Tag Archives: Constitutional Amendments

Keith Hughes: The Balanced Budget Amendment Explained

Source:The New Democrat On its face I guess the Balanced Budget Amendment sounds like a good thing. The problems are several and not just the impracticality of it. That it would take two-thirds of both the House and Senate to … Continue reading

Posted in Keith Hughes, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The National Journal: Clare Foran: All The Ways 2016 Contenders Want to Change the Constitution

Source: The National Journal: Clare Foran: All The Ways 2016 Contenders Want to Change the Constitution I have to admit, that 2015-16, at least not yet isn’t as interesting as the 2011-12 presidential election cycle, at least when it comes … Continue reading

Posted in American Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Salon Magazine: Michael Burstein: ‘We Need a New Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  Michael Burstein’s amendments, or even new United States Constitution was not as radical or social democratic as I was expecting. I perhaps was expecting to see proposals that would move America away from its federalist tradition and … Continue reading

Posted in New Left, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment