Restructure the US Government

[US-SSR]

Electoral reparations because it would be impossible to provide economic reparations on the necessary scale. The current prosperity and power of the US is a direct result of setting enslaved Africans to work on land taken from Native Americans, producing 60 percent of US earnings from foreign trade throughout the first half of the 19th Century and benefitting every industry and every region of the nation. The monetary value of enslaved Africans in 1860 dwarfed that of any other US industry, including railroads and manufacturing. You, I, every American is as prosperous as we are today because of slavery.

that absolutely makes no sense at all. still if you want to give me free millions of dollars by all means go ahead.

That is historical fact. Read and learn. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar ... ca/373288/

[Uxupox]

that absolutely makes no sense at all. still if you want to give me free millions of dollars by all means go ahead.

That is historical fact. Read and learn. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar ... ca/373288/

so? should Spain pay for the destruction of life that was incurred into the natives of the both American continents for something they did centuries ago? Why should people from today be punished for actions taken hundred of years ago.

but by all means, if you still want to give me some money. then my bank account is open.

[A Cornstar]

Electoral reparations because it would be impossible to provide economic reparations on the necessary scale. The current prosperity and power of the US is a direct result of setting enslaved Africans to work on land taken from Native Americans, producing 60 percent of US earnings from foreign trade throughout the first half of the 19th Century and benefitting every industry and every region of the nation. The monetary value of enslaved Africans in 1860 dwarfed that of any other US industry, including railroads and manufacturing. You, I, every American is as prosperous as we are today because of slavery.

We began reparations in 1964. It's not working.

>taxing your citizens to pay other countries not to improve

We use the money to send doctors, medicine, food, machines, construction workers, and water treatment technicians mainly. It is not their fault they were born elsewhere.

Economic slavery is not virtuous. Teach a man to fish.

[New Nothingstan]

1) Simple elected assembly (by proportional representation).

2) President should be elected by a plurality vote of the assembly after the assembly is elected by the people. The assembly should be able to replace the president by a majority vote at any time.

3) President and cabinet members should have the power to propose changes in the law, with changes being ratified by a special court. Proposed changes are "put on trial," so to speak.

4) The special courts should include a 100-200 person jury drawn by lottery (sortition) from the general population with no further selection beyond simple age, citizenship, mental competency rules, etc. The full text of the proposed changes in the law would be read to the jury, members of the assembly would have the power to argue for or against proposals in the courts if they choose to do so, and the jury would decide whether to allow the proposal to become law. If it supports the proposal then great, the change goes into law. No political body should have a veto.

5) Regular citizens should also be able to make proposals to these special courts by first appealing similarly structured lower courts meant to weed out the silly proposals. Precious few proposals should make it all the way to the special courts with the power to make law, just like precious few cases make it all the way to the supreme court. But it should be possible at least for a citizen to go to the office, file a proposal to change the law code, and actually get the change made.

6) Have most of the senior-most offices (cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, etc.) appointed in the same proposal/trial system.

[US-SSR]

That is historical fact. Read and learn. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar ... ca/373288/

so? should Spain pay for the destruction of life that was incurred into the natives of the both American continents for something they did centuries ago? Why should people from today be punished for actions taken hundred of years ago.

but by all means, if you still want to give me some money. then my bank account is open.

Who is being "punished" by expanding voting rights for 13 percent of the population and potentially increasing their electoral impact to more like 20 percent? The point is to provide a relatively pain-free way to make up for enslaving their ancestors and oppressing them for over 400 years. And yes, reparations for historical injustice should at least be attempted when and where possible; was it wrong for Germany and France to recompense the victims of the Holocaust or for the US to do the same for the descendants of interned Japanese-Americans? Why nothing then for those who were slaughtered and imprisoned by US slaveowners?

[NS Miami Shores]

The President and Vice President can be elected together to a maximum of two five year consecutive terms, the President will have a line item veto power, which can be over vetoed by 66 % of the votes of Congress like it does now. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve will serve as a cabinet member of the President like the Central Bank Presidents of other nations.

The Vice President will be the President's Chief of Staff, personal advisor and tie breaker in the Senate on the President' s behalf, but will never preside over the Senate.

The electoral system of the mayors, governors, house of representatives and senate, will not be overseen by any branch of government like the Secretaries of States, it will consist of a council of the political parties, religious and social organizations independent of the government.

