See Bill of Rights 2

Goal: Implement various reforms with a single amendment to constitution

Discussion: We need certainty and common sense in reforming our government. Allowing the courts to make policy is inefficient and leads to uncertainty. While we hesitate to amend a document that has provided the foundation for free society and economic prosperity, the existing language is being twisted to accomplish political agendas not contemplated in the Eighteenth century. The Constitution should be amended only for good reason and when the risks of refusing to amend outweigh the risks of amending. The procedures in place for amendment insure that the integrity of the document will be maintained.

"Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit,, proclaimed in legislative halls and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the Nation." -Abraham Lincoln

"The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements." -John Marshall Harlan (Reynolds v. Sims - 1964)