and number 3, congress has got to have the power to limit independent expenditures like the ones you were describing in the koch brothers, at least around the election. limit but not ban. i don t think congress should ever have the ability to say this group is not allowed in an election year or to talk about candidates, but we have to have a system where the system is not so dominated by these independent expenditures that members of congress are just dancing to a track. we have to change the system where congress following the funders would be congress following the people and we would not have a system where most people believe that 75% of people believe money buys results in congress. i have felt hopeless about the prospect of change because of the supreme court. of course the way you get around the supreme court deciding something in constitutional terms is by changing the constitution. i had been thinking about the only means to changing the constitution as being one that could
around the election. limit but not ban. i don t think congress should ever have the ability to say this group is not allowed in an election year or to talk about candidates, but we have to have a system where the system is not so dominated by these independent expenditures that members of congress are just dancing to a track. we have to change the system where congress following the funders would be congress following the people and we would not have a system where most people believe that 75% of people believe money buys results in congress. i have felt hopeless about the prospect of change because of the supreme court. of course the way you get around the supreme court deciding something in constitutional terms is by changing the constitution. i had been thinking about the only means to changing the constitution as being one that could start in congress. and as you say, since congress is the problem, it didn t seem like that was going to happen. the thing that makes me feel like th
in recent years republicans have proposed what they call a repeal amendment, changing the constitution so states can repeal any federal law they don t like. they ve proposed dropping the 14th amendment so you re not necessarily a citizen because you re born here. they ve proposed an amendment to ban the government from buying stock in a company. michele bachmann proposed a constitutional amendment to ban the president from entering into a treaty that would change the u.s. currency to some sort of global currency because that s an urgent concern. republicans have pushed to repeal the 17th amendment, one that says we get to elect u.s. senators. republicans have also backed in recent years a parental rights amendment to the constitution to make sure the u.n. doesn t come in and take away american parents rights. republicans have proposed amending the constitution to ban
under-appreciated thing is how much republicans wants to change the constitution. republicans want to change the constitution for everything. in recent years republicans have proposed what they call a repeal amendment, changing the constitution so states can repeal any federal law they don t like. they propose dropping the 14th amendment action so you re not necessarily a citizen because you re born here. they proposed an amendment to ban the u.s. government from buying stock in a company. presidential candidate michele bachmann proposed a constitutional amendment to ban the president from entering into a treaty that would change the u.s. currency to some sort of global currency, because that s an urgent concern. republicans have pushed to repeal the 17th amendment, which says we get to election u.s. senators. they have backed in recent years a parental rights amendment to the constitution, to make sure the u.n. doesn t come in and take away american parents rights.
i know the house is full of republicans and so are the state legislatures, but one under-appreciated thing is how much republicans wants to change the constitution. republicans want to change the constitution for everything. in recent years republicans have proposed what they call a repeal amendment, changing the constitution so states can repeal any federal law they don t like. they propose dropping the 14th amendment action so you re not necessarily a citizen because you re born here. they proposed an amendment to ban the u.s. government from buying stock in a company. presidential candidate michele bachmann proposed a constitutional amendment to ban the president from entering into a treaty that would change the u.s. currency to some sort of global currency, because that s an urgent concern. republicans have pushed to repeal the 17th amendment, which says we get to election u.s. senators. they have backed in recent years a parental rights amendment to the constitution, to make sure