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Should politicians be forced to recite the constitution?

Should politicians be forced to recite the constitution?


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YES, POLITICANS should be required to recite the Constitution, 10 times a day, Morning, Noon, and Night, But most of us know Action speaks louder than words..
No matter what they recite, some of them will still find a way to cheat the system, the taxs payers and the voters out of their Constitutional Right.
 
No, but all so-called patriots patrolling the borders should absolutely be required to recite it.
 
YES, POLITICANS should be required to recite the Constitution, 10 times a day, Morning, Noon, and Night, But most of us know Action speaks louder than words..
No matter what they recite, some of them will still find a way to cheat the system, the taxs payers and the voters out of their Constitutional Right.

Wow, that's pretty hard-core, even Muslims only have to pray 5 times a day.

Should we make them face towards the Constitutional exhibit? How about prayer rugs, what should those be made out of?

:lol:
 
Wow, that's pretty hard-core, even Muslims only have to pray 5 times a day.

Should we make them face towards the Constitutional exhibit? How about prayer rugs, what should those be made out of?

:lol:

Hemp! :lamo
 
There is no Constitution but the Constitution of the United States of America, and Thomas Jefferson is its prophet.

ETA: Praise be upon him.
 
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Yes, of course. Government forces teachers to label every single lesson plan with the appropriate state standards to make sure what we're teaching is what we're supposed to be teaching. Why wouldn't every bill have cite the specific place in the Constitution where the power of that bill comes from? All representatives should know what's in the Constitution and be able to explain why they vote for things. They shouldn't have to memorize it, but know it very, very well.
 
Yes, they should pray and recite the constitution facing the Oval Office, due to the fact that this is where the President sign most Policies into Law.
They should pray and recite on straw mats instead of prayer rugs because it is cheaper and will save a lot of taxs money..
The manufacturing of the straw mats could stimulate and create new jobs, creating twice or more jobs than prayer rugs would, because the straw mats would wear out sooner than rugs.
 
Yes, of course. Government forces teachers to label every single lesson plan with the appropriate state standards to make sure what we're teaching is what we're supposed to be teaching.

Oh no and the next thing you know a medical doctor might have to go through some course of study!
 
Yes, they should pray and recite the constitution facing the Oval Office, due to the fact that this is where the President sign most Policies into Law.
They should pray and recite on straw mats instead of prayer rugs because it is cheaper and will save a lot of taxs money..
The manufacturing of the straw mats could stimulate and create new jobs, creating twice or more jobs than prayer rugs would, because the straw mats would wear out sooner than rugs.

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No they shouldn't, it would be nothing more than a stupid hollow act. I'm assuming your wanting this implemented is so that you know politicians understand the constitution. But you can understand the constitution without memorizing it, and you can not understand the constitution with just memorizing it.
 
How many people memorize information in order to pass a test only to forget it right after the test is over? This is nothing but a pointless exercise that in no way correlates to understanding.
 
Oh no and the next thing you know a medical doctor might have to go through some course of study!

I never said teachers shouldn't have to do that, so I don't understand your sarcastic response....
 
No, recitation does not equal understanding.
 
No they shouldn't, it would be nothing more than a stupid hollow act. I'm assuming your wanting this implemented is so that you know politicians understand the constitution. But you can understand the constitution without memorizing it, and you can not understand the constitution with just memorizing it.

The idea is that by reciting it everytime before they vote or write a bill is to help give them that second thought. Just like laws against murder,theft, fraud and so on do not stop everyone but they do stop a few. I know that not every politcian reciting the constitution will give a ****, but there will those who will care. I want them reciting the constitution to remember that it is there and what they are supposed to uphold. Although I suppose making them read the authors of the amendments intetions would also be a good idea.
 
What good would reciting the constitution do?
What good does it do having a marine recite the rifleman's creed, what good does it do having Army infantry soldiers recite the infantryman's creed, army rangers recite the Ranger Creed and so on, those in the army recite the Army Values?


