Monday 2 September 2024

If I Could 'Add' To The Constitution?

 My ten humble ideas to 'add':

1.  Dump the Vice-President.   Let the House Speaker assume the role if the President 'passes'.  In the event of surgery or some personal problem....give the role of 'acting-President' to the Secretary of State.  If the President can't return to office within 30 days....the position is vacated and left to the House Speaker to fill for the remainder of the term.  Note: In this filling-role, the House Speaker acting as the President can't run for President.

2.  Financial required....within ten years, the budget must be zero debt.  Failure to reach that point, all members of the House/Senate...are relieved of 'duty' and set home (not to run again).

3.  No House or Senate member may be outside of the US, on personal or job-related duty, for more than 7 days in any year.  Failure to meet this obligation....means a 90-day suspension from their job and no pay during that period.

4.  All federal judges, House members, and Senators are limited to 12 years of federal service, period.  

5.  Supreme Court judges will be nominated into their role for a 12-year period, and exit service upon the end of the 12 years.  One back-up judge will be nominated and standing by....for a sick/injured judge.

6.  The District of Columbia will be re-made, with everything east of the Anacostia River to be given back to Maryland.  Everything east and north of Foggy Bottom is also to be return to Maryland.  Failure of Maryland to accept the deal?  The two areas will be offer to the remaining 49 states to control.

7.  The Sergeant-at-Arms for the House/Senate will be given full-power to administrator a alcohol test to any person 'on-duty'.  If they are determined to be drunk after the test....they will be removed and suspended for a period of seven days.

8.  Upon making one-million dollars in stock profits for each calendar year....the remainder above  that amount  will be 100-percent taxed...for any Senate or House member.

9.  Any House or Senate member who buys a residence in DC, Maryland or Virgina....is given a five-year exemption.  After which, they will be deemed residents of DC, Maryland or Virginia, and unable to run in the next election.

10.  The FBI Headquarters is to be removed from the region, and at least 500 miles from DC.