Constitution Kris

Kris Kobach is a constitutional law professor, which means he studies the document a lot. But just reading and talking about the Constitution gets boring. What Kris really wants to do is to rewrite it, or at least add a few parts he thinks were left out by the Founding Fathers.

By our reading of this and past articles*, Kobach wants at least five new amendments to go along with the 17 that have passed since the original Bill of Rights:

1. Amendment banning abortion
2. Amendment banning gay marriage
3. Amendment keeping "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance
4. Amendment banning flag burning
5. Amendment making English the official language of the United States

That is an awful lot of changes to a document that has stood for two centuries with few revisions.

But, you know Kris, not only does he know more than President Bush, Secretary Tom Ridge, and the 9/11 Commission on homeland security, but he also knows more than James Madison and the other framers of the Constitution regarding what rights really need to be protected banned.

* The first three Kobach amendments come from today's Star article, the second from an article where Kobach attacks Moore regarding the flag burning amendment, and the fifth from today's article as well, since a constitutional amendment is the most often suggested vehicle for such a declaration.