Maybe something similar to what the French been doing could do the trick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republics
Basically a bit more large scale changes every now and then, shake up the status quo.
The current shutdown demonstrates why Jefferson's idea was a bad idea.
I went looking for more information when parent left their comment, and I found some letters:
- Jefferson to Madison, Sept. 6, 1789 ("earth belongs in usufruct to the living" 19-year term, expiry by default)
- Madison to Jefferson, Feb. 4, 1790 (three classes of laws; stability, property, tacit consent)
- Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816 (periodic constitutional conventions every 19–20 years)
You said "every other Founding Father" but I can't find any letters to/from anyone else, could you please share with me the source(s) you got this from so I could continue reading about this? Very interesting subject I hadn't hear about before.
(And no matter what you think of McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt must count as an upgrade, right?)
This could be just noise and theatrics, but I won't be surprised if SCOTUS invents another creative interpretation and allows the POTUS to do whatever he wants with the Library of Congress, then with Congress itself and... the sky is the limit.
Not that this particular Congress would even notice.
garciasn•3mo ago
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There is no detail as to the 'why' to other than 'because we said so.'
pseudalopex•3mo ago
[1] https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-asks-supreme-...