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Why? The courts are set to review Obama's executive order on immigration.  That sounds like checks and balances in action.  Congress's inability to pass laws is its own dysfunction.  I don't know if we need a whole constitutional convention to resolve that. I mean what could a constitutional change do to force Congress to be reasonable and legislate? [/quote]
Constitutional reform could make it easier to pass legislation.  It could also rectify some of the disenfranchisement that is currently encoded in the Electoral College and the balance of power between the House and Senate.  I think the former is a bigger deal, though.  Right now potential legislation has to pass through numerous hurdles.  Even before the Republicans decided to become completely intransigent, it was extremely difficult to get anything through the Senate.  It has long been a common joke among House staffers that they passed legislation to go watch it die in the Senate.  There are some good reasons to make it hard to pass legislation, but there are also good reasons to consider changing that.

Overall, though, the Constitution was designed to prevent the "tyranny of the majority".  Unfortunately, through a lot of gaming of the system we now have the "tyranny of the minority".  Stepping beyond this election, a lot of national policy does not even remotely match the opinion of sometimes a super majority of Americans.  From a purely pragmatic standpoint, I dont' know if it would be better to "tweak the rules" or just try to find a better way to game them.[/quote]

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