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June 18, 2008
How to obtain deep reforms to our political system necessary to restore American Democracy
By Joel Hirschhorn
Do you support using the approach provided in the Constitution for obtaining constitutional reforms?
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If you feel strongly that American democracy has been in serious decline for some time and that we desperately need fundamental reforms, such as: replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote, providing a constitutional mechanism for citizens to recall a president, making mandatory that only Congress can declare ware and cannot sidestep that constitutional requirement by any means, that all private financing of political campaigns must be replaced by total public financing (to remove the influence of special interests, lobbyists, corporate powers, etc), to outlaw presidential signing statements that in any way negate legislation passed by Congress, then DO YOU FAVOR USING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, WHAT THE FOUNDERS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE V OF THE CONSTITUTION - A CONVENTION OF STATE DELEGATES TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (that still must be ratified by 3/4 of the states).
Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Pandemic Blunder: Fauci and Public Health Blocked Early Home COVID Treatment, Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government and several other books, as well as hundreds of articles. His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He now focuses on health issues and pandemic management.