A national correspondent for The Week magazine wrote in a Jan. 26 article that the U.S. Constitution is “an outdated, malfunctioning piece of junk — and it’s only getting worse.”
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“One of the biggest problems with the Constitution as written is it makes changing anything nearly impossible,” he wrote. “Other countries regularly ditch or overhaul their constitutions to deal with new problems — and even America has done so in the distant past. When the first stab at a U.S. Constitution proved totally unworkable, Americans of the day didn’t fuss around with stipulations that “the Union shall be perpetual.” Instead they threw the whole thing out and started from scratch.”
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Here are some of the Constitution’s “janky mechanisms” that Cooper wants to throw in the trash:
- First Amendment: Freedom of press, speech and assembly.
- Second Amendment: The right to keep and bear arms.
- Third Amendment: The Right to refuse quartering soldiers on private property.
- Fourth Amendment: Freedom from illegal search and seizures.
- Fifth Amendment: Rights for people accused of crimes.
- Sixth Amendment: The right to a speedy trial by jury in a district where a crime occurred.
- Seventh Amendment: The right to a jury trial for civil cases.
- Eighth Amendment: Protection from cruel and unusual punishments and excessive bail.
- Ninth Amendment: The idea that “certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
- Tenth Amendment: Limiting the power of the federal government.
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