We've seen that conservatives want to repeal the 14th amendment, the 17th amendment,amend the 2nd Amendment so states can create their own militias,adjust the 1st Amendment so that Muslims are not protected under freedom of religion and the separation of church and state be ended, and elevate the 10th amendment as a way to nullify federal laws, which the states dislike. The 4th amendment went the way of the dodo with the Patriot Act.
But there are some more little amendments that conservatives favor and that are generally favored by mainstream Republicans.
1. The Flag Desecration Amendment
2. Balanced Budget Amendment
3. Supermajority to raise taxes
4. The "Parental Rights" amendment introduced by Jim DeMint and Peter Hoekstra. This suggests that parents have the right to raise children "as they see fit".
5. The Human Life Amendment, banning abortion.
6. The Federal Marriage Amendment, banning same-sex marriage
7. An amendment giving Washington,D.C. a single voting representative. In practice this was killed this year by the GOP loading the bill down with pro-gun amendments.
8. Senator Jim DeMint introduced a term limits amendment (3 terms in the House, 2 in the Senate.)
From Jonathan Chait in the August 3,2010 The New Republic
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