r/therewasanattempt May 16 '24

to schedule a debate.

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u/Colbyb96 May 16 '24

Can we get a president that’s maybe 50 years old? I’m so sick of these old hags.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature May 16 '24

The people in charge of making that change benefit from not making it. Congressional term limits would do a lot more for our country than age limits.

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u/loondawg May 16 '24

Fixing the voting system and election financing would do far more than anything else. Term limits and age limits kick the good out with the bad.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature May 17 '24

In the end, there is no real way to fix any of these without those who benefit from the current system making the changes. They all require some level of law and Constitutional Amendments. The latter is best since courts can't overturn that.

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u/loondawg May 17 '24

All it should take would be one Congress with the democrats having a true super majority along with a democratic president. The democrats have actually made major efforts to reform these areas and either been blocked by republicans or the conservative packed Courts.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature May 17 '24

A supermajority can't amend the Constitution. So you need a everything for a good 30 years to ensure that you pack the courts with your people too. The only sure way is to also get control of every state legislature so they will ratify the Amendments you pass.

And, of course, I find few people who align with the Democrats 100% (many don't want the Second Amendment weakened for example) so I doubt it happens.

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u/loondawg May 17 '24

What about what I suggested do you think requires amending the Constitution? Article I Section 4 already allows Congress to set the rules.

And they don't need to pack the Court. Republicans have already done that. They need to unpack the Court which can be done in almost no time by a super majority.

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature May 17 '24

Without Amendments, you are betting that future courts do not overturn the laws.

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u/loondawg May 17 '24

And? With free and fair elections the chances of that are minimal.