To go further with regards to systems, one system does not work for all. For example, here in England, your system has parts which aren't as important as they would be for the US, and vice versa. Case in point is the seperation of church and state, which while I'd like to see it everywhere isn't as neccessary in the modern UK as church, whilst actually having seats in the actual House Of Lords (if you're unfamiliar, think of them as a filter for decisions the elected House Of Commons make, sort of like a supreme court, but filteration and less powerful), the religious people see their position as one of moral purpose, rather than one of religious significance and therefore, are not generally a problem and don't get in the way due to their religious backgrounds. I personally dislike this, but it isn't a problem.

Perhaps this is why there is no perfect system, as system and culture must go hand in hand, and culture changes, so system must change with it as the change in culture kills off old problems and creates brand new ones.

To use an analogy, raising your first child well, does not mean you won't make new and interesting mistakes that wouldn't have even applied to your first-born. However, you'll probably fix those problems faster than perhaps with your first. We work as a whole in the same way, we gradually improve, but mistakes are still made, and new problems created.

I'd like to see a multi-party system emerge in the U.S. That way larger political parties would have more reason to move more toward the middle ground to try to gain support from smaller yet powerful groups. Right now minorities have too small a voice.

Eh, not really about Constitutional rights but I felt like saying that.

Very interesting thought Tstone. Kind of a continuing referendum the people vote on?

Very often I think most people I see aren't bright enough to know the repercutions their vote will cast, I'll have even more of a difficult time believing them to be capable to make their own decisions.

It sounds totalitarian of me, of course, but representative government isn't all about the logistics of it. It's also about having (hopefully) the most qualified people in terms of negotiations, in terms of knowledge of international relations, economy and strategy...

I just wanna be king... ever since I saw Mel Brooks as Louis the whatevereenth grabbing some womans arse from behing, sighing, looking us in the eye and saying with a brooklin accent: -It's good to be the king! :D