All elected officials of the house of representatives and senate are required to vote yes or no on all legislation, present or abstain is not allowed, if they cant be present for the vote, they must vote through a certified political aide with written instructions, permission and signature of the representative, on how the representative votes on the issue, the only exception is a written medical excuse by the representative's doctor stating the representative's temporary or current illness and inability to vote on the issue, like in the case of Senator John McCain of Arizona, all votes are public.

All legislation will be debated, amended if that is the case and voted on separately, similar to the UK I think, but I am not sure, similar to NS issues, all ridiculous procedural rules and filibusters are not allowed.

The constitution of the USA will prohibit birthright citizenship for descendants of illegal immigrants born on US soil, legal immigration is legal immigration and illegal immigration is illegal immigration and will not be tolerated, it is that easy, and it really is that easy.

Those are also the laws of my main RP nations, lol.

[West Leas Oros 2]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

[Dooom35796821595]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

How about a constitutional monarchy? Then you can call the White House a palace.

[Uxupox]

so? should Spain pay for the destruction of life that was incurred into the natives of the both American continents for something they did centuries ago? Why should people from today be punished for actions taken hundred of years ago.

but by all means, if you still want to give me some money. then my bank account is open.

Who is being "punished" by expanding voting rights for 13 percent of the population and potentially increasing their electoral impact to more like 20 percent? The point is to provide a relatively pain-free way to make up for enslaving their ancestors and oppressing them for over 400 years. And yes, reparations for historical injustice should at least be attempted when and where possible; was it wrong for Germany and France to recompense the victims of the Holocaust or for the US to do the same for the descendants of interned Japanese-Americans? Why nothing then for those who were slaughtered and imprisoned by US slaveowners?

There is absolutely nothing that one can do to in this generation to make up for slavery. Absolutely nothing.

[NS Miami Shores]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

How about a constitutional monarchy? Then you can call the White House a palace.

I nominate President Donald J Trump and his son Barron Trump to succeed him, with First Lady Queen Melania Trump.

[Washington Resistance Army]

How about a constitutional monarchy? Then you can call the White House a palace.

I nominate President Donald J Trump and his son Barron Trump to succeed him, with First Lady Queen Melania Trump.

God no.

[Tribes Republic]

1) Simple elected assembly (by proportional representation).

2) President should be elected by a plurality vote of the assembly after the assembly is elected by the people. The assembly should be able to replace the president by a majority vote at any time.

3) President and cabinet members should have the power to propose changes in the law, with changes being ratified by a special court. Proposed changes are "put on trial," so to speak.

4) The special courts should include a 100-200 person jury drawn by lottery (sortition) from the general population with no further selection beyond simple age, citizenship, mental competency rules, etc. The full text of the proposed changes in the law would be read to the jury, members of the assembly would have the power to argue for or against proposals in the courts if they choose to do so, and the jury would decide whether to allow the proposal to become law. If it supports the proposal then great, the change goes into law. No political body should have a veto.

5) Regular citizens should also be able to make proposals to these special courts by first appealing similarly structured lower courts meant to weed out the silly proposals. Precious few proposals should make it all the way to the special courts with the power to make law, just like precious few cases make it all the way to the supreme court. But it should be possible at least for a citizen to go to the office, file a proposal to change the law code, and actually get the change made.

6) Have most of the senior-most offices (cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, etc.) appointed in the same proposal/trial system.

So your points 1, 2, and 3 sound like a parliamentary system of government not that there's anything wrong with that.

Point 4 sounds like you want to use the current US Jury Duty law to allow every citizen to be able to decide changes on laws I like it.

I like point 5 a lot and it goes with point 4.

Point 6 I'm sure about

[Auze]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

How about a constitutional monarchy? Then you can call the White House a palace.

We already call the White house by the nickname "The Presidential Palace" , so no.

[Dark Socialism]

An American Vendee Rebellion would be glorious

[Greed and Death]

US Supreme Court of the United States
This branch wouldn't really change at all but the Chief Justice would be Elected by the people every three years with no term limit as to how long they can serve but the canidate would have to have passed the BAR Exam in their home state as well as pass a new Exam made exculcively created for the Position of Chief Justice which would be a test of their knownledge on the US Constitution which would have to be taken before they could even run for Chief Justice of SCOTUS.


So how would you Restructure the US Government either with or without the current Branches

And exam for scotus would either be pointless or an attempt to add politics to Scotus by the time a lawyer finishes law school and passes the bar they know how to take and answer an exam like nobody's business. If you get into the complicated areas of law you end up in the policy arguments.

