I would have put equality on the basis of sex, race, religion, orientation, zodiac sign, etc in there from the first place. Instead of having it as a list that just has to be added to, it should say that "no rights shall be denied to any citizen based on any criteria other than incarceration or deportation." If there needs to be a list, it should be an "out" list not an "in" list. In the Second Amendment, I would put the phrase "A well regulated Militia" in bold and bright red. Then maybe the NRA will stop ignoring that part and telling people that everyone has the right to bear arms when they don't. In the 8th Amendment, I would add the phrase: "By the way, killing someone is Cruel and Unusual Punishment." It seems some people don't think death is cruel.

I would like to make many things more explicit and interpretable in our day and age. As to the content itself, I wouldn't like to make changes to it, because I couldn't justify imposing my views upon the entire country.

The biggest single flaw in the Constitution is the lifetime appointment of judges. Most of the Founding Fathers predicted that isolating them from public supervision by periodic elections would make them impartially just; well, we can see that they were wrong and Jefferson was right in fearing judicial tyranny as the very worst sort. In fact, ALL politicians, including judges, should be term-limited so that they have to live under the same laws they make for everybody else. (Congress specifically exempts itself from most of the laws it passes.) Politicians, like diapers, need to be changed regularly and for the same reason.

The two biggest immediate changes I would make would be the following: 1) Eliminate the Electoral College. At every other level of government, the principle of "one person, one vote" is consistently applied and upheld, except for this anachronism. Abolishing the Electoral College would eliminate nonsense like the 2000 election. It would also tend to force candidates to campaign nationally, rather than conceding either "Blue" or "Red" states and focusing on a small number of "Swing" states (Florida, Ohio, etc.). 2) Incorporate an amendment that explicitly states that political campaign money IS NOT A FORM OF SPEECH. Ever since the Supreme Court decision in Buckley v. Valeo, . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo . attempts to reform out political process and reduce the influence of money interests have mostly failed because of the "money = speech" principle laid out then. Rep. Barney Frank (D - MA) believes that the only way around that is to amend the Constitution and I tend to agree with him. On a more far-reaching scale, if we were re-doing the Constitution from the ground up, I would probably want to change the basic 50%+1 "winner take all" election process with some form of proportional representation. Also, the modern history of the Constitution is one of the Executive branch asserting ever more power. I believe some re-balancing of power between the Executive and Congress needs to be implemented. . . .

To answer my own question, I would change it where not everybody has a right to bear arms, and also the whole electoral type of voting is just ridiculous, and I don't understand the reasoning behind it, why when more people vote for one president, the other one wins?

1) Expand the Constitution's protections to ALL citizens. If you were born in the US or immigrated legally, you will be treated fairly. Are you a green-skinned Pagan lesbian? Phht! No problem! 2) Stricter balance of powers and separation of the branches. 3) Term limits of 12 years for Congress, the President, and judges. The President should be allowed a third term is he can get the votes yet should still be limited. Given that Senators get 6 year terms, 12 is a good number for everyone. 4) Change the rules of Congress such that ANY measure would require at least 10% of the minority party's votes; no more majority party dictatorships unless they control at least 90% of the Congress.