The United States constitution became the official framework for the United States on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to sign, but was not ratified until May 29, 1790 when Rhode Island became the thirteenth state to approve. On December 15, 1791 the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) were added. Over the years, seventeen more amendments were adopted, with the last one, the Twenty-Seventh, becoming active on May 5, 1992, some thirty-four years ago as of writing this. Here in the United States, regardless of political persuasion, many people seem to think we are having a bit of a constitutional crisis. Or, at least, a crisis of legitimacy brought on by hyper-polarization not seen since at least the late sixties and early seventies. If Donald Trump’s presidencies have accomplished anything, it is to show that much of what people thought were ironclad laws were in fact mere norms and propriety, readily broken by someone shameless enough to do it. This sort of recklessness needs to be reigned in if the country is to survive. Here I am going to make some proposals for constitutional amendments that I think could be helpful.
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