Schwarzenegger 2020: Equal Opportunity to Govern

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

It doesn't pass any plausibility test and even if bad court decisions handwaived it past popular reaction would curse any candidacy based on it.

A Consititional Amendment might give people a sense of invovlement in the process. Courts running amuck and changing the Constitution unilaterally wouldn't.

On the other hand, there is little to suggest Constitutional Amendments exist as a practical possibility in modern US politics.

In the past half century, meaningful constitutional change in the US has happened exclusively through courts.