. Should Democrats be advocating prison rape?

Really. :eyes:

[pdrichards114]

7. Due to overwhelming response I have edited the commentary to remove the poor attempt at humor.

[Hosnon]

9. I think the existing framework (the Constitution and the general political system) is

sufficient to deal with President Bush.

The problem is not that there is no recourse; the problem is that there is no sufficient force willing to pursue the option.

[Bucky]

10. We've got laws on the books to restrain the president.

But you don't put in Amendments just to suit one man. We just need to enforce the laws we have before we start writing new ones.

[Hosnon]

11. I get you... nt.