I need to also re-read the Federalist Papers, but am certain that in todays political vernacular, Hamilton was a Centrailst (as was Lincoln) and Madison was a libertarian, like most of the other Founding Fathers. As for the 2nd Amendment, it was not mis-interpreted and challenged prior to my lifetime. As Pam said, it was taken for granted in the 19th Century that all men had the right to arm themselves in defense of anyone, including their own government. That made it possible for the Confederacy to enlist armed citizen soldiers in the beginning of the War. The Progressives are hell bent on trashing the 2nd Amendment with a future Supreme Court decision----this vote will come again and again with them until they win it or until they fall by the wayside.

As for actually abolishing any of the Amendments, I favor losing the 16th and 17th. The former is truly an abomination even in the biblical sense and the later is a Socialist scheme to subvert and undermine the United States Constitution. That one should have been hauled before the Supreme Court and shot down. But hey, it never should have passed in the first place.

Consequently, in 1911, Senator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas submitted an amendment, supported by Senator William Borah of Idaho, himself a product of direct election. Eight Southern Senators and all of the Republican Senators from New England, New York and Pennsylvania opposed Bristow's amendment. However, the Senate now included many Senators recently chosen by de facto direct election, and they supported the amendment. The Senate passed the amendment on June 12, 1911.----THEY SHOULD SPEND ETERNITY WITH NOTHING TO READ BUT THE FEDERALIST PAPERS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUION.

The House debated for almost a year, and passed the amendment on May 13, 1912.