The Constituion is downright evil, time to give up on it

[midnight rambler]

Z tribe members coming out from under the rocks all over -

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/31/opinion/lets-give-up-on-the-constitution.html?_r=0

[vacuum]

Consider, for example, the assertion by the Senate minority leader last week that the House could not take up a plan by Senate Democrats to extend tax cuts on households making $250,000 or less because the Constitution requires that revenue measures originate in the lower chamber. Why should anyone care?

Uh, maybe because the lower house represents the people, and revenues usually deal directly with the people being taxed?

[Carl]

It's supposed to be; the kids sent their wish list to their parents and the parents are supposed to whittle it down to one or two items while putting in a couple of thing to keep the house running...

[Uncle Salty]

Seidman is a cunt. Just another liberal elite that thinks he knows best.

[midnight rambler]

Uh, maybe because the lower house represents the people, and revenues usually deal directly with the people being taxed?

According to the Federalist Papers the reason why all all appropriation bills are to originate in the House of Representatives is because the Representatives have to go back home at least every two years (if they're wanting to be re-elected) and answer to the people as to how they are spending the people's money.

[palani]

Hey!!!! Don't blame the organic constitution when you are operating under the 14th amendment. If you would like to go back to the organic constitution that is perfectly fine. All you have to do is figure out 15 Stat 223 (chapter 249) and dump the 14th amendment and all its RED provisions.

This guy may be a professor of constitutional law but all that study appears to have made him a moron.

[palani]

I should point out though that the organic constitution was not a particularly race sensitive document. If you go back to it then I doubt if the light reflected off the incumbent president would pass through the constitutional filter.

[Glass]

wow, not much historical truth bending going on there.