The 7 largest national political parties will be empowered in a single-chambered, national legislature. Here is how Proportional Representation can be explained: the National Green Party, for example, may get 15 percent of the vote, or 65 members, in the 435-membered House of Representatives, and Indiana's population currently allows it to have 10 members in the House of Representatives. But it may be that of the 7 largest national political parties, the Indiana Republican Party will get to select and send 5 of Indiana's 10 Representatives to the House of Representatives (which alone will be the new Congress) because Indiana is largely a Republican state.
5. The Electoral College system for electing a President will no longer be legal. A President must now win with a majority of individual votes (not just a plurality of votes). Using the method of Instant-Runoff Voting, each American voter will rank 7 slated candidates (one from each of the 7 largest national political parties) from most favorite to least favorite. And it may take two or more rounds of voting to eliminate the candidate who gets the least amount of votes, until eventually one of the remaining candidates captures at least 51 percent of the vote. Presidents will serve office for 4-year terms, but they will be allowed to serve an unlimited number of terms.
The President will not be allowed to veto the decisions of the unicameral national legislature, and he or she will not be allowed to sign any Executive Orders, as previous presidents have done. All previous presidential executive orders will be evaluated by the new unicameral Congress, and the existing executive orders can then be kept the same, modified, or eliminated by the new Congress.
6. The Supreme Court, under the Third Constitution, will no longer have judicial review and judicial interpretation of federal legislation. However, the Supreme Court will have judicial review and judicial interpretation regarding state legislation that conflicts with the national Constitution.
Under the Third Constitution, the Supreme Court will consist of 7 Justices--no longer 9. The 7 largest national political parties will each appoint a Justice for the first Supreme Court, but one by one, one Justice per year, a Justice will be either reelected or removed during the third week of every March, using Instant-Runoff Voting. This policy is established so that voters will not feel overwhelmed by trying to vote for 7 Justices all at once.
The first 7 Supreme Court Justices, appointed in March, will take office on October 1, along with the new president and 435 new national legislators. Then about 6 months later, during the third week of March, the Supreme Court Justice representing the smallest of the 7 largest national political parties will be considered for reelection or removal. At that time, each of the other 6 national political parties will also provide a Justice candidate, and Instant-Runoff Voting will be used to determine the new Justice from the slate of 7 candidates. The elected Justice will begin a 7-year term of office.
Then during the third week of March, one year after the first actual election, the Supreme Court Justice representing the sixth smallest of the 7 largest national political parties will be considered for reelection or removal, using the same methods described above. The elected Justice will begin a 7-year term of office.
Then during the third week of March, two years after the first election, the Supreme Court Justice representing the fifth smallest of the 7 largest national political parties will be considered for reelection or removal. The elected Justice will begin a 7-year term. All of the remaining 4 Supreme Court Justices from the original list of 7 will be either reelected or removed during the third week of March using this same procedure.
Thereafter, every Justice will serve a 7-year term of office and may, if re-elected by the American people, serve an unlimited number of 7-year terms. If a Supreme Court Justice dies or resigns, each of the current 7 largest national political parties will provide a candidate, and the American people will choose a new Justice from that list, using Instant-Runoff Voting. Every year, just one Justice will be considered for reelection or removal.
7. Implement a decentralized, non-hierarchical, or grassroots, approach to public schools: The neighbors who live within the boundaries of each public elementary, middle, and high school will be forced, or allowed, to democratically establish their own school philosophy and curriculum, using public funds. There will no longer be federal, state, county, or township school superintendent control of neighborhood schools. This should improve neighborhood togetherness and reduce crime, as neighbors ideally become tribal, in a new and modern way.
Local neighborhood groups will probably search the Internet and study the most effective schools and various school curricula. Residents will be forced to think independently and philosophically. In the process, neighbors will get to know one another better, and they will build a close-knit community. Parents, other residents, and senior citizens will become better-educated citizens, as they strive to become better teachers and tutors in the neighborhoods where they live. The current reliance on public school "experts" who dictate who can teach, what to teach, and how to teach has not worked well for our society. Using front yards and backyards--organic and composted, local food production can be incorporated into a school district's curriculum.
8. Abolish the Federal Reserve and allow the Treasury Department to oversee a publicly owned banking system like the existing Bank of North Dakota. Currently the Federal Reserve has pumped $16 trillion into the central banking system to bail out the banks and big corporations, as many people wonder, "Where is my bailout?"
9. Begin promoting a democratic world federal government that provides equal pay for equal work, with no one earning more than three times the wages of the lowest-paid worker. Americans have gotten cheaper prices at Walmart because someone in Bangladesh, or in some other impoverished place, is working for about 17 cents an hour. That may be clever, but honestly, is that fair? This policy will eliminate the extremes of poverty and wealth and provide self-sufficient, local food production, housing, and jobs for all citizens of the world. The world map can be divided into 500 rectangular-shaped, legislative districts of equal population to create a World Legislative Council. This democratic World Legislative Council will then make executive and judicial-branch appointments.
Until the World Legislative Council is established, the United Nations should be changed so that all nations can participate in making all decisions, giving each nation one vote. The five nations that are permanent members of the Security Council within the United Nations have too much power. All nations should participate in Security Council decisions.
10. Implement a national progressive income tax up to 94 percent for any income amounts over $100,000 with a simplified tax code, which, ironically, is similar to what we had under Republican President Eisenhower.
11. Phase out fossil fuels through government incentives, and use solar, wind, hemp, and other alternative fuels instead.
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