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  Amend the Constitution to bar senators from the Presidency.
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Last EditedRP  Apr 28, 2022 11:08am
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AuthorGeorge F. Will
News DateWednesday, April 27, 2022 05:40:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionTo conserve the reverence it needs and deserves, the Constitution should be amended rarely and reluctantly. There is, however, an amendment that would instantly improve the legislative and executive branches. It would read: "No senator or former senator shall be eligible to be president."

As president-centric government has waxed, the Senate has waned, becoming increasingly a theater of performative behaviors by senators who are decreasingly interested in legislating, and are increasingly preoccupied with using social media for self-promotion.
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