Category: Politics

Any legislation signed into law automatically expires on the 20th anniversary of the signing. To extend this, the law may be approved, unaltered, by a new combined approval of both houses of congress and the signature of the president on a date at least ten years after the original approving signature. With this extension the law will expire on the 20^th anniversary of the new signing.

Dependent Legislation

Any legislation that is a modification of or references other original legislation, expires with the original legislation.

Current Body of Law

Four years after the ratification of this amendment, the current body of law will be subject to this amendment. Any law on the books at the time of the ratification of this amendment will expire on its twentieth, fortieth, sixtieth, etc. anniversary of its being signed into law.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Our society is responsible for its childrens’ sense of entitlement. Students know that they are a priveledged class of citizen; all rights and limited or no responsibility. We legislate and hold teachers responsible for student learning but not the students themselves. President Roosevelt’s “Freedom from Want” taken out of context can mean “If I want a yacht, society is supposed to see to it that I have one.” In our effort to protect our children we are depriving them of the strength to stand up for themselves.

-originally posted as a comment on Sarah Pomranka’s Spiritual Wheaties

I think it promotes racism to inquire about race or ethnicity. The government should not listen to one group more than another, nor make special arrangement/concessions for one group over another. I encourage all people to be proud of their heritage but our government should treat everyone the same regardless of their DNA.

Did you know that last year there where 800 bills that were before the Colorado State Congress and that 400 were signed into law? And, that was just in Colorado. Just imagine how happy our descendants will be in a 100 years when they have hundreds of thousands of new laws to improve their lives.
– My Proposal –
Lets amend the Constitutions so that any bill signed into law, expires twenty years from the date signed. Furthermore, laws already in effect expire on their next anniversary that is a multiple of twenty. This would keep our politicians focused on the most important issues and not legislate us into tiny padded boxes.

Our jury selection process has gotten ridiculous. Prospective jurors beliefs and philosophies are used as a basis to deny their right to sit on a jury. The only reasons a citizen should be excluded from a jury is if they have a personal relationship with any of the parties involved or stand to personally lose or gain based on the outcome of the trial.
– My Proposal –
Call prospective jurors from the appropriate geographic area using a totally random method. Then restrict jury selection questioning to the following questions; ‘Do you have a personal relationship with any of the parties involved in this trial?’ and ‘Do you stand to personally lose or gain based on the outcome of this trial?’ If either of these are answered ‘yes’ then the person is eliminated otherwise they sit on the jury.

CRIME, PUNISHMENT & JAIL TIME
It really irritates me that the living quarters of inmates are better then those than many enlisted members in our military forces. Here we have people that have refused to live by the rules of our society being treated to a higher standard then the men and women that have volunteered to protect our way of life.
When I was in the Navy I was assigned a bunk in a berthing space. The space was approximately 7 feet by 7 feet and had six bunks in it. Why should prisoners have it any better?
– My Proposals –
1. Reinstate corporal punishment. Rehabilitation is a joke. We need a deterrent. Public flogging, could be such a deterrent. Instead of sitting around watching cable or pumping iron, the convicted criminal is given a number of lashes. Depending on the severity of his crime, he reports back to work/school the next day or the next week. This could go a long way to reduce jail/prison overcrowding. We would also reduce court cost due to appeals. Since in these cases, the punishment could be administered immediately after sentencing.
2. Eliminate guards on the inside of prisons. The people in prisons have, beyond a reasonable doubt, committed crimes thus demonstrating their disregard for our society and the rules by which we have agreed to live. Since their is no place left to banish criminals we still need to provide them with shelter, food and clothing. So isolate them from our society and let them establish their own rules of society without our interference.