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jmowreader

(50,566 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:29 PM Aug 2015

An easy, CONSTITUTIONAL way to solve many of America's problems

Make Congress non-partisan.

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An easy, CONSTITUTIONAL way to solve many of America's problems (Original Post) jmowreader Aug 2015 OP

That would make for some interesting races for Speaker KamaAina Aug 2015 #1

I hate to break it to you, Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #2

Not quite jmowreader Aug 2015 #4

So they would be banned from caucusing with each other? Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #5

The Constitution was written without any recognition of political parties... TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 #3

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. That would make for some interesting races for Speaker

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:30 PM

Aug 2015

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

2. I hate to break it to you,

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:51 PM

Aug 2015

but a law banning people who are too "partisan" from running for or serving in Congress would be unlikely to survive a constitutional challenge.

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)

4. Not quite

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:07 PM

Aug 2015

Anyone who wants to run for Congress, could. But once they get there, instead of having a "Democratic Caucus" and a "Republican Caucus," there'd just be Members of Congress.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

5. So they would be banned from caucusing with each other?

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 05:09 PM

Aug 2015

Might still be a constitutional issue there.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

3. The Constitution was written without any recognition of political parties...

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:51 PM

Aug 2015

They did, however, almost immediately appear.

Parties are an almost natural evolution of electoral politics--people who tend to see things the same way tend to organize themselves.

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