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The Constitution has within it provisions for modification to adjust with the times. I think it could use a couple of amendments:
1. Give the POTUS the line item veto however allow line item expenditures to be overturn by the same number of votes the initial bill passed by, still keeping the budget as congress' baby.
I agree with what ttwtt said here.
2. Eliminate the Electoral College.
I dislike this idea. It would lead to small states having almost no impact on the election. I could support proportional giving of electoral votes, or electoral votes given on congressional district, but only after we have some nonpartisan manner of redistricting.
3. Ban corporate and union campaign donations.
I could agree with this.
4. Limit super-pack contributions to the same amount and rules regulating the campaign.
Also this.
5. Ban lobbyists from donating to campaigns.
And this.
6. Repeal the 17th Amendment.
I can't agree with this, until we have some nonpartisan way of redistricting. Gerrymandering would control the House and the Senate.
7. Standardize all ballots nationally.
I don't see a need for this.
8. Grant every citizen with one of those new "real ID" driver's licenses a passport, since the same information is required at application.
I'd be okay with this.
9. Any American citizen spied on by the government upon the conclusion of the investigation must be notified at the initiative of the government, given the data collected on him and given the option of having that data destroyed and never accessible by the public under the FOIA under an expanded right to privacy.
Just a few...
I'm not sure how enforceable that would be.