The U.S. government is a constitutional federal republic that very soon became dominated by a two-party system. It has a winner-takes-all electoral model, and it elects presidents through the Electoral College. The total number of electors in the Electoral College is 538. Every state has two senators, so if a state has ten electoral votes that means it has two senators and eight members in the House of Representatives. If Candidate A gets 50.1% of the popular vote, and Candidate B gets 49.9%, then Candidate A wins all ten electoral votes for that state. A president needs a majority of the electoral votes to win, which is 270 or more. 

The U.S. Constitution created three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial) in which each branch checks and balances the powers of the other two branches. The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation (the first constitutional government) led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, which created a federal republic where the original 13 colonies ceded a significant amount of their sovereignty to a new, stronger federal government.

The founding fathers discouraged the formation of political parties. They thought dissenting “factions” would divide the nation, but as mentioned above political parties developed very soon in our nation’s history as a practical necessity for organizing political action. The founding fathers wanted educated and qualified individuals to represent the people at large. Having a Republic means that the people’s power is exercised through elected representatives. 

The word “democracy” is not even mentioned in the Constitution because the founding fathers associated pure democracy or direct democracy with “mob rule.”   

The framers of the constitution created a constitution that was extremely difficult to amend and literally impossible to abolish. Apparently they believed they knew what was best for all future generations.

Getting two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures to pass a proposed amendment to change the constitution is extremely difficult. And the only way to lawfully abolish the US constitution would be to first pass a constitutional amendment that radically revises Article V, the article that tells how to amend the constitution. My Twenty-Eighth Amendment Proposal to Totally Rewrite Article V shows a fair and democratic procedure for having a Constitutional Convention. It makes it a lot easier to amend the Constitution, and it makes it possible for the electorate to vote on whether to have a Constitutional Convention to create a new constitution during the third year of every president’s 4-year term. 

The modern developments of technology and AI are rapidly changing the world.  A constitution needs to adapt to the changing times. Jefferson was wise to state that we need a new constitution with each new generation. Though the Declaration of Independence states that we have a right to abolish the government, Article V of the U.S. Constitution only addresses how to amend the constitution.     

It is understandable why so many people have totally given up on electoral politics, believing that the game is rigged as George Carlin famously articulated. In a previous article I wrote about how people are waking up to the corruption and lies of the U.S. government. As the masquerade of the Deep State becomes unveiled, awakened people, if they are turned off by electoral politics, may resonate more with the philosophy of the Conscious Resistance movement. But to those who believe that an ideal constitution makes it possible to create an ideal government and nation, we should not give up on electoral politics.  

Can we agree that an important component of an ideal or model nation is one that fosters true democracy at home and abroad and avoids dominating other nations? Especially after World War II, the U.S. government has implemented an interventionist foreign policy, which our founding fathers strongly discouraged.  

Just as more people are starting to disapprove the genocide now occurring in Gaza, people will support a constitutional convention if they become convinced that it can be fair, democratic, and better in the long run. In my Third Constitution of the United States (third after the Articles of Confederation and the current Constitution), I provide ideas that future delegates to a U.S. constitutional convention can consider.          

The Third Constitution, like the second one, is a constitutional federal republic, but it is unique in the sense that it maximizes democracy through a multi-party system in which the seven largest political parties are equally empowered at federal and state levels, using a system of proportional representation.  

Under the Third Constitution, states can no longer create ballot access laws that restrict third parties because the seven largest political parties based on voter registration will be equally empowered in the election of legislators and the president as Republicans and Democrats now are.    

The Third Constitution totally abolishes the U.S. Senate to create a unicameral legislature. A bicameral legislature would make it too difficult to pass laws if there are seven very diverse political parties. Under the Third Constitution, each of the seven largest political parties selects one person to serve on the 7-membered Supreme Court. Federal legislators, the president, and Supreme Court members serve 4-year terms beginning and ending at the same time, but to provide continuity of government, they can all serve multiple terms if elected. 

Under the Third Constitution, more participatory, direct democracy can be encouraged at municipal levels. There would not be a winner-takes-all electoral method.  It would use the same representative districts of the current House of Representatives for its federal legislature. But with proportional representation, if a political party gets 23% of the national vote, then it gets 23% of the representation in the federal legislature. Instead of using the Electoral College, the Third Constitution requires that a president can only win by attaining a majority of the popular vote, which can be achieved through Ranked-Choice-Voting.  

The Third Constitution can be amended and abolished easily, which is probably its best feature of all. Once the electorate chooses to have a Constitutional Convention, it starts an 8-month timeline process that can ratify a new constitution in July before the presidential election in November. Then the new government under the new constitution would begin in the following January, which makes a smooth transition from one constitutional government to the next.    

If official lawmakers are not willing to pass an amendment that shows a legal, fair, and democratic way to abolish the Constitution, then it shows they are not being proactive. If a violent national political crisis develops, it could be comforting to know that there is a safe and secure way to have a Constitutional Convention as outlined in my Twenty-Eighth Amendment Proposal to Totally Rewrite Article V.    

If our current lawmakers do not see the value in equally empowering the seven largest political parties any time soon, then we can encourage private organizations, political websites, and radio and TV programs to share the viewpoints of the seven largest political parties. Instead of competitive debates between two political parties, why not allow the top 5 or 7 political parties to share their current proposals, future dreams and visions, and interpretations of history?   

Here are the links to seven of the largest political parties: 

• Republican Party, 
• Democratic Party, 
• Libertarian Party,  
• Green Party, 
• Constitution Party, 
• Democratic Socialists of America, and the 
• Party for Socialism and Liberation.  

Giving seven different political worldviews a public voice definitely broadens the political spectrum, but why not broaden it even more by inviting political anarchists into the discussion. Anarchists usually don’t join or form political parties because they believe that all forms of coercive authority, hierarchy, and especially the state are harmful and unnecessary. 

Governments, militaries, public school systems, private corporations, and religious organizations have always had top-down chains of command. Since the dawn of civilization there have been emperors, kings, and rulers that kept average citizens under control. Usually supportive of Zionist Israel, imperialism, and the military-industrial complex, today’s ruling class is now on the verge of getting total control over average citizens through AI, technocracy, and surveillance. They want everybody in the world to have a digital ID that they will use for social control in a technocracy devoid of democracy.    

Throughout history, real power has never been given to average citizens. Average citizens need to realize ASAP that it is not so much a left-right controversy as it is a top-down crisis–the global oligarchs at the top against the rest of us. 

Our human rights preceded government, and the purpose of government is not to grant rights, but to protect pre-existing rights. We the people must reclaim our inherent rights. 

Planning seven generations into the future was a value expressed in the Iroquois Confederacy.  If we had a constitution easy to amend and abolish that gives power to the people, we could start thinking that way too. My proposed constitutional amendment to radically revise Article V shows a fair and democratic procedure to have a constitutional convention using an 8-month timeline. That same procedure for creating the Third Constitution can be used to create the Fourth Constitution, and the constitutions thereafter.   

The seven largest political parties each have something significant to teach one another. Each group did not just emerge in a political vacuum.   

The current U.S. Constitution keeps its citizens in a straitjacket.  Knowing that an ideal constitution is needed to create an ideal government and nation, we should not yet give up on electoral politics. 

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Roger Copple retired in 2010 at the age of 60. As a high school special education teacher, he taught algebra, English, and history, and as a general education teacher he taught mostly 3rd grade.  Roger lives in Gulfport, Florida. World Without Empire.com  is his website. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research.

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