Sample Constitutional Amendements

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1. The Sixteenth Amendment is hereby repealed. Congress may levy a tax on incomes

provided every person is taxed nominally at the same percentage.

2. Person shall include natural and legal persons. Married couples must file a jointtax return.

3. Congress shall not collect tax on a decedents estates.

4. Congress shall not institute a value-added tax or national sales tax or any other tax

in kind or form.

On the Death Penalty

1. Any person convicted of murder of the first degree or treason shall automatically be

assessed the penalty of death.

2. Congress and state legislatures may assess the penalty of death for other felony

convictions, and may provide specific procedures for executions.

Against American Political Royalty

1. No person shall hold the office of the President or Vice President whose spouse,

brother, sister, parent, godparent, child, niece, nephew, godchild, in-law, or first or

second cousin who has held the office of the President or Vice President.

2. A grandchild or grand niece or nephew of a former President or Vice President may

hold the office of the President or Vice President provided their grandparent or great

aunt or uncle who has held the office of the President or Vice President is deceased.

On Balanced Budgets

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3. No foreigner shall be allowed to visit or apply for a visa to establish residency in the

United States who has no documentation, a criminal record, or has entered the United

States illegally.

4. Any foreigner who clearly cannot assimilate into the laws, customs, and traditionsof the United States shall be deported.

5. Any foreigner who commits a crime and is found guilty of the foresaid crime shall

be deported at the end of the sentence.

6. All law enforcement authorities at every level of government shall have the

authority to enforce immigration laws.

7. No subsidies or welfare benefits offered by the Federal government, states, or

localities shall be granted to persons who are not citizens of the United States.

8. No employer or landlord shall not offer employment or a dwelling for rent to any

person unlawfully in the United States.

On English as the Official Language

1. The official language for government business and commerce in the United States is

English.

2. No person shall be construed to speak any language at his place of employment oron official government business other than English.

On Interstate Highways

1. Unless designated by Federal statute or treaty, all highways, including those part of

the Interstate Highway System, are owned by the states where they are located. The

primary responsibility of the enumeration of interchange numbers and the general

maintenance of this infrastructure belongs to the states.

2. Congress shall not levy tolls on interstate highways for motor vehicles whencrossing state boundaries.

On Education

With the exception of patriotism, Congress shall not pass legislation regarding

education, the curriculum in schools at any level, or offer financing thereof.


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On Elections and Ballot Access

1. All candidates for elective office who qualify for appearance on the ballot shall be

invited to a public debate for the particular office sought.

2. All candidates for President or Vice President who qualify for appearance on theballot in every state shall be invited to a public debate for their respective offices.

3. For the purposes of elections and appropriations of seats to the House of

Representatives, corporations shall not count as persons. Corporations may not donate

to the campaigns of candidates for elective office.

4. Congress, state legislatures, and local election officials may place a limit on

monetary contributions to political campaigns. Limits placed by states apply to

candidates for Congress from those states.

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2. This Amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the term of any Senator

chosen before it comes valid as part of the Constitution.

3. When vacancies occur in the representation of any state in the Senate for more than

ninety days the governor of the state shall appoint an individual to fill the vacancy forthe remainder of the term.

4. A Senator may be removed from office by two-thirds vote of the state legislature.

(Pg. 33)

I understand the Founding Fathers decision to provide for a truly bicameral national

legislature that gave each statehouse a voice in the engrossment of Federal legislation.

But since the adoption of the 17thAmendment in 1913, it has been nearly settled matter

that the Senators are to be elected by the people of the state, and the adoption of this

amendment would be extremely difficult. As a Massachusetts resident, I am sort of

biased because since the Massachusetts Legislature has been under control of the

Democratic Party since the late 1950s, Ed Brooke and Scott Brown would have never

been elected to the Senate if the Legislature had the vote.

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unexpired term. Justices who fill a vacancy for longer than half an unexpired term

many not be renominated to a full term.

4. Upon three-fifths vote of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Congress

may override a majority opinion rendered by the Supreme Court.

5. The Congressional override under Section 4 is not subject to a Presidential veto and

shall not be the subject of litigation or review in any Federal or state court.

6. Upon three-fifths vote of the several state legislatures, the states may override a

majority opinion rendered by the Supreme Court.

7. The states override under Section 6 shall not be the subject of litigation or review

in any Federal or state court, or oversight or interference by Congress or the President.

8. Congressional or state override authority under Sections 4 and 6 must be exercised

no later than twenty-four months from the date of the Supreme Court rendering its

majority opinion, after which date Congress and the states are prohibited from

exercising the override. (Pg. 50)

I fully approve of this proposed amendment.

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3. Total outlays of the United States Government for any fiscal year shall not exceed

its receipts for that fiscal year.


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4. Total outlays of the United States Government for each fiscal year shall not exceed

17.5 percent of the nations gross domestic product for the previous year.

5. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States Government but shall

not include those derived from borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of theUnited States Government except those for the repayments of debt principal.

6. Congress many provide a one-year suspension of one or more of the preceding

sections in this article by three-fifths vote of both Houses of Congress, provided the vote

is conducted by a roll call and sets forth the specific excess of outlays over receipts or

outlays over 17.5 person of the nations gross domestic product.

7. The limit on the debt of the United States held by the public shall not be increased

unless three-fifths of both Houses of Congress shall provide for such an increase by a

roll call vote.

8. The amendment shall take effect in the fourth fiscal year after its ratification. (Pg.

74)

Section 8 should not be included since spending needs to be controlled ASAP. The

President should have the authority to line-item veto from the passed budget like

several state governors do.

Limiting Taxing

1. Congress shall not collect more than 15 percent of a persons annual income, from

whatever sourced derived. Person shall include natural and legal persons.

2. The deadline for filing Federal income tax returns shall be the day before the date

set for elections to Federal office.

3. Congress shall not collect tax on a decedents estates.

4. Congress shall not institute a value-added tax or national sales tax or any other taxin kind or form.

5. This amendment shall take effect in the fourth fiscal year after its ratification. (Pg.

75)


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5. If the Committee does not act within six months from the date of submission of the

regulation to the committee, the regulation shall be disapproved and must not by

implemented by the Executive Branch. (Pg. 100)


An Amendment to Promote Free Enterprise

1. Congresss power to regulate commerce is not a plenary grant of power to the

Federal government to regulate and control economic activity but a specific grant of

power limited to preventing states from impeding commerce and trade between and

among several states.

2. Congresss power to regulate commerce does not extend to activity within a state,

whether or not it affects interstate commerce; nor it does it extend to compelling and

individual or entity to participate in commerce or trade. (Pg. 117)


An Amendment to Protect Private Property

When any governmental entity acts not to secure a private property right against

actions that injure property powers, but to take property for a public use from a

property owner by actual seizure or through regulation, which results in a market value

reduction of the property, interference with the use of a property, or a financial loss to a

property owner exceeding $10,000 the government shall compensate fully said propertyowner for such losses. (Pg. 137)


An Amendment to Grant the States Authority to Directly Amend the Constitution

1. The state legislatures, whenever two-thirds shall deem it necessary, may adopt

amendments to the Constitution.

2. Each state legislature adopting said amendments must adopt amendments identicalin subject and wording to the other state legislatures.

3. A six-year time limit is placed on adoption of an amendment, starting from the date

said amendment is adopted by the first state legislature. Each state legislature adopting

said amendment shall provide an exact copy of the adopted amendment along with an


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affidavit signed and dated by the speaker of the state legislature, to the Archivist of the

United States within fifteen calendar days of its adoption. (Pg. 147)

4. Upon adoption of an amendment, a state legislature may not rescind the

amendment or modify it during the six-year period in which the amendment is underconsideration by several states legislatures. (Pg. 148)

This defeats the purpose of Article V.

An Amendment to Grant the States Authority to Check Congress

1. There shall be a minimum of thirty days between the engrossing of a bill or

resolution, including amendments, and its final passage by both houses of Congress.

During the engrossment period, the bill or resolution shall be placed on the public

record, and there shall be no changes to the final bill or resolution.

2. Section 1 may be overridden by two-thirds vote of the members of each house of

Congress.

3. Upon three-fifths vote of the state legislatures, the states may override a Federal

statute.

4. Upon three-fifths vote of the state legislatures, the states may override Executive

Branch regulations exceeding an economic burden of $100 million after regulations

have been finally approved by the Congressional Delegation Oversight Committee. (Pp.169-70)

5. The states override shall not be the subject of litigation or review in any Federal or

state court, or oversight or interference by Congress or the President.

6. The states override authority must be exercised no later than twenty-four months

from the date the President has signed the statute into law, or the Congressional

Delegation Oversight Committee has approved the final regulation, after which the

states are prohibited from exercising the override. (Pg. 170)

Sections 1 and 2 are fine, but the rest of the amendment might be over burdensome

because Congress only has the authority to make laws, not the Executive Branch.


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An Amendment to Protect the Vote

1. Citizens in every state, territory, and the District of Columbia shall produce valid

photographic identification documents demonstrating evidence of their citizenship,

issued by the state government for the state in which the voter resides, as a requirement

for registering to vote and voting in any primary or general election for President, VicePresident, and Members of Congress.

2. Provisions shall be made by the state legislatures to provide such citizenship-

designated photographic documents at no cost to individuals unable to afford fees

associated with acquiring such documents.