[A Cornstar]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

The liberal talking points are just an anglo abstraction. The American war of independence was rather an act to solidify the ethnogenesis of the Terra Nova Northmen. Monarchy is not ruled out as a means to the end of ensuring continuity.

[Sovaal]

That is historical fact. Read and learn. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/ar ... ca/373288/

so? should Spain pay for the destruction of life that was incurred into the natives of the both American continents for something they did centuries ago? Why should people from today be punished for actions taken hundred of years ago.

but by all means, if you still want to give me some money. then my bank account is open.

Does this mean I have to pay repetitions for everything the English did pre-1776?

[Sovaal]

Uh, the USA formed in direct opposition to monarchy. The United States would be the last place on earth for a monarch.

The liberal talking points are just an anglo abstraction. The American war of independence was rather an act to solidify the ethnogenesis of the Terra Nova Northmen. Monarchy is not ruled out as a means to the end of ensuring continuity.

The only man early America would’ve accepted as King would be Washington, and he didn’t want to be king. Hence, no king, and I pray to god it stays that way for a long, long time.

[A Cornstar]

The liberal talking points are just an anglo abstraction. The American war of independence was rather an act to solidify the ethnogenesis of the Terra Nova Northmen. Monarchy is not ruled out as a means to the end of ensuring continuity.

The only man early America would’ve accepted as King would be Washington, and he didn’t want to be king. Hence, no king, and I pray to god it stays that way for a long, long time.

I agree with you that no one currently able to seize that kind of power deserves to have it, but I'm not against monarchy on principle. Kings can lead their nations to great fortune or great ruin, same is true of demos and aristocrats. I honestly believe a classical republic (not a liberal democracy) is the best solution, but I won't hold my breath.

[US-SSR]

Who is being "punished" by expanding voting rights for 13 percent of the population and potentially increasing their electoral impact to more like 20 percent? The point is to provide a relatively pain-free way to make up for enslaving their ancestors and oppressing them for over 400 years. And yes, reparations for historical injustice should at least be attempted when and where possible; was it wrong for Germany and France to recompense the victims of the Holocaust or for the US to do the same for the descendants of interned Japanese-Americans? Why nothing then for those who were slaughtered and imprisoned by US slaveowners?

There is absolutely nothing that one can do to in this generation to make up for slavery. Absolutely nothing.

So either attempting to make some kind of reparations is unthinkable "punishment" of others or enslaving Africans was such an enormity that nothing could possibly be done about it. Which is it? I spy with my little eye a rhetorical dead end.

[A Cornstar]

So either attempting to make some kind of reparations is unthinkable "punishment" of others or enslaving Africans was such an enormity that nothing could possibly be done about it. Which is it? I spy with my little eye a rhetorical dead end.

It's been attempted and it was bad for everyone.

[Terra Novae Libero]

"the position of "Speaker of the House" would be an elected position with the same powers as he/she has now, but with one extra power and that would be as the "Head of Government"

What does this even mean

[Luziyca]

The American government definitely needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up. The way I'd do it is probably a Parliamentary Republic: a symbolic President that does literally nothing except greet diplomats and promulgate shit, the Prime Minister who is basically the overseer of his cabinet, and adopt a Westminster system. I'd also redo the Constitution, and maybe explicitly say in the new one that "it should be interpreted according to the conditions of today, not of when it was drafted."

But realistically, it's never going to happen, because inertia, and also because America hasn't yet tried everything else.

[Tribes Republic]

The American government definitely needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up. The way I'd do it is probably a Parliamentary Republic: a symbolic President that does literally nothing except greet diplomats and promulgate shit, the Prime Minister who is basically the overseer of his cabinet, and adopt a Westminster system. I'd also redo the Constitution, and maybe explicitly say in the new one that "it should be interpreted according to the conditions of today, not of when it was drafted."

But realistically, it's never going to happen, because inertia, and also because America hasn't yet tried everything else.

I kind did a parliamentary system but not quite because while I that style of system it also has it's flaws I would prefer a government that didn't do much of anything except run the courts, police, and military as I'm a minarchist so the less the government has to do the better as it would allow people to govern themselves as long as they don't hurt anyone or take their stuff

[Big Jim P]

Why? Really the only thing we need to do is shrink it back to it's original state.