A Perfect Constitution
A More Perfect Constitution Begins with Congressional Term Limits
Professor Larry Sabato is the founder of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia presents 23 proposals to revitalize our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country. His book provides insight for a hard fought debate. Whether you like his suggestions or not or you agree with him or not, you have to respect anyone that can outwardly state that the United States Constitution as it has been handed down is “outdated.” This quest for reform I’m sure would anger many political conservatives who believe that the Constitution that we know today, is not in need of any reform, and is just the true document that is has always been and should remain.
There a few things within the recommendations that one would have issues with, but for the most part a lot of his ideas have merit. For instance Sabato’s suggestion that there be a Universal National Service, where every American being of “sound mind” be required to provide two years of military or civilian service. Now this particular recommendation is going to require a lot of buy in from not only me, but from the general public and more than like some of our conservative politicians. I think that Sabato realized this because of his quote "Libertarians find this proposal especially objectionable, insisting that governmental power over the individual must be kept to an absolute minimum.... But,...the libertarian approach ignores the substantial benefits not just for society but for the individual in the commitment to service." Although I can understand the proposal or commitment to service, it is difficult for me to fully buy into a forced requirement to serve in the military. Unfortunately this reminds me of over one hundred years ago when African Americans were forced into labor; later well known to everyone as slavery. I can only imagine that after requiring everyone to serve only two years, that there would be
some need to extend
Professor Larry Sabato is the founder of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia presents 23 proposals to revitalize our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country. His book provides insight for a hard fought debate. Whether you like his suggestions or not or you agree with him or not, you have to respect anyone that can outwardly state that the United States Constitution as it has been handed down is “outdated.” This quest for reform I’m sure would anger many political conservatives who believe that the Constitution that we know today, is not in need of any reform, and is just the true document that is has always been and should remain.
There a few things within the recommendations that one would have issues with, but for the most part a lot of his ideas have merit. For instance Sabato’s suggestion that there be a Universal National Service, where every American being of “sound mind” be required to provide two years of military or civilian service. Now this particular recommendation is going to require a lot of buy in from not only me, but from the general public and more than like some of our conservative politicians. I think that Sabato realized this because of his quote "Libertarians find this proposal especially objectionable, insisting that governmental power over the individual must be kept to an absolute minimum.... But,...the libertarian approach ignores the substantial benefits not just for society but for the individual in the commitment to service." Although I can understand the proposal or commitment to service, it is difficult for me to fully buy into a forced requirement to serve in the military. Unfortunately this reminds me of over one hundred years ago when African Americans were forced into labor; later well known to everyone as slavery. I can only imagine that after requiring everyone to serve only two years, that there would be
some need to extend