3. Early voting in any general election for President, Vice President, and Members of

Congress shall not be held more than thirty calendar days prior to the national day of

election except for active military personnel, for whom early vote shall not commence

more than forty-five calendar days prior to the national election. (Pg. 183-4)

4. Where registration and/or voting is not in person but by mail, citizens must submit

an approved citizen-designated photo identification and other reliable information to

state election officials to request ballots for voting, no later than forty-five days before

the primary or general election for President, Vice President, or Members of Congress.

Registrations forms must either be mailed or hand-delivered by the voter to state

election officials. If delivered by a third party, the voter must provide written

authorization for the person making the delivery and the third party must sign a

statement certifying that the did not unduly influence the voter decisions.

5. Electronic or technology-based voting systems, for the purpose of registering and

voting in national elections, are proscribed unless a reliable identification and secure

voting regimen is established by the state legislature. (Pg. 184)

References to specific offices are unnecessary since voter fraud may occur in state and

local elections as well. The procedures should be the same for all elections for all offices.

I would add a requirement for a basic 5thgrade civics test.


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Proposed Amendments Ratified at a Mock Convention at Colonial

Williamsburg, Sept. 22-24, 2016

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Fiscal Restraints Proposal 1.SECTION 1. The public debt shall not be increased except upon a recorded vote of two-

thirds of each house of Congress, and only for a period not to exceed one year.

SECTION 2. No state or any subdivision thereof shall be compelled or coerced by

Congress or the President to appropriate money.

SECTION 3. The provisions of the first section of this amendment shall take effect 3

years after ratification.

Section 2 enforces Federalism as defined in the 10thAmendment. Section 3 should be

omitted, as the amendment should take force immediately.

Federal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 1.SECTION 1. The power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states

shall be limited to the regulation of the sale, shipment, transportation, or other

movement of goods, articles or persons. Congress may not regulate activity solely

because it affects commerce among the several states.

SECTION 2. The power of Congress to make all laws that are necessary and proper to

regulate commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations, shall not be

construed to include the power to regulate or prohibit any activity that is confined

within a single state regardless of its effects outside the state, whether it employs

instrumentalities therefrom, or whether its regulation or prohibition is part of a

comprehensive regulatory scheme; but Congress shall have power to define and

provide for punishment of offenses constituting acts have power to define and provide

for punishment of offenses constituting acts of war or violent insurrection against the

United States.

SECTION 3. The Legislatures of the States shall have standing to file any claim alleging

violation of this article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit standing that

may otherwise exist for a person.

SECTION 4. This article shall become effective five years from the date of its ratification.


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Section 4 should be omitted.

Federal Term Limits & Judicial Jurisdiction Proposal 1.

No person shall be elected to more than six full terms in the House of Representatives.

No person shall be elected to more than two full terms in the Senate. These limits shall

include the time served prior to the enactment of this Article.


Federal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 2.

SECTION 1. The Legislatures of the States shall have authority to abrogate any

provision of federal law issued by the Congress, President, or Administrative agencies

of the United States, whether in the form of a statute, decree, order, regulation, rule,opinion, decision, or other form.

SECTION 2. Such abrogation shall be effective when the Legislatures of three-fifths of

the States approve a resolution declaring the same provision or provisions of federal

law to be abrogated. This abrogation authority may also be applied to provisions of

federal law existing at the time this amendment is ratified.

SECTION 3. No government entity or official may take any action to enforce a provision

of federal law after it is abrogated according to this Amendment. Any action to enforce

a provision of abrogated federal law may be enjoined by a federal or state court of

general jurisdiction in the state where the enforcement action occurs, and costs and

attorney fees of such injunction shall be awarded against the entity or official

attempting to enforce the abrogated provision.

SECTION 4. No provision of federal law abrogated pursuant to this amendment may be

reenacted or reissued for six years from the date of the abrogation.


Fiscal Restraints Proposal 2.

SECTION 1. Congress shall not impose taxes or other exactions upon incomes, gifts, or

estates.


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SECTION 2. Congress shall not impose or increase any tax, duty, impost or excise

without the approval of three-fifths of the House of Representatives and three-fifths of

the Senate, and shall separately present such to the President.

SECTION 3. This Article shall be effective five years from the date of its ratification, atwhich time the Sixteenth Article of amendment is repealed.

This amendment should take effect the following fiscal year after ratification.

Federal Legislative & Executive Jurisdiction Proposal 3.

Whenever one quarter of the members of the United States House of Representatives or

the United States Senate transmits to the President their written declaration of

opposition to any proposed or existing federal administrative regulation, in whole or in

part, it shall require a majority vote of the House of Representatives and Senate to adopt

or affirm that regulation. Upon the transmittal of opposition, if Congress shall fail to

vote within 180 days, such regulation shall be vacated. No proposed regulation

challenged under the terms of this Article shall go into effect without the approval of

Congress. Congressional approval or rejection of a rule or regulation is not subject to

Presidential veto under Article 1, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution.


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