No it's not. Do you have any idea of how many things are easily breakable "Gentleman's agreements?"
2 presidential Terms was a gentleman's agreement. Not stacking SCOTUS? Gentleman's agreement. Amending parts of the constitution that dictate "This part can't be amended" is a weird loop-hole gentleman;s agreement.
The list goes on.
There's also a lot of stuff ignored because the problems hadn't occurred yet. Mass centralization of power via technically private government-sized super entities. Govt shell corps. Groups like K-street. etc.
We need a stricter constitution. Shit that flat out says no, and empowers citizens to action more. No more "government shall not" try "No Government, nor large centralized entity." Try enshrining entire segments of a new constitution in a "Cannot be amended without 100% congressional and state vote"
Oh, and something that punishes attempting to loophole legislation around the constitution.
We don’t need a stricter Constitution. The one we have is fine ... if we follow it.
No it's not. Do you have any idea of how many things are easily breakable "Gentleman's agreements?"
2 presidential Terms was a gentleman's agreement. Not stacking SCOTUS? Gentleman's agreement. Amending parts of the constitution that dictate "This part can't be amended" is a weird loop-hole gentleman;s agreement. The list goes on.
There's also a lot of stuff ignored because the problems hadn't occurred yet. Mass centralization of power via technically private government-sized super entities. Govt shell corps. Groups like K-street. etc.
We need a stricter constitution. Shit that flat out says no, and empowers citizens to action more. No more "government shall not" try "No Government, nor large centralized entity." Try enshrining entire segments of a new constitution in a "Cannot be amended without 100% congressional and state vote"
Oh, and something that punishes attempting to loophole legislation around the constitution.