After the
unconditional surrender at Yorktown (Nov 7th), the time will come for the netroots to insist that America needs to FIX accountability, INSTATE justice, and REPAIR a serious flaw in the US Constitution.
Although I have not addressed the subject much, I now believe the time to start talking about repairing the Constitution has come. The groundwork is in place through the debates found in the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. They continue the work of the founding fathers Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton et al. They understood that unresolved issues or unforeseen forces may appear long after their lives have expired. They left open the door that perhaps the balance they struck would not be perfect. That perhaps, these unresolved debates would find answers with time. Time that, only through their written letters and debates, could they reach across.
The time will come soon that America and the netroots will need to reassess what occurred that almost allowed the Constitution to fail freedom and democracy. After a thorough investigation into how this has occurred, we can address solutions based upon the written debates of our founding fathers and the agreed upon
weaknesses that were exploited.
7) Reforms to US Constitution, Governance
The New Constitution planning continues. American citizens should continue to work with their friends to solicit inputs, foster discussion, and encourage open debate outside Congress on what changes are required to prevent this abuse of power.
These Constitutional reforms can be implemented with a New Constitution, in accordance with Federalist 78, and do not require the Amendment process, only government sponsored changes.
A. Prepare Voter Comments
Voter and citizen comments should be organized into problem-remedy format. The goal is to outline an improvement of the Constitutional system. Some changes include creating a tri-cameral system; or splitting the Executive into two or three different Presidents. Other ideas include diluting the power of the senate and transferring Congressional Oversight to State-level regulated entities.
B. Identify Remedies To One-Party Control
Voters have the power to choose their candidates. However, we've seen the abuses under the Republican party. The discussion should focus on the reasonable way that a single party, if it controls all three branches, can be credibly checked. Some ideas include mandatory minority-party leadership; or splitting the Chairmanship on the basis of time: If a minority party has 10% of the votes, then it should control the Chairmanship on all committees 10% of the time.
C. Method to Credibly Enforce Oath of Office
5 USC 3331 is the Member of Congress oath of office. The problem has been the failure of the House Ethics Committee, Attorney General, and Department of Justice to effectively enforce 5 USC 3331, especially during times of Presidential rebellion against the Constitution.
There must be a method to effectively sanction members of Congress for 5 USC 3331 violations. The Constitution should include reminders for the State-level actors to enforce federal law when Federal officials fail to protect the states' guaranteed right to an enforcement mechanism under a Constitutional Republic.
It will be then that history will recognize the founding fathers true greatness and their foresight fully understood. We must prepare the groundwork for the people to gain acceptance that something went wrong; terribly wrong. We must make people understand that we are not destroying what was created back in 1787, but rather they are reaching across some 220 odd years to help guide us in maintaining our freedoms and liberties. They too foresaw that this may happen and they are giving us their permission and guidance to correct the situation.