Posted by sohkamyung 2 days ago
Conveniently, none of it actually means anything at all, so it is routinely reinterpreted to mean exactly the opposite of what it might appear to mean.
That's not quite true. You still can't quarter soldiers in somebody's house. We Americans have a firm fixed belief in the Third Amendment.
If it were possible to amend them, then it wouldn't be necessary; we'd already agree on a less-unreasonable interpretation.
I think it is entirely clear that after 250 years they aren't even slightly fit for purpose, if they ever were. But I cannot see a way to revisit them without re-applying the process under which they were written in the first place.
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/09/08/missouri-house-ad...
(Not to detract from your otherwise correct post).