Amendment XX No state or local government entity shall assert special privilege or exemption with respect to established rights granted by the Federal Constitution. Rationale In a free society there is no reasonable excuse for an unequal application of law and justice, especially based on something as arbitrary as geography. Yet the US is built on the assumption that it’s

Amendment XIX All workers shall have the right to organize for purposes of collective representation and bargaining. Rationale Americans are fond of the idea of upward mobility, although in truth we now rank at or near the bottom for class mobility among developed nations. This wasn’t always true. The decline in American upward mobility has been a direct result of

Amendment XVIII In order to further the public’s interest in a free and independent legislature, elected officials shall not petition the body in which they served, either on their own behalf or on behalf of the interests of a third party, for a period of at least five years after the conclusion of their terms. Rationale As noted earlier on

Amendment XVII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Rationale Another one today that represents no change, although I’m very open to discussion on the term “cruel and unusual punishment.” This has historically been the center of any number of debates, and it may be time to articulate the concept in