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Nicholas Goldberg: The US Constitution is flawed. But a constitutional convention to fix it is downright scary

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia waits for the beginning of the taping of "The Kalb Report" on April 17, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C..

The U.S. Constitution is flawed and ought to be changed.

Here's where I'd start:

-- The undemocratic provision giving each state two senators, so that tiny Wyoming has the same representation as California, should be revised.

-- The 2nd Amendment, which has become an out-and-out public health threat, should be amended to ensure it doesn't give every fool and lunatic the right to keep and carry a gun.

-- The electoral college, which allows presidents to take office who did not win the popular vote, should be abolished.

But even though I strongly favor these reforms

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