A more perfect constitution
Subtitle: 23 proposals to revitalize our Constitution and make America a fairer country
By: Larry J. Sabato.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780802716217
Subjects: United States.; United States.; Constitutional law -- United States.; Political participation -- United States.; Constitutional amendments -- United States.; Constitutional law -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.; United States -- Politics and government.
Description: Calls for revisions to the Constitution to restore equity for ordinary citizens and offers proposals to reinvigorate the document to incorporate changes to the structure of Congress, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, and a mandatory national service.
Table of contents: title: Preamble -- -- ch. 1.; title: Creating a capital congress --; title: Reforming the Senate --; title: Reforming the House --; title: Congressional term limits : extreme or mainstream --; title: Balancing the budget : setting the stage for a great convention debate --; title: Continuity of government : preparing for the unthinkable  -- -- ch. 2.; title: Perfecting the presidency -- -- The; title: Presidential  term of choice -- -- The; title: six-year term -- -- The; title: alternative : a presidential confirmation election -- -- A; title: lengthened House term (& changes in the Senate term) --; title: War-making limits : presidential downsizing --; title: Item veto --; title: Fairness to all : making the presidency possible for Americans who are not "natural-born" -- -- ch. 3. The; title: new Court : Supreme but not eternal -- -- The; title: error of lifetime tenure --; title: Fixed terms --; title: Not-so-early retirement -- -- A; title: balanced bench --; title: Power of the purse -- -- ch. 4.; title: Politics : America's missing constitutional link --; title: Of parties, presidential politics, and the quadrennial orgy -- -- The; title: regional lottery plan for the new constitution -- -- The; title: electoral college : mend it, don't end it --; title: Adding some political rules of the game for the twenty-first century --; title: ch. 5. A; title: citizenship of service : asking what we can do for our country... and ourselves -- -- An; title: American history of service : military calls and civilian supplements -- -- The; title: case for Universal National Service (UNS) --; title: UNS and America's future -- -- ch. 6.; title: Vox populi : what do the people think of constitutional change? -- -- The; title: caution light blinks steadily --; title: Dissatisfaction with the status quo --; title: Look who's talking --; title: Appendix : Rasmussen Poll on the proposed new constitution -- -- ch. 7.; title: Calling the twenty-first-century Constitutional Convention -- -- The; title: founders' daring and our timidity -- -- The; title: legal netherworld surrounding a new convention --; title: Setting the ground rules prior to the convention --; title: Calling the convention --; title: After the convention : ratification and its aftermath --; title: Conclusion : Getting there from here --; title: Appendix : United States Constitution and amendments --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Selected bibliography --; title: Index.