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I would add an amendment that says that the federal Constitution shall be strictly construed against the federal government so that federal powers are limited to those affirmatively conveyed upon them, as opposed to the alternative view that the Feds can do anything that is not expressly forbidden by the constitution.
The constitution is fine. Our governments--federal, state and local--needs to follow the Bill of Rights. The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Amendments have especially been under attack in recent decades.
It is not easy to change the Constitution of the country but however...
Let's get the easiest one out of the way and throw out the electoral college. It's buggery. Beyond that there are clearly some issues with our population that need help (More informed voters, impartial media, etc) that could be fixed, but regarding actual text of the Constitution, what would you change if you had one free amendment to push through?
The whole Constitution needs to be written over according to the modern age.
I would like a new constitution that models the U.S. government after the British parliamentary system. However I think we should wait until the United States' electorate is less polarized.
The whole Constitution needs to be written over according to the modern age.
I would like a new constitution that models the U.S. government after the British parliamentary system. However I think we should wait until the United States' electorate is less polarized.
Not being like the British was a major point of the founding of this nation. Why would you want us to go so far backward?
The Constitution is, for the most part, just fine as it is. The big problem is not with the Constitution itself, but with corrupt, evil politicians who refuse to obey it.
I would like a new constitution that models the U.S. government after the British parliamentary system. However I think we should wait until the United States' electorate is less polarized.
Not being like the British was a major point of the founding of this nation. Why would you want us to go so far backward?
I think the American Revolution was a mistake. Once it started I wish the British won. By every criteria other than climate I think Canada is a better country than the United States.
I would like a new constitution that models the U.S. government after the British parliamentary system. However I think we should wait until the United States' electorate is less polarized.
Not being like the British was a major point of the founding of this nation. Why would you want us to go so far backward?
I think the American Revolution was a mistake. Once it started I wish the British won. By every criteria other than climate I think Canada is a better country than the United States.
Feel free, then, to emigrate to Canada or the UK, if either place will have you. You'd probably be happier in either of those other nations, and America would certainly be better without you.
I'll play.
I would differentiate residents and citizens in the Constitution. All residents, native born or naturalized, inherit civil rights and equal protection under the law. However all residents (even if native-born) still have to pass a civics test to become 'full citizens' in order to vote or participate in a jury.
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Half the time I'm thinking that people should have to do a year or two in the military as well before getting the right to vote in federal elections...
Revise the Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the several states to keep and bear arms, and of the people trained by officers appointed by each states Governor, shall not be infringed.
Clear, concise and capable of keeping guns out of the hands of those who should never have them in their possession, and allowing for necessary and proper regulations of arms.
Re-title the Preamble to:
Mission and Vision Statement
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and" equal treatment under the law, regardless of their gender, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or wealth.
The Constitution is, for the most part, just fine as it is. The big problem is not with the Constitution itself, but with corrupt, evil politicians who refuse to obey it.
The politicians that you think are corrupt and evil are doing what the people who elect them want them to do.
The Constitution is nothing more than a loose guidebook on how to operate a democracy. Most of the economic, environmental, and civil rights legislation passed since 1900 violates the Tenth Amendment. Fortunately, the Supreme Court has had the sense to ignore the Tenth Amendment.