@ The Constitution

[SS-18 ICBM]

It's really depressing that I thought that was real before clicking on the link.

 

[MilesGregarius]

I'd make sure that knowledge of the Constitution is a major part of the test that should be required in order for anyone to become a citizen. (Citizenship should never be automatic, regardless of where or to whom one is born.) There is no need to force everyone to learn about the Constitution, only those who want to have any voice in how we are governed. (Yes, I know it would require a Constitutional Amendment to make this happen, and that the chance of such an amendment passing is essentially 0.)

Uh, naturalization already requires passing a test - and is therefore not automatic for immigrants. Civics is included, though I don't know how much of the actual Constitution is included.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

My concern is not so much about immigrants as those who have citizenship by birth.

 

[Karalysia]

My concern is not so much about immigrants as those who have citizenship by birth.

You won't be able to pass highschool, much less college without having read the Constitution at least once I assure you.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

High school dropouts can still vote.

 

[Karalysia]

High school dropouts can still vote.

The way I see it you have 2 solutions:

1. Not allow high school drop outs to vote
2. Force everyone to finish high school

Personally I like #2

 

[Berzerker]

both suck

can I say that?

 

[Formaldehyde]

You won't be able to pass highschool, much less college without having read the Constitution at least once I assure you.

I seriously doubt that most high school graduates have ever read the Constitution in its entirety. And unless you were a US history major in college, I certainly don't think you would have read it in college. I never did.

 

[IglooDame]

I seriously doubt that most high school graduates have ever read the Constitution in its entirety. And unless you were a US history major in college, I certainly don't think you would have read it in college. I never did.

Indeed.

I have a political science degree from the United States Naval Academy and I don't recall any particular class that took a close look at the words and meaning of the Constitution. That was about 20 years ago, though, and my memory of those four years is fairly suspect.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

"The freedoms our Founding Fathers spilled their blood for are vanishing before our eyes," Mortensen said. "In under a year, a fascist, socialist regime has turned a proud democracy into a totalitarian state that will soon control every facet of American life."

"Don't just take my word for it," Mortensen added. "Try reading a newspaper or watching the news sometime."

You wish this was a parody dontcha

 

[civ_king]

I seem to recall having a Con class in high school, and I know for a fact that immigrants have to be able to recite the Preamble.

However, as with holy texts, simply memorizing lines is insufficient. It is UNDERSTANDING those lines that matters.

for the oral part you are given a packet with 100 questions and about a month later you get asked 10 and you need to pass at least 6, most Americans would fail miserably...

 

[I'm Cleo!]

I realized it was a parody when I noticed that the author of the article pointed out that the ignoramus was wrong. A real "news" article would have included something like, "But others say the text of the Constitution does not include the language Mortensen describes."

Cleo