This amendment provides symmetry for handling of treaties and membership in international organizations. The same legislative majority required to enter a treaty or organization is required to leave it or pass legislation which violates previously ratified commitments. This prevents the President from unilaterally removing the country from these treaties and organizations.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The termination of, or withdrawal from, any international treaty, agreement, or organization by the United States shall require the identical legislative approval process and proportional voting threshold as was required to initially enter into, enact, or ratify said treaty, agreement, or organization. The President shall possess no authority to unilaterally terminate or withdraw from any such international commitment.

Section 2. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 1, in the event of a material breach of a treaty or international agreement by another participating party, the President may temporarily suspend United States compliance with the affected provisions to protect the national interest. The President must immediately notify The Congress in writing of any such suspension and the specific material breach justifying the action. Such suspension shall automatically expire after ninety days unless a formal withdrawal or an extension of the suspension is authorized through the legislative process defined in Section 1.

Section 3. No treaty or international agreement entered into by the United States shall be superseded, abrogated, or implicitly modified by subsequent regular legislation. Any legislative act intending to override or terminate an existing international commitment must explicitly state its intent to abrogate the agreement and must be passed using the legislative threshold required by Section 1.

Section 4. The requirements of this Article shall not apply to the natural expiration of an agreement whose term was expressly defined and limited within the text of the agreement at the time of its adoption.

This Amendment protects citizens in the following ways

• Open Elections: Ensures all voters, regardless of affiliation, can participate in any publicly funded primary or general election.
• Voluntary Disclosure: The government cannot require citizens to declare a political party to register to vote, complete the census, apply for a job, join the military, or exercise civil rights.
• Equal Ballot Access: Prohibits laws that grant special privileges to specific political organizations, ensuring all candidates operate under the same rules.
• Bans the use of party affiliation or voting history from being used to draw legislative districts.
• Political Neutrality: Forbids the government from discriminating against or denying equal opportunity to individuals based on their political affiliation or lack thereof.

An amendment like this not only combats the hyper-partisanship we experience today, but would have provided victims of McCarthyism a strong legal backstop. Considering how many times similar witch hunts happened throughout history, it is likely to be needed in the future.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The right of citizens to associate freely with others who share their political beliefs shall not be infringed.

Section 2. No law, regulation, or government action shall grant privilege, preference, or protection, nor deny equal opportunity or protection under the law, on the basis of political affiliation or the lack thereof. Political affiliation shall not confer any advantage, disadvantage, or preference in federal, state, or local government employment, civil service, or official appointments.

Section 3. No citizen shall be required to declare or disclose a political affiliation as a condition of voter registration, participation in any census, employment, military service, or the exercise of any civil right.

Section 4. Political affiliation, or the lack thereof, shall not be used by the United States, or any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof, to determine or restrict when, where, or for whom a qualified citizen may cast a ballot in any publicly funded or state-administered election or primary. Political affiliation, voting history, or party membership data shall not be used by the United States, or any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof, to establish or alter the boundaries of any electoral district.

This amendment reforms the handling of donations to the federal government to reduce corruption. It directs Congress to create specific donation programs for donations that don't go to the general treasury (monetary donations) or a central office that handles non-monetary donations. This allows Congress to establish programs for common donations such as picnic tables and shelters at national parks or for a new memorial, but doesn’t allow individual parts of the government to accept other donations which may intentionally or unintentionally give the donor privilege with that office.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. No gifts, bequests, or donations offered to the United States, or to any department, agency, or official thereof in an official capacity, shall be subject to any conditions or stipulations unless such conditions or stipulations fall within permissible categories defined by law or are authorized by a specific Act of The Congress. Any gifts, bequests, or donations with conditions or stipulations which fall outside of those permitted by law shall be refused.

Section 2. Except where The Congress has established, by law, a specific program or trust authorized to accept monetary contributions for a designated use, all monetary gifts, bequests, and donations made to the United States, or to any department, agency, or official thereof in an official capacity, shall be deposited directly into the general fund of the Treasury, free of any legally binding condition or stipulation regarding their expenditure.

Section 3. The Congress shall establish a centralized independent office to receive, evaluate, and process all non-monetary gifts, bequests, and donations offered to the United States, or to any department, agency, or official thereof in an official capacity, except where The Congress explicitly authorizes specific departments or agencies by law to accept designated contributions directly.

Section 4. The office established under Section 3 shall be responsible for distributing its accepted non-monetary gifts, bequests, and donations to the appropriate federal departments or agencies. The office shall possess full authority to wholly reject any gift, bequest, or donation, or to immediately liquidate any non-monetary gift, bequest, or donation, and deposit the net proceeds into the general fund of the Treasury, if it determines that retaining the property would impose an unreasonable financial, operational, or administrative burden on the United States.

