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The U.S. Constitution has some problems and some things the founders did not forsee or forgot. This is a very very rough site intended to be the home for thought experiments about what should be included in a new constitution if we ever get a chance to write another for a secular, democratic society.
Government Software Open Source
Top Executive Elected Official Non-Partison Six Year Term
Maximum Number of Constituents for House Representatives
Separate Branch of Government : Data Keepers
government employees or structures are not allowed to lobby against specific laws or changes to laws...?
a single act may only be prosecuted once, no matter how many different jurisdictions have laws which apply.
No state sponsored assassinations.
It is unconstitutional to name laws and penalties counter to their
explicit legal meaning.
A good current example is that "possession with intent to distribute" is defined as an amount of a given substance and has nothing to do with distribution. When a jury is asked to make a finding, they do so without considering any evidence of distribution, this is just a term used to describe a level to try to create more fear
things to limit the kafkaesque perpetually-investigated thing
request for comment on decisions standard part of decision making
process, permanent way to record objections, points, etc for formal
decisions
Public Records: the content of warrants are public record, except when a judge rules that some part of the warrant would directly endanger the lives of individual informants, in which case those details are summarized by the court in a less dangerous way and the original document is stored in a confidential file which can be opened by court order and is reviewable by the defendent if the person is formally charged based on evidence found from that warrant or any evidence found as a result of that warrant.
Readable Laws: texts of laws must be generally accessible and must be clear about the date published. reasonable person must be able to find and read laws that apply to them
clarity of law.. .. laws must be understandable by the target of the legislation. a reasonable person in a given situation must understand that what they are engaging in is against the law or should have known that the activity was sufficiently questionable that they investigated the issue... ?
Right to Private Communication right to use encryption or be free from being forced to use technology which allows the government to listen or record the communication
Right to Travel The right to leave the country, right to use public transportation right to use private transportation on public spaces. definition of private versus public, people may not be excluded from transportation systems used by most citizens without a high bar. right to enter one's country of citizenship. Government shall not restrict without due process.
Right to Citizenship
country may not revoke citizenship
Anti-Disinformation do you think it should be in the constitution that the government should be required to publish only statements reasonably believed to be true (anti-disinformation amendment) ? except in cases of protecting a known individual from immanent harm it is illegal for the government to lie to further its interests at home or abroad
no deprivation of liberty absent proof of clear, convincing, and
manifest necessity of such deprivation.
any citizen may sue for the injunction of a law on the basis of not
making sense. a Daubert Test type of challenge, to test for absurd results, to test whether a law is rational and meaningful.. reasonable,
any law prohibiting conduct that does not directly hurt or endanger others must be reasonable by a prependerance of the evidence.
...that would place a huge amount of power in the courts.
juries have the right to know what the specifics are of the sentences or
possible sentences for crimes they are asked to convict someone of
Criminal guilty verdicts have lengths and types of penalties spelled out in the charges as presented to the court and jury and no penalties may be added to the charges after the guilty verdict is made. Once the sentence has been carried out, no rights granted other citizens may be withheld from the individual on the basis of previous, completed conviction and sentence.
illegal for Elected representatives to vote on legislation they have not read. changes to previously approved legislation that comes back to the floor must have a complete summary of each point of change or the law is invalid if passed ... Plain english description of effects of law or changes to current law must be printed and be made available publicly before the law is voted on.... summaries of intent are published with the law and are formally part of the law itself. All major changes to law must be explicit, if two laws are in conflict and the later law does not specify it intended to change the earlier law, the later law is considered not to override the earlier law.
no permanent naming things after people until at least 25 years after their death
Police agencies are not allowed to lobby for changes in laws, speak out
in favor or against particular laws. Individual police officers, of course,
may do so and so may unions or organizations, but the governmental agencies
themselves may not have positions on politics or laws and are
not allowed to publish information about how to lobby, affect political
change, etc...
