I’m no lawyer, constitutional scholar, or political scientist. I don’t expect people here are either. But those people exist. It’s time to organize them and make a new constitution.

What’re the first steps?

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Step one is to have a proposal. The fundamental problem is we relied on a system of checks and balances that no longer works. How do you address that? If one branch can’t police another, who else could possibly have that power?

    If you’re going to rip up the document and start over, you need to have a hope of something better

    • BarbedDentalFloss@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      5 days ago

      Well I’m a nobody without the background to do this better. My intent here is just to gather people who can do it well. I want to approach it in a way where those experts could work it out and compile a document that could supersede the current constitution while addressing the major issues that it couldn’t conceive of since it is nearly 250 years old. As it is I’m still having trouble getting a lawyer that is able to work on a 501 © 4 political advocacy organization since it is such a small niche that very few attorneys are experienced in it.