Much has been said about the Federal Marriage Amendment (which apparently was introduced in the Senate 11/25/03 by Allard, Brownback, Sessions, Bunning, and Inhofe) and the Flag Amendment.
What about the following other ones (some of them real doozies) pending before Congress:
- Repeal of the 22nd Amendment (related to Presidential terms). I daresay this one has been introduced in every Congress since Reagan, if not before.
- Numerous proposals to preclude the 1st Amendment from prohibiting "under God" in the Pledge and "in God we Trust" on currency and in the "national motto." I don't know what kind of odds I give this one. It's possible that the SCOTUS will uphold the Ninth Circuit's Pledge decision by 4-4 (since Scalia had to recuse himself) - who knows what the reaction in Congress and with the public will be if that happens. People seemed pretty pissed off with the Ninth Circuit ruled "under God" unconstitutional in classrooms.
- To repeal the 16th Amendment and abolish the federal income tax. (This Congress is big on repealing amendments, huh?)
- To make eligible for Office of President individuals who have been United States citizens for 20 years (we've talked about this one too). There's another proposal requiring 35 years of citizenship.
- To give Congress power to enact a line-item veto. (Thanks, Liddy Dole.)
- To permit Congress to limit expenditures for federal office.
- To allow school prayer.
- To protect equal rights and reproductive rights.
- To provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 10 years. (Whoa! There goes the independent judiciary!)
- To limit terms of Congress.
- To protect unborn persons (providing exceptions for rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother).
- To provide that a person born of parents who are not themselves citizens is not a citizen solely by reason of birth in the United States.
- To abolish personal income, gift, and estate taxes.
There are lots more. For example, Jesse Jackson Jr. has a whole bunch of crazy proposals - good reading. Go to
http://thomas.loc.gov and search for "constitution amendment."