[RightWhale]

if this does prove to be such a disaster, we can do what was done with prohibition and reverse it.

Best to leave it alone. Past attempts to amend have resulted in eventual disaster and except for prohibition all are still there. Universal suffrage has been achieved. More than that cannot be expected.

[Desdemona]

Wait a second...past attempts have been a disaster? 13 & 15 - leave 14 out for now. 27? Okay, it was redundant. How about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and the much trampled 10?

Those eliminated slavery and insured that negroes (as they were known at the time) had all rights every citizen boasted - including those of speech and of the press, peaceful assembly, religion and the practice thereof. The uninfringed right to keep and bear arms (also trampled), the right not to incriminate oneself. Shall I go on to search and seizure, also very much trampled IMO.