Not alawyas perfect - 18th Amendment repealed only 13 years later (21st amendmenr)
Length and difficulty
Prevents necessary amendments like campaign finance
Supermajority
Tyranny of the minority - only a small number of Congressmen/states needed to block an amendment. The Equal Rights Amendment passed the HoR in 1971 and the Senate in 1972 but only 37 states out of the 38 needed ratified it. The 13 states which did not only made up 24% of the population at the time.
Supermajority
Sets a high threshold, making it hard for minorities to bring about amendments e.g. lack of same-sex marriage amendments, gay people only 4%
Principles of the Constitution
Upholds outdates aspects of the constitution like electoral college. Former Justice Stevens identified six areas of the Constitution he felt needed amending, including reforming campaign finance, the death penalty and gun control
Principles of the Constitution
Gives a lot of power to the SC, amendments their only check - court has only been overturned by one amendment (16th amendment)