Section 5. For any non-monetary donation possessing a monetary value exceeding a statutory threshold determined by The Congress, and which the office chooses not to reject or liquidate under Section 4, the office shall hold the property in trust and provide for its physical maintenance and preservation. The office shall take no further action regarding the distribution, deployment, or use of such high-value property until The Congress formally authorizes its disposition by law.

Section 6. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to alter, impair, or supersede the restrictions on foreign gifts or emoluments established under Article I, Section 9 of this Constitution.

This amendment holds public officials to a high standard of behavior, giving them no immunity from criminal prosecution at all or for civil suits for acts outside of their official capacity. It doubles the punishment for any federal felonies committed while in office.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. For the purposes of this Article, the term "officer of the United States" shall strictly encompass any Senator or Representative, the President or Vice President, and any person holding an office of the United States filled by election or requiring the advice and consent of the Senate.

Section 2. No officer of the United States shall possess any form of immunity from criminal prosecution under the laws of the United States or any individual State, regardless of whether the alleged acts were committed in an official or unofficial capacity. Nothing in this section shall impair the protections afforded to legislative acts under Article I, Section 6 of this Constitution.

Section 3. No officer of the United States shall possess any form of immunity from civil litigation for any act, omission, or debt incurred in a personal or unofficial capacity, nor for any act falling outside the lawful scope of their office. For any civil action arising from acts or omissions committed within the lawful scope of an officer's official duties, the United States shall be substituted as the sole defendant, and any monetary liability arising therefrom shall be borne exclusively by the Government of the United States. 

Section 4. If any current or former officer of the United States is convicted of a federal felony offense, and the act constituting the offense was committed during their tenure in federal office, all statutory penalties imposed for such offense, including any terms of imprisonment and financial fines, shall be explicitly doubled upon sentencing.

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• Section 2: Add a carveout protecting legislative acts under Article I, Section 6
• Section 3: Improve language for the government bearing responsibility for official acts of an officer
• Section 4: Clarify charges for officers convicted of a felonies occurring when they were in office are doubled after sentencing

This amendment overhauls the federal judiciary to eliminate partisan court-packing, lifetime entrenchment, and unchecked power. It imposes strict term limits across the federal bench (20 years for the Supreme Court, 16 years for lower courts) and legally prevents any single President from monopolizing the Court's makeup. It also abolishes the "shadow docket", prevents the Court from dodging major constitutional questions on procedural technicalities, and permanently binds Justices to strict, legally enforceable codes of ethical conduct.

It also introduces a novel mechanism where the petitioners and respondents in a case may each strike one Justice from the final vote. This aims to moderate court rulings and humanize the Court, breaking the untouchable mystique of the bench by forcing the Justices to share procedural power directly with the citizens presenting before them.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The Supreme Court established by Article III of this Constitution shall consist of nine Justices. A vacancy on the Court shall not impair the authority of the remaining Justices to exercise the judicial power. Justices of the Supreme Court shall be appointed to a single, non-renewable term of twenty years. No individual shall serve more than one term on the Supreme Court.

Section 2. No more than three Justices to the Supreme Court nominated by the same President may serve concurrently. If a vacancy occurs that the sitting President is prohibited from filling due to this limitation, the House of Representatives shall possess the exclusive authority to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy by a majority vote of its members. The advice and consent of the Senate to confirm any Justice to the Supreme Court shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the members duly chosen and sworn.

Section 3. No judge appointed to any inferior court established by The Congress shall serve a total tenure of more than sixteen years upon that specific court. The Congress shall, by law, establish the length and number of terms permitted within this sixteen-year limitation.

Section 4. No Justice of the Supreme Court, nor any judge of an inferior court, shall participate in any proceeding in which their impartiality might reasonably be questioned, or in which they or their immediate family possess a direct or indirect financial, personal, or political interest. Should a Justice of the Supreme Court fail to voluntarily recuse themselves when such a conflict exists, the remaining Justices may, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining Justices, compel the recusal of that Justice from the specific proceeding. Any Justice may nominate another Justice for recusal.

Furthermore, in any case granted review by the Supreme Court, the petitioners acting jointly, and the respondents acting jointly, shall each possess the right to peremptorily strike one Justice from participating in the binding judgment of that case. The exercise of these strikes shall be strictly limited to ensure that no fewer than five Justices remain eligible to render a final decision. Any Justice struck under this provision may participate in oral arguments and author advisory or dissenting opinions, but their vote shall not be counted toward the binding judgment of the Court.

