#1246 To amend or not to amend and if so, how? (Repost)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 27 December 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 2/1/2019
Today we take a look at the warring factions of progressive and conservatives who are all trying to amend the constitution in various ways. Some progressives want to call for a Convention of States to propose an amendment, as do some conservatives, while others are calling for an amendment but would rather it go through the Congress for reasons that will be explained.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: We the People Amendment - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 4-28-15
Thom Hartmann talks with David Cobb, National Spokesperson-Move to Amend Website: www.movetoamend.org, about an amendment in The U.S House that would end 'corporate rule'.
Ch. 2: The Liberty Amendments Explained Article V Convention of States - Hip Hughes - Air Date 8-15-18
A look at the Constitutional process of starting a Constitutional Convention by the states. And a straight forward focus on Mark Levin's proposed "Liberty Amendments" and the Convention of States pushing for a Constitutional Convention.
We host a debate on whether the push for a constitutional amendment is the best path to overturning Citizens United. We speak to Mark Schmitt, a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and John Bonifaz, co-founder and director of Free Speech for People.
Ch. 4: The Balanced Budget Amendment Escape Clause - The New American Video - Air Date 4-3-17
The escape clause of a proposed Balanced Budget Amendment gives Congress the authority to not balance the budget while in a national state of emergency. Constitutional expert Robert Brown points that the U.S. is in a constant state of emergency for almost
Ch. 5: Cenk DEBATES Constitutional Amendment To Fight Corruption Part 1 - @TheYoungTurks - Air Date 7-8-18
Cenk Uygur joins a panel discussion about the pros and cons of calling for an Article 5 convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to fight money in politics and overturn the Citizens United decision.
Ch. 6: Mark Levin, Constitution Article V, and the Liberty Amendments - WesternFreePress - Air Date 7-11-13
Mark Levin shows how the state legislatures, with no permission required from the feds, can amend the US Constitution. It's right there in Article V, and the historical record shows that the Founders meant for that Article to be used in a time like ours.
Ch. 7: Cenk DEBATES Constitutional Amendment To Fight Corruption Part 2 - @ TheYoungTurks - Air Date 7-8-18
Law Professor, Ken Chestek, explains the nuts of bolts of going forward with an Article V Convention strategy
Ch. 8: Liberals, Conservatives Team Up To Overturn Citizens United - Rebel HQ - Air Date 9-21-17
TYT's Eric Byler talks to Jeff Clements, president of American Promise, an all-volunteer organization working toward a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn "Citizens United."
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Shutdown - Alan from Connecticut
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments with my main takeaways about the state of the campaign for the 28th amendment
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Left Podcast in which we shall |
| 0:06.8 | learn about the warring factions of both progressives and conservatives who are all trying to |
| 0:12.7 | amend the Constitution in various ways. |
| 0:15.3 | Today's show is going to be a little bit different due to the content clips today come from |
| 0:18.5 | both progressive and conservative sources and I will be your guide walking you through |
| 0:23.0 | the topic. |
| 0:24.0 | Clips Today come from the Tom Hartman program, HIP Hughes, Democracy Now, the New American, |
| 0:31.0 | the Young Turks, the Western Free Press and Rebel HQ. |
| 0:36.3 | So to start, what you need to know is that people on both the left and the right want |
| 0:39.9 | to amend the Constitution but for very different reasons. |
| 0:43.7 | We'll start with the argument from the left that you might be familiar with. |
| 0:50.3 | The second doctrine that money equals speech is equally odious also created by the court. |
| 0:57.0 | That's seminal case is of course Buckley versus Vallejo and then First National Bank versus |
| 1:02.8 | the Balotti and a host of other cases but at its core it says that the expenditure of |
| 1:07.5 | money which is property somehow in the and the expenditure is a behavior and we always |
| 1:12.8 | said we could regulate behaviors and that has always been the case right. |
| 1:16.9 | But this creation if money is speech and First Amendment protected speech what that |
| 1:23.1 | means is the wealthy elite can spend unlimited amounts of money and elections which they're |
| 1:28.2 | doing. |
| 1:29.2 | Let's be honest Tom, you yourself have been chronicling this, it's getting worse and worse |
| 1:33.2 | and worse. |
| 1:34.2 | The Supreme Court has turned our elections into auctions and what really angers me and |
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