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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner )
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: A New Constitutional Amendment (a SE - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 22:30:29 EST
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uiucdcs!renner    Feb  6 21:46:00 1984

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>       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
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