Fixing the Constitution

Many analysts and citizens believe that the Constitution, more than 230 years old, is out of touch with contemporary America. We asked five scholars to isolate the problem they’d attack first.

All from this series

  • Amendments should start with states

    U.S. needs to smooth process without lowering high bar for constitutional change, says Stephen Sachs

    Collage of Constitution, states, Capitol.

  • Change the Senate

    Disproportionate influence of smaller states creates ‘significant democratic deficit,’ Vicki Jackson argues

    Collage of Constitution and disproportionate voting power.

  • Enshrine an affirmative right to vote

    Amendment would demonstrate ‘absolute commitment’ to full participation in U.S. democracy, argues Tomiko Brown-Nagin

    Collage of Constitution and ballot box.

  • Let’s fix how we fix the Constitution

    Sanford Levinson on the ‘enduring dysfunctionality’ of Article V

    Collage of Framers and Constitution.

  • Let the House grow!

    A better Electoral College requires a Congress as elastic and flexible as the drafters of the Constitution intended, says Danielle Allen

    Collage of Capitol, Constitution.