The US Constitution assumes that the three branches of Federal government would fight tooth and nail to hold on to their own powers, not collude with each other like they do today.
What the hell do we do with this problem? How could we amend the Constitution to prevent such a thing?
A few ideas:
Outlaw gerrymandering
Election Day is a national holiday
Mandate public funding for all national campaigns and/or overturn Citizens United
Remove the electoral college
Term limits for judges
Reinstate the voting rights act
That should do it, thought I suspect that addressing gerrymandering and the electoral college would get us most of the way there.
Dave Rahardja
Frederic Barthelemy
i_.o._i
Eric Vitiello