IS THE CONSTITUTION REFORM PROOF?

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On the face of it, the question seems absurd. There are 27 amendments to the Constitution. But when we look closely we see 10 were passed almost immediately... prohibition negates itself leaving 15... and none really deal with the anti-democratic nature of our federalist system. They either tweak it or finally grant rights to those the Framers should have never denied them to. That job is STILL not finished.

The amendment process now requires 38 states to ratify any amendment. The Framers in all their wisdom failed to include any protection against demographic trends. 12 states... regardless of their population can now block any amendment. According to the 2000 Census the 12 smallest states by population contain 4.501% of the total population. In 1990 they had a whopping 4.675%. At this rate in perhaps 50 years these 12 smallest states will be down to a mere 3.5% of the US population.

By having a state-based ratification process instead of one based upon a percentage of the total US population the Framers gave a dwindling minority increasing power to thwart any and all reform.

So isn't it about time this became a political issue? What would a rational amendment process look like?

Source: http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t2.html