department of transportation, your epa and environmental organization in your state. you just think all the different organizations in the state, they are controlled by a federal government. all of a sudden the authority of the federal government to reach in and tell your state agencies and state legislators what they ll do because we know better in washington versus when they really don t know better, then we have fixed and restored the constitution to what it intends. it does a couple of things, number one gives states the flexibility to do the right thing for them and citizen at the right time versus a one size fits all everywhere. it eliminates a ton of bureaucracy. you can do that with the commerce clause, the general welfare clause and the necessary proper clause. all three of those have been prostituted by the courts to mean something totally different than what our founders meant. that will restore a ton of freedom. forcing the government to live
department of transportation, your epa and environmental organization in your state. you just think all the different organizations in the state, they are controlled by a federal government. all of a sudden the authority of the federal government to reach in and tell your state agencies and state legislators what they ll do because we know better in washington versus when they really don t know better, then we have fixed and restored the constitution to what it intends. it does a couple of things, number one gives states the flexibility to do the right thing for them and citizen at the right time versus a one size fits all everywhere. it eliminates a ton of bureaucracy. you can do that with the commerce clause, the general welfare clause and the necessary proper clause. all three of those have been prostituted by the courts to mean something totally different than what our founders meant. that will restore a ton of
this post-constitutional design will give us back our constitutional design? well, you know, i don t care what they believe. what i believe is, is the american spirit is about liberty and freedom, and if you go talk to individuals, i was in 32 states last year. if you talk to individuals, they want their freedom. they want to be able to decide, and you know, as mark says often, this movement is about making recommendations to the state. there s nothing foundational in this other than making a recommendation, but it s really about two gets to decide our own government, and what s happened is no longer do people get to decide. unelected judges, unelected bureaucrats decided for us. it s about restoring the process. so i think we can, but i think what we have to do is be very clear what our intent is. our intent is about restoring liberty. about restoring decision-making at the states. about honoring the vision of
route, this is what i like to ask, what are the options? we continue to do what we re doing? we continue to drive up the debt? other reform amendments, some that i proposed, which is term limiting supreme court justices, members of the senate, members of the house. allowing a supermajority house in the senate, three-fifths to overturn a supreme court decision as long as they act within two years. it s in my view, no reason one justice should determine for the entire republic for all time that that s the position. or three-fifths of the state legislatures also acting within two years. spending limits, taxing limits, borrowing limits. i only mention this so the audience understands it is we who want to reinstall, reinstitute constitutional limited government, because the constitution is honored if at all in the breach, isn t that
route, this is what i like to ask, what are the options? we continue to do what we re doing? we continue to drive up the debt? other reform amendments, some that i proposed, which is term limiting supreme court justices, members of the senate, members of the house. allowing a supermajority house in the senate, three-fifths to overturn a supreme court decision as long as they act within two years. it s in my view, no reason one justice should determine for the entire republic for all time that that s the position. or three-fifths of the state legislatures also acting within two years. spending limits, taxing limits, borrowing limits. i only mention this so the audience understands it is we who want to reinstall, reinstitute constitutional limited government, because the constitution is honored if at all in the breach, isn t that right? right.