Constitution Ii: A New Beginning

By Allen Brown

This book addresses the need for a new Constitution based on the national and world changes in the past 200+ years. Emphasis is placed on the need for changes in the fundamentals of our way of governing and on the increasing impact of technology in governing. Increased honesty in government is proposed with development of a new technology instantaneous portable lie-detection system. Some of the many recommendations to be included in a new Constitution are: new judiciary elements, a new income tax formula, required financial education of all students, President/Vice President exchange positions every 2 years, citizen DNA Identification mandatory, eliminate Electoral College, required control of inflation and reduction of national debt, 80% vote required to approve legislation, specific requirements for Declaration of War or pre-emptive force, conditions when military can override a Presidential order, mandatory Position Descriptions for Government employees, psychological testing of Government leaders, list of impeachable offenses, new oath of office for all Government employees. The first paragraphs are expanded lists of Human Rights and Citizen Rights.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796047738

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Copyright © 2019 by Allen Brown.

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Dedicated to those in the government who are really trying to make our government work justly and to make life better for all within our borders

EPIGRAPHS

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

To form a new government requires infinite care and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid, the superstructure must be bad.

—George Washington, letter to John Augustine Washington

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a president and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to the ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

—Andrew Jackson

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

—Mark Twain

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

—George Bernard Shaw

As soon as we abandon our own reason and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.

—Bertrand Russell

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

—Ronald Reagan

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

—Ronald Reagan

I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.

—Donald Trump

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

—Abraham Lincoln

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

—John Adams

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Prologue

Some Quick Peeks

Constitution II Of The United States

Preamble

Article I—Prioritization

Article II—Availability and Revisions

A. Constitution Availability

B. Constitution Revisions

Article III—Human Rights

Article IV—Citizen Rights

Article V—Government Structure

Article VI—the Presidency

A. Requirements

B. Order of Ascendency

C. Terms of Office

D. Presidential Duties

Article VII—the Congress

A. The Senate

B. The House of Representatives

Article VIII—the Judicial Tribunal

A. Supreme Court

B. Life Courts

C. Libel Courts

D. Ethics Court

E. Federal Law Courts

F. Trials

G. Contracts

H. Statutory Limits

Article IX—Government Operation and Compensation

Article X—Government Officials and Employees

Article XI—Laws

Article XII—States Powers and Rights

Article XIII—Oaths of Office

Article XIV—Technology

A. Health Assurance

B. Information

1. Government Information and Warning System (GIWS)

2. False Information

3. Demonstrations

C. Detection of Verbal Falsehood

D. Environment

E. Postal Service

Article XV—Language

Article XVI—National and Interstate Operations

Article XVII—International and Space Operations

Article XVIII—Declaration of War

Article XIX—National Defense

Article XX—Citizenship

Article XXI—Citizen Responsibilities

Article XXII—Citizen Voting

Article XXIII—Immigration, Asylum, and Visitors

Article XXIV—Foreign Policy

Article XXV—Finance, Banking, and Credit

Article XXVI—National Budget

A. Income

B. Expenses

Article XXVII—Commerce

Article XXVIII—Religion and Marriage

Article XXIX—Education

Article XXX—Health and Safety

Article XXXI—Work

Article XXXII—Crime

Article XXXIII—Weapons and Arms

Article XXXIV—Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Personal Information

Article XXXV—Wise Ones

Article XXXVI—Review

Article XXXVII—Survival

Postscript 1 — Comments

Postscript 2 — Size of Government

Epilogue — Final Thoughts

Reader Notes

About the Author

PREFACE

The purpose of this book is to stimulate sufficient thought, interest, and action to result in a constitutional congress or, otherwise, to eventually result in a new United States constitution applicable to our world today.

In more than two hundred twenty years since our Constitution was ratified, the country and the world have changed drastically. We are no longer isolated.

— We are part of the world trading communities.

— We are part of the world waring communities.

— We no longer use muskets.

— We now use automatic guns capable of firing hundreds of rounds per minute.

— We now use laser weapons, aerial bombs, poison gas, and nuclear weapons.

— We now have cyberattacks, which are potentially the most destructive force to modern civilization.

— We no longer just look at the moon; we visit it. And soon, we will have a colony there.

— We regularly do heart transplants and limb replacements.

— Life expectancy is no longer thirty-eight. Now it is seventy-nine for men and eighty-one for women.

— It no longer takes six weeks to cross the Atlantic. Now, we fly from New York to London in eight hours.

— Robots have taken over many of the human functions in factories.

— Technological advances are far outpacing the advances in governing.

This book offers a draft for a new constitution to modernize our government and to make it compatible with national and world progress and with technological expansion. This draft is hopefully a starting point with the ideas of the author and individuals who were willing to spend time and effort to offer suggestions.

Many of the ideas in this book are extensions from our current Constitution, and some are from the New Mexico Constitution. Some ideas are drastically new. These are a few examples:

— Eighty percent approval vote required to promote compromise and unity in government decisions

— Emphasis on honesty and lie detection in the government

— Penalties for false news and false advertising

— New judicial elements (Court, Libel court, and Ethics court)

— Specific criteria for removal from government office

— Statewide elections of representatives to elimination of gerrymandering

— Required voter education and required voting

— New taxation formulas

— Mandatory control of inflation

— Elimination of national debt

— Emphasis on national defense against cyber warfare

— Strict control of foreign lending and foreign debts

— Specific immigration/asylum/visitor rules

— Overriding of presidential orders to the military

— New oath of office and more

I will keep harping on how money drives the world. Some scholars attribute the fall of the Roman Empire in part to uncontrolled inflation (www.rome.info/history/empire/fall/). The US government’s Consumer Price Index calculator (www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm) shows what $10 would have bought in January 1918 would cost $177.05 in January 2018.

A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore (Yogi Berra).

I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too (Steve Martin).

The cost of the OSIRIS-REx program to examine the asteroid Bennu in our solar system is approximately $800 million, not including the Atlas V launch vehicle (Google). And the impact on our living here on earth is what?

Our newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, cost nearly $13 billion (Google)! Thirteen billion! Do we need a war to justify this?

Think of the alternative uses of such money—getting money from where it is to where it is needed. I am not promoting socialism, communism, or any revolution, just common sense. I am stating a reality: money drives the world regardless of the government structure, political climate, or private endeavor. With billions and billions in the hands of a few, isn’t there a way that a few billions can be used to reduce poverty, illnesses, pollution, and more bad