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Most of our politicians are so ignorant of the Constitution, I think it's time a Constitution course and taking and passing a test on the Constitution, be mandatory before being allowed to hold office.
Seems unnecessary. If the president or a congressmen attempts to pass a law that is unconstitutional, the courts will stop it. So while it would be nice to avoid that waste of time, there is a system in place to uphold the constitution.
Would this class be taught by liberals or conservatives? What is really frightening to me is that the judges on some courts don't know what the constitution says. Our last president thought we were being unreasonable to ask for proof of the few requirements our constitution requires for a person to be president.
I think our schools should start teaching real civics again. We have had enough of social government. Let's get back to the real rules of the constitution. Many rules are being twisted.
For instance, I learned in my 9th grade civics class that a natural born citizen is a person born on American soil. Nothing else qualified a person to be a natural born citizen. Other rules let a person be a citizen but to be a natural born citizen they had to be born inside the American borders. Why? That was what they meant when that was written into the constitution. Other historical papers prove this. If everybody had studied civics and learned this you would not have people saying somebody is a natural born citizen because they had one American parent. Who a natural born citizen's parent is does not matter unless they were diplomats from another country. An illegal alien's child could be a natural born citizen if they were born inside the USA border.
Seems unnecessary. If the president or a congressmen attempts to pass a law that is unconstitutional, the courts will stop it. So while it would be nice to avoid that waste of time, there is a system in place to uphold the constitution.
Pretty much - although, it would be nice if there was some basic required training at the beginning of every politician's term in these matters. Just like anyone gets training when starting a new job.
Would this class be taught by liberals or conservatives? What is really frightening to me is that the judges on some courts don't know what the constitution says. Our last president thought we were being unreasonable to ask for proof of the few requirements our constitution requires for a person to be president.
I think our schools should start teaching real civics again. We have had enough of social government. Let's get back to the real rules of the constitution. Many rules are being twisted.
For instance, I learned in my 9th grade civics class that a natural born citizen is a person born on American soil. Nothing else qualified a person to be a natural born citizen. Other rules let a person be a citizen but to be a natural born citizen they had to be born inside the American borders. Why? That was what they meant when that was written into the constitution. Other historical papers prove this. If everybody had studied civics and learned this you would not have people saying somebody is a natural born citizen because they had one American parent. Who a natural born citizen's parent is does not matter unless they were diplomats from another country. An illegal alien's child could be a natural born citizen if they were born inside the USA border.
Our last President released his birth certificate and tax records. The current President, not so much.
Most of our politicians are so ignorant of the Constitution, I think it's time a Constitution course and taking and passing a test on the Constitution, be mandatory before being allowed to hold office.
The first person to fail it would likely be our current POTUS.
Our last President released his birth certificate and tax records. The current President, not so much.
LOL!!! He did not release his birth certificate! He released a forged birth certificate, which was quickly and easily identified as such.
Who gives a damn about Trump's tax returns? There is no requirement for him to release his taxes, but he did voluntarily release a very detailed financial statement, which had far more information in it than any tax return would.
Most of our politicians are so ignorant of the Constitution, I think it's time a Constitution course and taking and passing a test on the Constitution, be mandatory before being allowed to hold office.
Yes. They supposedly swear to uphold it. The only question is who does the testing? Obama is supposed to be a Constitutional professor, but there is very little evidence he's ever read it, much less can teach it.
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