In the spirit of democracy and independence I hereby create this petition to persuade the United States Government to act on limiting the term limits for Members in the U.S. Congress. It has been 40+ years since the U.S. Congress had proposed and ratified the 22nd Amendment which prohibits the President of the United States to serve more than two terms; the intent for the 22nd Amendment was a wise move to prevent Frederick D. Roosevelt from becoming the President for life due to his actions regarding radical changes in the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937. If such amendment was created and passed to prevent a President from becoming a dictator then why can't such amendment be created and passed to prevent U.S. Congress Members from engaging in political manipulation?
Because it would have to be passed by Congress, then ratified by 37 state legislatures.
I think you see the problem.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-28 21:19
Have you ever heard of an executive order?
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Anonymous2011-09-28 21:54
An executive order cannot tell congress what to do or how to do things. An executive order is not a law, it is an ... order that tells the executive branch how to execute a law. If you cannot make such a simple distinction then you have no place in politics.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 16:16
U.S. Presidents have issued Executive Orders since 1789. Although there is no Constitutional provision or statute that explicitly permits Executive Orders, there is a vague grant of "executive power" given in Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution, and furthered by the declaration "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 4. At the minimum, most Executive Orders use these Constitutional reasonings as the authorization allowing for their issuance to be justified as part of the President's sworn duties, the intent being to help direct officers of the US Executive carry out their delegated duties as well as the normal operations of the Federal Government - the consequence of failing to comply possibly being the removal from office.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 16:17
U.S. Presidents have issued Executive Orders since 1789. Although there is no Constitutional provision or statute that explicitly permits Executive Orders, there is a vague grant of "executive power" given in Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution, and furthered by the declaration "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" made in Article II, Section 3, Clause 4. At the minimum, most Executive Orders use these Constitutional reasonings as the authorization allowing for their issuance to be justified as part of the President's sworn duties,the intent being to help direct officers of the US Executive carry out their delegated duties as well as the normal operations of the Federal Government - the consequence of failing to comply possibly being the removal from office.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 19:04
Support it.
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Anonymous2011-09-29 20:36
Hello! Did you listen at all in your American Government class? The Executive Branch has NO POWER OVER CONGRESS. The President can issue Executive Orders limiting Congressional terms until he runs out of paper and they'll just laugh. Only a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT or an amendment to the constitution of an individual state (as Ohio, for one, has already done) can limit the term of a US Senator or US Representative.
Now if you want to travel to the other 49 states and get these other 49 state referendums passed, good luck to you. I'm all for it. I hope you succeed. Just don't ask for my help, because I live in Ohio, so I've already done my part.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 20:44
I checked your information and you're false; there is no such thing information out there that limits the Executive Branch from adding an constitutional amendment through a executive order. Also, some states can add state amendments limiting their own representatives but I'm talking about for the entire country which the President can easily do if he has the balls. It takes balls to do this and this may affect his political career but it's for the public good.
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Anonymous2011-09-29 20:47
In eight minutes? That was some fast checking. Clearly you didn't check hard enough. Executive orders CANNOT amend the Constitution of the United States. Only a Constitutional Amendment passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, signed by the President and then ratified by at least 37 states can amend the Constitution.
Look THAT up.
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Anonymous2011-09-29 20:52
Article V of The Constitution Of The United States:
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 20:54
Did you take a look at my petition? I've written in the actual petition statement for the Obama Administration (President Obama) to propose an amendment, I only add the executive order bit to gather supporters.
Article II, Section I, Clause I.
What do you think that means? Dude, if the President has a justified reason to do so he could easily just like that.
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Centrist Fiasco2011-09-29 20:56
Okay, now you've pissed me off. What makes you think an executive order for a justified cause can't override that shit? If you're indeed right then our government is shit.