Proposal Overview

This constitutional amendment proposal has the following components.

  • Preamble: A statement of purpose and of right.
  • Section 1: How this amendment will be proposed and ratified. See here for a longer, different perspective.
  • Section 2: Future amendments by national referendum.
  • Section 3: Representation of the states in proportion to population in the Senate.
  • Section 4: The direct election of the president.
  • Section 5: Statehood for D.C. and the territories.
  • Section 6: The end of the filibuster.

Full text of proposal.