Terry Mitchell

Ten Constitutional Amendments We Need to Pass Now



Posted: Wednesday, July 08, 2009

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

There are some constitutional amendments that we urgently need to pass in order to preserve our way of life as Americans. The sooner we pass them, then better off we will be. Here they are:

1) A ban on all forced strip-searches. I don't care what anyone says – there is never any need for such a thing.

2) A ban on all government-sponsored torture and humiliation tactics, including, but not limited to, water-boarding. Sorry, security zealots.

3) An enhancement of the First Amendment that would make unfettered free speech a right, with the only exceptions being explicit threats, slander, and those rare cases of someone "yelling ‘fire' in a crowded theater."

4) The codification of an absolute right to personal privacy, which would include one's bank accounts and personal computers, among other things.

5) The requirement for a balanced federal budget in perpetuity, being with the year 2012.

6) A declaration that prayer in schools and other publically-owned venues and state-sponsored activities is not a violation of the First Amendment.

7) A ban on enacting or enforcing any law against an action for which no direct and actual victim can be identified.

8) An extension of the ban on double jeopardy which would outlaw trying anyone twice for the same act, with no distinctions made between state and federal courts or between criminal and civil courts.

9) Autonomy for each state to choose its own definition of marriage, regardless of how the federal government or any other state defines it. States would no longer be required to recognize marriages performed in or licensed by other states.

10) A clarification of the Tenth Amendment that would explicitly give to the states some of the rights and powers that were originally given to them implicitly.
 
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports.

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» left by Michael Ramzy
 2 years 300 days ago.
49 fans.
Very nice article, sir. And while we're dreaming, I would also like complete transparency in government.
» left by Terry Mitchell 2 years 299 days ago.
91 fans.
Thanks, and I would love to grant your wish if I could.
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