Liberal meme: we need more rights guaranteed!

  In keeping with the new liberal meme iterated by the auspicious Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the public is now being subjected to the repeated assertion that the Constitution of the United States is, shall we say, passe.
  Kaput.
  Irrelevant.
  No longer interesting, vital or complete.
  And it must be so because the New York Times has determined it to be "terse" (like that's a bad thing) and "old" which "guarantees relatively few rights."
  Out there supporting the meme is a lawyer named David Law (ha. funny right) was interviewed on F & F Weekend this morning. In the interview, he discussed his belief that the United States is becoming the Untied States, irrelevant to all, describing it as ""dysfunctional, antiquated and sorely in need of repair."
  Mr. Law has recently written a paper entitled "The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution" posted in "Social Science Research Network." He postulated on F&F that the reason the Constitution was no longer relevant was because no one else thinks so or quotes it anymore in, like, Egypt.
  Apparently, though basic civil rights were important to be acknowledged a few hundred years ago, there are so many more civil rights that are necessary to be acknowledged in the 21st century. 
  Like the right to broadband access to the internet.
  Or freedom from want.
  In fact, Roosevelt's 2nd bill of rights might fit right in with Mr. Law's view that the Constitution is incomplete; here are some "rights" according to FDR.

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; 

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation; 

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living; 

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad; 

The right of every family to a decent home; 

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health; 

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment; 

The right to a good education. 

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being. 

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens. 

For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

  Now, if you're a realist not living in lala land, you might notice that these requirements are relative to their perceiver. 
  What is useful? 
  What is remunerative? 
  How do you define "adequate"?
  What is "decent"? 
  What I might see as decent, another might view as indecent. 
  For example, Chicago teachers, a first year teacher in Chicago schools will make between $47,000 and $57.000 a year with no experience. 
  The schedule goes up to $115,000 a year for a 36 week a year job. This does not include fringe benefits;  in fact, without fringe benefits, in Chicago these teachers make these salaries:

• An Instrumental Music teacher $189,434 for a 9 month work year.
• A Phys-ed teacher over $1,000/day to watch freshmen do push ups.
• A second-grade teacher $17,000/month to teach coloring between the lines.
• A Drivers-ed teacher $130/hr to teach teenagers how to parallel park.
• Five teachers more than $20,000/mo.
• 4,706 Teachers more than the average family MD ($11,779/mo).

  With fringe benefits:

Add about $48,000 each for state pension contribution (30% of salary) and at least $15,000/yr health insurance benefits. Then include 15 days sick leave payable at retirement if not used, 2 personal days/yr and up to $300,000 payment to the Teachers Retirement System by the local school district if they decide to take early retirement (see “Anatomy of a Teachers Contract” here).

  And yet these same teachers feel they are underpaid, so much so that they are insisting they need another thirty percent in wages. Plus they've been asked to add 90 minutes class time, considering that 40% of CPS students drop out.
  The teachers' union wanted all laid off (due to no money) teachers recalled, something even the Illinois Supreme Court rejected Friday.
  They have a 180 day school year (not counting snow days-student contact time 174 days) and a school day that runs between 5 and 1/2 hours and 7 hours).
  SIXTY PERCENT of elementary schools have 308 minute days or just over 5 hours a day. Many schools have agreed to a longer school day next fall. 
  Thus the need for more money.
  What's a CPS teacher day like?
  Lunch for teachers is 45 minutes, scheduled at the end of the day, when teachers may leave rather than eat at school. 
  At the high school, of an 8 period day, teachers are expected to teach 5 periods of 45 minutes each (student contact time). That's under 4 hours a day teaching time.
  They also want more teachers and fewer students.
  Because these salaries/compensations/benefits require adequate remuneration.
  And that's how they see it.
  So, do you think we all define adequate the same way, do you think?
  Do we see any problems here with redefining the Constitution and adding more rights, Mr. Law or Ms Ginsberg?
  Walking down that mushy and uncertain road would lead to numerous, varied and unanswerable difficulties, thus proving once again that the United States Constitution in its simplicity is the most impressive constitution ever conceived by man or God.
  Oh, and, hey, FDR.
  How's that lasting world peace workin' out for ya?