A More Perfect Constitution for a More Perfect Union

Prof. Larry Sabato and Prof. Sandy Levinson believe our Constitution needs a structural overhaul.

I agree. Consider the following:

- Money has so overwhelmed the political system that we are left to hope for a benevolent plutocrat to offset the dominant influence of self-centered special interests.

- Partisan redistricting ensures very few districts are competitive, meaning politicians are left to pander only to their base.

- The executive branch usurps the authority of the legislative and judicial branches, and everyone stands around and watches.

- People don't vote because they have little faith that their government will work for them.

The Constitution was never intended to be a static document. Our system of government, as currently constituted, is broken. It's time for a change.

Prof. Sabato's 23 proposals can be viewed here:
http://amoreperfectconstitution.com/23_proposals.htm

Prof. Levinson's site on our undemocratic constitution:
http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/slevinson/undemocratic/blog/

Barbara Jordan on the Constitution

"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminuation, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution."

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, July 25, 1974

The Founders' Constitution

A compendium of foundational texts:

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/