Proposed Amendment A (28th?): Amending the Constitution
Whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, or whenever the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, or one percent of the Citizens shall submit to Congress a Petition to Amend the Constitution, Congress shall begin the process for amending this Constitution described hereafter. The petition, whether by Congress, Legislatures, or the People, must include in it whether Ratification shall be by State Conventions, State Legislatures, or by Referendum.
Thereupon, Congress shall designate a period of not less than one year and not more than three years for the nation to debate and discuss the merits and flaws of the proposal and to shape a proposal which shall be in the best interests of the People and which may achieve the necessary support for ratification.
To that end, whenever Convention or Referendum shall be the chosen method of ratification, each Representative of the House, or their staffs, shall create a variety of forums accessible by the constituents of his District, to include weblogs, formal public hearings and debates, interactive conferences, and other media. In the event that ratification shall be by the State Legislatures, the same or similar forums shall be created by the elected members of the Legislatures or their staffs.
As much as possible, these events should be done with minimal expense to the public treasury, but by voluntary donations of spaces and funds, which may include, but should not be limited to, requesting donations of attendees. Attendance at such events should be considered civic duty, and no citizen should be terminated from employment or otherwise harassed for such attendance, even if work must be missed to do so. To avoid disturbing commerce or the public welfare, such events should occur at various times and places.
After the end of the designated debate period, a Constitutional Convention must be called. The people shall elect the Delegates to the Convention. Upon the adjournment of the Convention, any Referendum must be held within one month, State Conventions must be held within three months, or votes by the Legislatures must occur within the next session of each Legislature.
Amendment B (29th?)-Election of Representatives
The House of Representatives shall consist of five hundred members, with each State having a delegation of a number which is a percentage of that total equal to the percentage of the total population of citizens residing in that State, according to the most recent Census.
Each State’s delegation of Representatives shall be determined in a statewide election by nonpartisan preferential voting.
Amendment C (30th ?)- Election of Senators
Elections for seats in the Senate shall be conducted according to IRV (Instant Runoff Voting), and each ballot for Senate shall include an option of NOTA (None Of The Above).
If the voters should elect NOTA, then that seat shall not be vacant, but instead shall be filled according to a random lottery of registered voters who meet the age and residency requirements to serve in the Senate, and who were not candidates in the Senate election wherein NOTA was chosen.
Amendment D (31st ?): Public Financing of State and Federal Elections and Free, Fair, and Equal Advertising and Media Coverage During Campaigns
All State and Federal elections shall be funded by a public account, which may accept anonymous private donations, or use funds from the State or Federal Treasury, respective of the jurisdiction of the elected office in question. This fund may provide for travel, lodging, materials, and staffing for the campaigns.
Advertising must be provided to all candidates in any given contest in fair and equal portions by any media source that should choose to offer any such advertising time or space.
While the freedom of the press to say what it will in editorial pieces may not be infringed, if a candidate feels that a media outlet is using its news or editorial privilege to provide unfair or unequal time or space, the candidate may appeal for quick redress to a Civil Court in the appropriate coverage area for that media outlet. If the appeal is upheld, the media outlet must provide the candidate equal space and time.
Amendment E (32nd ?): Democratic government
In Article IV, Section 4, after “guarantee to,” insert “the People of,” and “Republican” shall be replaced with “Democratic.” After “protect each” replace “of them” with “State.” The amended section shall read:
The United States shall guarantee to the People of every State in this Union a Democratic Form of Government, and shall protect each State against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Amendment F (33rd ?): the meaning of Democratic government
In guaranteeing to the People of the United States and of the several States a democratic form of government, this shall mean that every person shall have a means of entering a legislative proposal into the public discussion at all levels of government, the right to vote for or against any measure before it can become law, and a means of initiating a recall of any elected or appointed official who has repeatedly or egregiously violated the Peoples’ trust.
Amendment G (34th?): The People’s Assemblies
Registered voters who have interest in participating in a People’s Assembly in their State, and who have not been an elected State or Federal officeholder for the previous five years, and have not served in a Peoples’ Assembly in the previous five years may register for the State Assembly Lottery on or before the last Friday in April.
On the first Monday in May, the lotteries in every state shall be held, and two hundred persons shall be chosen in each State to serve in the People’s Assembly. The persons selected in the lotteries shall be duly notified of their selection within four days.
The Assemblies shall convene on the third Monday in May. Each State shall provide a suitable hall for the Assembly, and may in its discretion recess the State’s Legislature during that time, and use that chamber, if it is suitable for a 200-member assembly.
Assembly participants may submit to the state receipts for travel to the Assembly, and shall be compensated twofold, so that return travel shall also be covered. The State shall provide suitable lodging for the Assembly participants during the session, and for at least two days after adjournment.
For twenty-five consecutive days thereafter, the Assembly shall be convened in session for no less than twenty days. On the twenty-sixth day, the Assembly shall choose Delegates equal in number to the size of the State’s elected delegation in the House of Representatives. These Delegates shall temporarily supplant the elected Representatives in the House.
This assembly shall be called The House of Delegates, and shall convene on the first Monday after the fourth day of July, and shall remain in session until the last Friday in August. During the session, the elected Representatives may be present in Congress as observers, and may assist the Delegates as requested, but shall not speak or vote on any issue during that session.
All participants in the People’s Assemblies and in the House of Delegates shall be allowed to return to their places of employment thereafter with no fear of termination or reprisal, so long as they shall have informed them of their participation therein prior to the first missed day of work.
Amendment H (35th?): Conference Committees, Voting Days and National Referenda
On or before the thirtieth day of September, the Senate and House shall each designate ten members to serve on a Conference Committee. All bills and resolutions passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives on or before the Autumnal Equinox shall be submitted to that Conference Committee on the first day of October. The Conference Committee shall prepare a draft of each of these bills and resolutions to be presented to the People no later than the twenty-first day of October.
The first full week in December shall be the voting period for any national Elections and Referenda. The Bills and Resolutions drafted by the Conference Committee and all Bills and Resolutions passed by the House of Delegates shall be put to a vote of the People in the Referenda at this time. Only those bills approved by the People in Referenda shall become Law.
Amendment J (skipping “I” due to its use as a Roman numeral) (36th ?):
Recall of Nationally Elected Officials
Whenever the People of any jurisdiction shall express such displeasure with a federal elected official as to desire to recall that official, they may submit to Congress a Petition of 2% of the electorate for that jurisdiction to that effect. Upon such submission, Congress shall fix a six day period during which the motion to recall shall be considered and voted upon by the People of that jurisdiction. If the motion to recall shall receive less than 40% of the vote, it shall have failed, and the official’s term shall continue, and no other such petitions may be brought forth in that calendar year. If it shall receive at least 2/3 of the vote, it shall have passed and the official shall be immediately recalled, and the office shall be filled as specified elsewhere in this Constitution until a special election can be held to elect a new officeholder to complete the original term. Such special election should occur with all due haste. However, if the motion to recall shall receive at least 40% but less than 2/3 of the vote, then a new election for that office shall be held in the next December election cycle, and the official shall not be removed from office before that election.
Amendment K (37th ?): Abolition of the Office of President and Creation of the Executive Council
Article II shall be stricken and replaced with the following
The Executive power of the United States shall be vested in an Executive Council, which shall be comprised of one hundred persons elected by nonpartisan preferential vote once every four years. Upon the election and assumption of office of the first Executive Council, the office of President of the United States shall be abolished. Furthermore, upon the establishment and assembly of the first Executive Council, the twenty-five Councilors who received the greatest number of votes shall hold office for four years. The next twenty-five highest vote recipients shall hold that office for three years; the next twenty-five for two years; and the remaining twenty-five shall serve for one year. Thereafter, twenty-five Councilors shall be elected every December by nonpartisan preferential vote to serve a four year term. No Councilor may serve more than two consecutive full terms.
No person shall be eligible to the Office of Executive Councilor except a Citizen of the United States who shall have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been eleven Years a Resident within the United States.
Executive Councilors shall at stated Times receive for Services a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which they shall have been elected, and shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any State among them.
Before taking Office, they shall each take the following Oath or Affirmation:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Executive Councilor of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability preserve, protect and defend the People, Constitution, and other laws of the United States.”
Section 2 – Powers and Limitations of the Executive Council
The Executive Council shall form Committees to govern and regulate the various executive offices and departments of the federal government. Each such Committee shall consist of at least four Councilors, with at least one from each election cycle.
The members of the Committee which governs the Department of Defense shall rotate the duty of Commander-In-Chief on a quarterly basis.
A Councilor may serve on only one Committee at any time, and may not serve on the same Committee for more than four years.
Each Committee is subject to oversight by the entire Council, by Congress, and by the People.
The Executive Council shall have Power, with the Advice of Congress, and by Consent of the People to make Treaties; and to nominate, and with the Advice of Congress, and by Consent of the People shall appoint all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law.
Amendment L (38th ?): Federal Judges
The Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts, shall be elected by nonpartisan Instant Runoff Vote, and hold their Offices for six years.
No person shall be eligible to serve as a federal judge unless a doctoral degree in the Laws of the United States shall have been achieved, and unless he or she has served more than ten years in the practice of the Law.
Amendment L (3 
- An Alternative Proposal
The Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts, shall be chosen by a Judicial Selection and Dismissal Committee. This Committee shall be comprised of one member representing each registered political party which has received at least one percent of the vote in the most recent national election, and an equal number of independent members as the total number of parties represented. The Parties shall choose their own delegates to the Committee. The Independent members shall be selected randomly from a field of applicants who must not have registered as a member of any party, voted in any primary, nor participated in any party’s convention in the previous five years. Members of the Committee shall serve one term of one year, and may not serve again on this Committee until seven years have passed.
Federal Judges shall be hired by unanimous consent of the Committee, and shall serve a term of five years, after which time they shall come under review by the Committee. The Committee shall also review a Judge upon impeachment or when a bill of recall is passed against the Judge. A Judge shall be removed from office only by unanimous agreement of the Committee.
