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Amendment to the Constitution
Topic Started: Jul 4 2012, 06:35 PM (623 Views)
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Amendment to the Constitution

Amendment One
-Section VIII shall be added to Article VI of the constitution. It shall state:

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Congress shall have the power to remove the President from office after a week of deliberation on the issue, and a plurality vote in favor.


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Congress shall have the power to remove a Justice of the Supreme Court from office after a week of deliberation on the issue, and a plurality vote in favor.


Amendment Two
- Section IV shall be added to Article IV. It shall state:

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One month after Congress is elected, a referendum shall be held on the question of a full congressional recall. If a plurality of citizens vote in favor, an early election for all of Congress shall take place. If a plurality of citizens vote against, Congress shall serve the remainder of their two month term.

All full recall elections shall take place four days after the recall is approved.


Amendment Three
- The term ''impeachment'' shall be removed in all instances it occurs in Article II Section II.

Amendment Four
- Section IX shall be added to Article VI of the constitution. It shall state:

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Congress shall have the power and authority to remove any cabinet official the President appoints by a plurality vote in favor. Furthermore, Congress must approve, by a plurality vote, all cases of the President removing a member of his cabinet


Amendment Five
-Article III Section I shall be edited. It shall state:

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The Legislative Branch shall consist of five representatives elected by the people in a free and fair election, who shall be referred to as Congress.

The number of representatives shall increase by one for every twenty citizens gained.


Amendment Six
Article IV Section III shall be amended. It will now state:

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The citizens of the region shall have the power to petition Congress to pass a law. If 20% of votes in the last Congressional election sign a petition in favor (subject to the rules of Section I), then Congress shall be forced to draft that law and vote on it within one week.
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(Check the edit I made.)

It's because of checks and balances. I don't want powers being passed without any checks on them.
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Welsh Cowboy
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I still don't think mandatory is the way to go, maybe a variation... But I really want to hear Congress

I will not veto if this amendment package passes Congress 4-1 or unanimously. I would only consider it if it was 3-2.
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With that in mind, I wish to wait until I've secured the needed votes until this is proposed.
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Birkinghamia
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I still think the impeachments should be 4/5 - until then I won't add my signature.

Otherwise I think this is fine, except in Article III, Section I ("...The number of representatives shall increase by one for every twenty citizens gained, or for every region joining the commonwealth. Representatives added as the result of a region joining the commonwealth will disappear immediately after that region leaves the commonwealth.") all instances of the Commonwealth should be removed (this is not included in your proposal).

Also, I'm pretty sure "plutarity" should be plurality :P
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I'll get working on the second part, and I've sent you a TG about the first part.
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Birkinghamia
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Alright, I changed my position on the 3/5 and 4/5 thing.

As soon as the second things is finished, count me in.
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1: I have added an amendment removing references to the Commonwealth.

2: I have fixed plurality.
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Alright, I think it's fine, I'll propose it.
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