If you could add or remove one Amendment...?

Question

from or to the Constitution what would it be?

Answer 1

I actually have 4, but I'll order type them in order of importance.

1. No gay marriage. Make it illegal.
2. No abortion. Make it illegal, unless the woman was raped.
3. No anchor babies.
4. Make the media more balanced, Conservative vs. Liberal speaking...

Answer 2

I would put an amendment in stating that a President cannot grant a pardon or commute a sentence until five years after a person has been convicted of a crime unless 80% of Congress agrees. If a person was an employee of the Federal government when he or she committed a crime, it goes up to ten years, and if its a former President or Vice President it goes up to 25 years.

Answer 3

I would have to agree with Coragryph on this one. I don't have a problem (or a good reason) with the others to get rid of them.

As for the people saying that gay marriage is legal... marriage is a religious thing that has been merged with the state. Thus, the right to marriage must be approved by the religion itself, not forced upon the religious followers by the state. I fully support giving gay couples the full state rights of a married straight couple, but calling it a marriage is something that is left to the religions.
As religion must be separate from the state, so must the state be separate from religion.

Answer 4

I would enter an amendment that dictates that all republicans HAVE to support all democrats.

We deserve that. We love peace and love and being home with our families and the environment. I could spend all day just watching the weeds grow and be perfectly happy.

Plus, we need to be home in case the dog gets out.

Answer 5

I wouldn't want to remove the whole thing, but it is tempting to amend the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment to include as citizens only those born to legal residents.

Answer 6

Only one.....

Strip way the ability of the legislature (state and federal) to pass laws on a reasonable basis standard -- everything is at least intermediate scrutiny if explicitly authorized, strict scrutiny otherwise.

Basically, that limits Congress to only the specific enumerated powers in the Constitution, and even then they must use means that are narrowly tailored to achieve a specific enumerated goal.

States could no longer pass laws that do risk management (requiring insurance, requiring seat belts, etc) -- they could only pass laws punishing specific criminal actions that actually result in harm -- not ones that might have some small effect at reducing the possibility of harm.

Answer 7

I would add the Equal Rights Amendment.

Answer 8

I'd add the ERA and an amendment mandating a balanced budget.

Answer 9

I'd like an amendment spelling out the individual right to privacy. (No, I don't think the 4th is sufficient.)

Answer 10

I would get rid of the Second Amendment, and disarm all those crazy people with loaded weapons.