It's a piece of paper in the hands of liars and deceivers in a town full of people who practice self-preservation above all else.

If you lie in court, you have broken the law.
If you lie inside the military, you are in violation of the UCMJ.


But if you are a politician, you are expected to lie and most even get re-elected. Our politicians don't have a lack of constitutional understanding. They manipulate and alter as they go. What they have is moral depravity. Who cares what's good for the country as long as it's good for the party.

I know most people in office are scum. Thats why we need laws to remind them of their duties, and laws in place to ensure that they do the right thing or at least point them in the right direction.
 
I know most people in office are scum. Thats why we need laws to remind them of their duties, and laws in place to ensure that they do the right thing or at least point them in the right direction.

They don't give a **** about their duties, they don't give a **** about pissing us off, and they don't give a **** about the Constitution. They know full well that, come election time, all they need is enough money to flood the airwaves with enough tripe to trick people into re-electing them.

Running for office yourself, or helping someone else to do so, could prove to be more effective.
 
Now that I have a lazy day finally and am thinking clearly here are a few benefits to a statute requiring recitation:
1) Some people who actually do care about the constitution(if that type of politician isn't extinct yet) may actually do the right thing
2) Forcing them to recite can slow down an out of control power grabbing congress, at least allowing for time to get to elections and replace the scum with less dangerous scum.
3) We'll call it punishment for their abuses over the years, they want to treat us like children, then we should give them the punishment fitting a child, when they cut their **** out, then they get to go back to regular business.

Just my 2 cents.
 
Now that I have a lazy day finally and am thinking clearly here are a few benefits to a statute requiring recitation:
1) Some people who actually do care about the constitution(if that type of politician isn't extinct yet) may actually do the right thing

I do not believe that this type of politician is extinct yet.


2) Forcing them to recite can slow down an out of control power grabbing congress, at least allowing for time to get to elections and replace the scum with less dangerous scum.
3) We'll call it punishment for their abuses over the years, they want to treat us like children, then we should give them the punishment fitting a child, when they cut their **** out, then they get to go back to regular business.

Just my 2 cents.
I agree with those. Politicians should be reminded every now and then that they are no better than the garbage man, police man, firefighter, or any other tax payer funded servant. They should be reminded of their duties.
 
really, wouldn't the best way to solve the problem of dumbarse politicians be to change the political system, so they don't become corrupted by it, they aren't born that way, and most enter politics with the best of intentions, yet the very system they swear to uphold in honour or whatever becomes the system the causes them to swap morals for power.
 
I do not believe that this type of politician is extinct yet.
Okay, fair enough. True statesmen are an endangered species though.

really, wouldn't the best way to solve the problem of dumbarse politicians be to change the political system, so they don't become corrupted by it, they aren't born that way, and most enter politics with the best of intentions, yet the very system they swear to uphold in honour or whatever becomes the system the causes them to swap morals for power.
The biggest problem is they make the rules as pertaining to them, so the only way to fix the system is to get a majority that believes in passing legislation to fix the system. It is possibly the most aggravating catch 22 situation in history.
 
NO! It's not one of the Constitutional requirements to learn the Constitution to run for office.
 
NO! It's not one of the Constitutional requirements to learn the Constitution to run for office.
No, but it IS a requirement under sworn oath to uphold it once elected.
 
No, because all forced recitations of words are meaningless and useless.
 
No, because all forced recitations of words are meaningless and useless.
You're right about that, which is why they should also have to write the constitution out 100 times over in it's entirety every time they violate it on national tv and on a blackboard. The humiliation alone would at least be fun to watch if it wouldn't change anything.
 
Honestly, what will reciting the Constitution do? It won't change anything, they know about the Constitution yet they chose to vote against it. With wishful thinking and denial, anyone can interpret the constitution however they want, so reciting it won't do much good.

Right. It would just be our gov. wasting more time than they already do waste.
 
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