Constitutional Amendments?

To some extent Americans treat the constitution as a sort of sacred document that was handed down to us by the founders.

It did provide a fairly good template for the nation, but lets not forget, it has been amended over 20 times.  In fact the first 10 were done to secure its acceptance.

Two of these amendment actually cancel each other out, prohibition and its repeal.

There are certainly things in the constitution that need amendment.

One is the electoral college.  It clearly distorts the idea of one person one vote and allows for results that run contrary to democratic ideals.  It therefore is supported by those who feel it benefits them disproportionately.  Its not a democratic institution and there is no real need for it.

It might be a good idea to review the second amendment and clarify what is meant by a well regulated militia.  Certainly the ability of jurisdictions to regulate guns in its own borders should be added.  It was after all designed to protect the new states from a federal overreach.

We should go ahead and ratify the equal rights amendment or something similar.  Guaranteeing that all people share the same rights and privileges just seems like the right thing to do.

We should add provisions similar to some states where the people can get measures on the ballot and approve or disapprove them.  In cases where politics is preventing things the people want we should have a provision to let the people decide.

In fact the most important thing would be to improve the participation of the people in our Government.  The Senate suffers from a non democratic representation.  Maybe we should allow one senator for every million people but no less than two?

Its very unlikely that any of these changes will take place unless there is such a public outcry they can't be denied.  Still we should certainly consider some reasonable improvements.