A short summary of what to keep at all costs and what to fix in the USA version 2 constitution.
Category: Constitution
Electoral Integrity
Confidence in electoral integrity is at a historic low. Stability of a republican government requires confidence of the populace in elections.
Hermeneutics
Making the version 2 Constitution even more self-interpreting than version 1; what happens when it is silent AND when it speaks
Bureaucracy
Avoiding the creeping advance of the power and incompetence of bureaucracy – limiting the power of the Iron Law of Bureaucracy
10 vs 14
10th and 14th Amendments, in tension with each other, define intergovernmental relationships in the US. In ver. 2, this must be both clear and correct.
Judicial Review
A discussion of the necessity of a different form of constitutional review. Someone must decide constitutionality, but not an unelected SCOTUS.
Fundamentals (Constitution)
Being clear about the idea of America, and where it resides: the Constitution. A discussion of what is essential and what should be modified in version 2.