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Subject: 28th Amendment...Its time has come!
         
         One law for all…………………
         
                   This  will take less than thirty seconds to read.  If you
         agree, please pass it  on.
         
                   An idea whose time  has come
         
                   For too long we have  been too complacent about the workings of Congress.  Many citizens had no  idea that members of
         Congress could retire with the same pay after only one  term, that they didn't pay into Social Security, that they specifically  exempted
         themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while
         ordinary  citizens must live under those laws.  The latest is to exempt themselves  from the Health care Reform...in all of its forms.   Somehow, that doesn't seem  logical.  We do not have an elite that is above the law. The self-serving must stop.  
   
                      Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution

                   "Congress shall make no  law that applies to the citizens
         of the United States that does not apply  equally to the Senators
         and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no  law that applies
         to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply  equally to
         the citizens of the United States ."

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

The proposed amendment is interesting... maybe a referendum is needed to make this decision...

towwwdothello · Answer

The current Congress attempted to assign powers of exclusion for their members in direct conflict with Constitutional law. The Constitution does not need to be amended--the health insurance bill is not constitutional and must be repealed.

All persons being equal, and that includes members of Congress.

? · Answer

Good luck.  While it is a nice idea, the bill itself is poorly written.  You would need to include several specific clauses that would repeal previous portions of the Constitution.  It is possible for a court to invalidate a proposed amendment to the Constitution for technical reasons.

Then you have the problem of getting this through Congress.

DukeofDixie · Answer

Sounds great, but after Congress gets through with it, it will be 3000 pages of Subsection 3, 7, 23, does not apply to section 5,35, 72, as in subsection 3,45 and 26 , but refer to subsection 2,41, 23 as related to section of subsection 23 and 25***********************************************************

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