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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] It's something of a class project I've taken upon myself. I'm going to come up with things that I think need to be changed about the Constitution, and then write up ammendments. Might even send 'em to my various congressmen, if I have a high fever one day. So far my list includes: A list of definitions (so as to prevent anyone from changing the Constitution by redefining terms, ala "well-regulated", "human being", etc.) Judicial Reform (so as to rein in the abuse of power by the Supreme Court and others) Property Rights (really a reiteration of already-expressed rights, but an important one) Military Reorganization (I just don't like the language used) Replacement of Congressmen (all Congressmen elected with a pre-named replacement) Federal Parks (not sure what I'm gonna do here, but I'm gonna do somethin') Rights of Criminals (since the rights expressed for "the people" obviously don't apply to criminals, perhaps it needs to be stated explicitly that they have none other than those enumerated) Rights of Children (again, these things obviously don't apply to kids, ala right to bear arms, so I need to come up with a good way to express the limitations of their rights until a certain age) Reiteration (some things just need to be said again, such as the fact that the government can't do anything that the Constitution doesn't say it can) Any suggestions? I'm looking for more ammendments, or ideas on how I might implement these. I've kinda been thinking, in the back of my head, about some sort of ammendment regarding the rights of non-human sentients (you know, just in case), but I'd have to come up with some objective way of determining sentience... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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