Kahn
March 10th, 2016, 02:11 PM
What if we selected the president by lottery? Or changed the name of the country to the United States of the World?
Or limited how wealthy a person could be?
How about if we outlawed drunkenness, prohibited divorce, or forbade duelists from holding public office.
What say we?
All these have been suggested amendments to the Constitution — some of the 11,000 proposals made over the years to adjust one of the nation’s founding documents.
Only 27 have been ratified ...
Source (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/weve-tried-to-amend-the-constitution-11000-times-and-not-all-the-proposals-were-good/2016/03/08/58bcb3d8-e555-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html)
Or limited how wealthy a person could be?
How about if we outlawed drunkenness, prohibited divorce, or forbade duelists from holding public office.
What say we?
All these have been suggested amendments to the Constitution — some of the 11,000 proposals made over the years to adjust one of the nation’s founding documents.
Only 27 have been ratified ...
Source (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/weve-tried-to-amend-the-constitution-11000-times-and-not-all-the-proposals-were-good/2016/03/08/58bcb3d8-e555-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html)