Subtitled "How and Why We Should Change the Constitution," this short work by John Paul Stevens presents clearly and persuasively how six amendments could create "a more perfect union," which is what the Constitution is supposed to be about, after all. The areas include gun laws, the death penalty and gerrymandering, which most people are familiar with, but also the pernicious doctrine of sovereign immunity and the dangerous anti-commandeering doctrine, which will be news to many readers. Stevens showed in Five Chiefs how he brings clarity and rationality to his subject matter, and that is certainly true here.
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