Another reform
approach could be to advocate a constitutional amendment that eliminates both
the Electoral College and the US Senate, while instituting Proportional
Representation in the House. The Senate, however, may be a little reluctant to
approve of eliminating itself. But an
amendment such as this would dramatically promote democracy, even more so than
the current constitutional amendment proposal that is seeking to overturn the
Supreme Courts' Citizens United ruling.
That 2010 ruling considers corporations as people and therefore allows
them to make large donations to political campaigns.
Now
according to Article V of our current constitution, the 50 state legislatures
could have an Amendment Convention to pass new amendments, a method that bypasses the US Congress altogether,
but the US Congress has not allowed that, even though the Supreme Court has
ordered it to do so about four times. For
more information about this, see the website Friends of an Article V Convention
at www.foavc.org . In the history of our
nation, this method of adding amendments to the constitution has never been
tried or allowed.
If at
the very least this essay is food for thought for students and concerned
citizens who want to reform our Constitutional Democratic Republic or create a
new one, then I am pleased. Constructive
criticism of this document is welcomed, as it is being constantly revised.
Roger Copple retired from teaching elementary and special education in the public schools of Indianapolis in May 2010 at the age of 60. He currently lives in Sarasota, Florida.
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