Larry Sabato's book on the constitution

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1. Highly debatable
2. Awful
3. Absolutely Necessary
4. Entirely unneeded
5. Probably harmful and counterproductive as far as the stated purpose is concerned
6. Awful
7. Awful
8. Might be marginally useful, but unlikely to ever be applied
9. Dreadful
10. Is it clear that the current text is inadequate?
11. Bad idea
12. Unobjectionable, but would cause more protests than it is worth.
13. Awful
14. Worse than 12
15. Dubious. Even number would be bad. Transitional opportunity for court-packing would be awful
16. Unobjectionable, worth doing
17. Beyond awful - criminally stupid
18. Shouldn't be in the constitution
19. Would do nearly nothing to achieve the stated goal (becides being highly contentious).
20. Probably awful
21. Worth considering under careful conditions.
22. Horrible
23. Unnecessary, probably harmful.

Of the 23, 1 seems essential, 1 unobjectionable and marginally useful, 1 possibly useful but unlikely t be used, 1 deserves debating and 1 would seem reasonable but is unlikely to ever be passed and is entirely optional, anyways. Most of the rest would be horrid beyond belief.