The next step should be obvious. Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco should henceforth deny building permits, including permits for renovations, to all religious groups that do not support same-sex marriage fervently (enough). This would be Catholics, Orthodox, and Evangelical Christians, Orthodox Jews, and Muslims (at least). No more churches, synagogues, and mosques for these folks until they change their minds. No more Catholic hospitals or schools, and no expansion for existing ones. Shut down existing ones for minor building code violations, and do not approve any needed repairs. Oh, and while we're at it - the name "San Francisco" was given by some intolerant, Catholic Spaniards and must be changed immediately.

The gold standard is more than likely the best ever devised, so long as coins are not debased. The only difficulty that I've not been able to wrap my non-economist's brain around is the following. With a basically stable world population (to the 1700s), no problem. But since the Industrial Revolution, population has grown substantially. If the money (i.e. gold) supply remains constant (i.e. discoveries/mining don't keep up), then the value of each ounce will have to decrease (more people do more work, thus each ounce "counts" more work, so the same amount of labor is worth less gold). Deflation, in other words. Price deflation everyone loves. But no one has yet solved the psychological problem of wage deflation.

Indeed. Judicial review for constitutionality is itself not explicitly in the Constitution, but a power taken (usurped?) for itself by the Supreme Court. My own view is that a referendum process should exist to allow these decisions to be overturned. I suspect cases such as /Kelo/ would have been reversed by such referenda. Forced nonincumbancy would be another interesting check-and-balance. This would not be term limits per se, but rather a requirement for all elected officials (save for the President, perhaps), upon ending their term, to /return to their home districts and reside therein/ before being eligible for the next election. I.e. appointment to a cabinet post would not be sufficient, one would have to return to one's own district