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What is the most pressing problem needing a Constitutional fix? If you had he power to enact ONE amendment, what would it do? A dozen commonly discussed proposals are below. Or specify something else. (But don't say your amendment would give you the power to enact 10 more. This is fantasy enough already.
) And be as specific as possible regarding your amendment's provisions.
1) Define personhood as beginning at conception, or birth, or by some other criteria.
2) Define legal marriage the union of one man and one woman.
3) Modify the 14th Amendment's language on citizenship.
4) Limit Congressional power under the Commerce Clause.
5) Allow Congress and the states to regulate spending on political campaigns.
6) Impose term limits on Congress.
7) Impose term limits on federal court judges (including SCOTUS.)
8) Limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts.
9) Repeal the 16th Amendment.
10) Repeal the 17th Amendment.
11) Eliminate (or modify) the Electoral College.
12) Prohibit flag burning.
My choice--without hesitation-- is #5. And to be specific, the Udall Amendment has already been introduced.
1) Define personhood as beginning at conception, or birth, or by some other criteria.
2) Define legal marriage the union of one man and one woman.
3) Modify the 14th Amendment's language on citizenship.
4) Limit Congressional power under the Commerce Clause.
5) Allow Congress and the states to regulate spending on political campaigns.
6) Impose term limits on Congress.
7) Impose term limits on federal court judges (including SCOTUS.)
8) Limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts.
9) Repeal the 16th Amendment.
10) Repeal the 17th Amendment.
11) Eliminate (or modify) the Electoral College.
12) Prohibit flag burning.
My choice--without hesitation-- is #5. And to be specific, the Udall Amendment has already been introduced.