Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner ) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: A New Constitutional Amendment (a SE - (nf) Message-ID: <5425@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 22:30:29 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5425 Posted: Mon Feb 6 22:30:29 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 13:52:14 EST Lines: 28 #R:ihuxj:-39000:uiucdcs:29200083:000:1213 uiucdcs!renner Feb 6 21:46:00 1984 /***** uiucdcs:net.politics / ihuxj!amra / 1:27 am Feb 3, 1984 */ > It shall be illegal for ANY POLITICIAN to hold public office within > the borders of the United States of America. This idea can't be seriously considered until Steve tells us what he means by the term "politician." But while we're waiting for him to come up with a definition suitable for the United States Constitution, why not think over the following two amendments: 1. No LAWYER shall hold any public office of any State or of the United States. "Lawyer" means "any person ever licensed to practice law anywhere within the borders of the United States. 2. Heinlein's "Semantic Amendment", also known as the "Plain English Amendment." It specifies that any law or regulation of the federal government may be ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that it is too complicated to understand. The testing and sampling technique is specified in the amendment. Lawyers, judges, law professors, etc. are to be excluded from the sample. Wouldn't YOU like to challenge the U.S. Tax Code on the grounds that nobody can understand it? I sure would... Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner