One of the first things on the list would be to pick either Congress or the President as able to run war consistently and stick with that. The new Constitution would also retool the provisions as regards the military to reflect that we now have a standing army and navy, providing rules for what we can and cannot do with them. The new Constitution should also make explicit Separation of Church and State and make certain basic provisions of liberal democracy as non-negotiable as the electoral college and the all-state Senate with 2 Senators to a state is under the current framework.
Some of the most basic non-negotiable aspects of the new Constitution should mandate only the Federal government can raise money, that states must at minimum run an equal exchange with the government for what they take out of it, mandating an income tax (it's not the 18th Century anymore, we can have one sans amendment), mandating that gerrymandering is entirely illegal and an impeachable offense, instituting national requirements for political parties and in fact including the existence of political parties in the system, things like that that reflect what reality did to the Founders' beloved nostra.
Ultimately a 21st Century Constitution has to address three basic realities: redesign Congress so that its political structure reflects a mostly urban society, not the 18th Century freeholding republic Jefferson wanted, put provisions for a modern military, not the skeleton made up for by volunteer militia that the Founders had in mind, and provide rules for political parties, not a system designed for either one or no parties.
And the biggest things to do about military matters and security are to clarify such basic necessities as who declares suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus, a process of declaration of war that is responsive to needs of modern warfare, defining what qualifies as insurrection......
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Some of the most basic non-negotiable aspects of the new Constitution should mandate only the Federal government can raise money, that states must at minimum run an equal exchange with the government for what they take out of it, mandating an income tax (it's not the 18th Century anymore, we can have one sans amendment), mandating that gerrymandering is entirely illegal and an impeachable offense, instituting national requirements for political parties and in fact including the existence of political parties in the system, things like that that reflect what reality did to the Founders' beloved nostra.
Ultimately a 21st Century Constitution has to address three basic realities: redesign Congress so that its political structure reflects a mostly urban society, not the 18th Century freeholding republic Jefferson wanted, put provisions for a modern military, not the skeleton made up for by volunteer militia that the Founders had in mind, and provide rules for political parties, not a system designed for either one or no parties.
And the biggest things to do about military matters and security are to clarify such basic necessities as who declares suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus, a process of declaration of war that is responsive to needs of modern warfare, defining what qualifies as insurrection......