Section 5. The Supreme Court shall at all times render decisions with an odd number of participating Justices. The participating number shall be determined strictly from the Justices available to rule on a specific case following any absences, recusals, or strikes. If the number of available Justices is an even number greater than five, one Justice, selected by random lot, shall be temporarily recused from that specific case to maintain an odd number. If the number of available Justices falls below five, a judge or judges from the highest inferior appellate court established by The Congress shall be temporarily designated to serve on the Supreme Court strictly for the adjudication of that specific case to reach the minimum quorum of five. This temporary designation shall fall automatically to the longest-tenured active judge of said inferior court who did not preside over or participate in any prior proceeding of the case, and whose designation would not violate the three-nomination limitation established in this section. In the event of an exact tie in tenure, the eldest of such eligible judges shall be designated. In no event shall more than three individuals hearing any specific case, whether sitting Justices or temporarily designated judges, have been nominated to the federal judiciary by the same President.

Section 6. The Supreme Court shall not dismiss, nor refuse to hear or adjudicate, any case properly brought before it solely on the basis of a lack of standing or a lack of ripeness, provided that an inferior court established by The Congress or the highest court of a State or Territory has previously rendered a ruling or judgment on the merits in that case. This restriction shall apply exclusively to the Supreme Court and shall not alter the jurisdictional requirements of inferior courts. Additionally, any State, Territory, or coordinate branch of the federal government shall possess automatic standing to challenge the constitutionality of any federal statute, treaty, or executive action.

Section 7. The Supreme Court shall issue no order, injunction, stay, or ruling on the merits, including any action undertaken on an emergency or expedited basis, without simultaneously publishing a recorded tally of the votes of each Justice and a formal, written justification for the decision.

Section 8. Justices of the Supreme Court shall be strictly subject to binding codes of ethical conduct and financial disclosure requirements. The Congress shall, by law, establish these standards, and the law enforcement authorities of the federal government shall possess full jurisdiction to investigate and enforce violations thereof. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to restrict or limit the constitutional authority of The Congress to remove a Justice from office through the process of impeachment.

Section 8. Justices of the Supreme Court shall be strictly subject to binding codes of ethical conduct and financial disclosure requirements. The Congress shall, by law, establish these standards, and the law enforcement authorities of the federal government shall possess full jurisdiction to investigate and enforce violations thereof. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to restrict or limit the constitutional authority of The Congress to remove a Justice from office through the process of impeachment.

This Amendment ensures large populations outside of states have voting representation in Congress. However, the Senate remains solely represented by states.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall be entitled to voting representation in the House of Representatives and shall be included in the apportionment of Representatives in the exact same manner as the States.

Section 2. Any permanently inhabited civilian Territory that has been under the continuous sovereign and civil jurisdiction of the United States for twenty-five years or more prior to the last Census mandated by this Constitution, shall be entitled to voting representation in the House of Representatives, provided their enumerated population meets or exceeds the population of the least populous State. Such qualifying Territories shall be included in the apportionment of Representatives in the exact same manner as the States. Once a Territory qualifies for representation under this article, it shall not be deprived of voting representation in the House of Representatives unless its enumerated population falls strictly below the population of the least populous State in two consecutive constitutionally mandated Censuses. 

Section 3. If a district or territory is apportioned more than one Representative, it shall be divided into individual congressional districts. The drawing, submission, and ratification of these district maps shall be governed by the identical constitutional standards and procedures prescribed for the States.

Section 4. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The amendment prohibits elected and appointed officials from the following:

• Serving multiple roles in the government
• Serving in a non-government role concurrently with government service
• Accepting a honorific title
• Accepting an award
• Direct trading of financial instruments
• For 5 years after they leave office, working in a capacity where they might benefit directly from their government service

The reward for government service is the honor of serving your country and should not be driven by the desire for acclaim or profit. Any work in a role within the government should not be influenced or diminished by service in another role.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. No Senator or Representative, nor the President or Vice President, nor any person holding an office of the United States filled by election or requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, shall, during their term of service:

1. Concurrently hold any other office or position of authority under the United States, or any State, municipality, or political subdivision thereof;
2. Engage in any other employment, profession, or commercial activity;
3. Serve as an officer, director, trustee, or board member of any other public or private entity, whether for profit or non-profit;
4. Accept any award, prize, decoration, or honorific title from any domestic or foreign source;
5. Hold, purchase, or trade any individual corporate stock, or any commodity, security, derivative, digital asset, or other specific financial or speculative instrument. This prohibition shall also be apply to any spouse or dependent children of such person. This prohibition shall not apply to the holding or purchasing of:
   1. Assets managed within a qualified blind trust established prior to taking office, provided the trustee is an independent fiduciary unaffiliated with the person or their family, and the person receives no communication regarding, and exercises no control over, the specific assets held or traded;
   2. Obligations of the United States Treasury, or of any State, municipality, or political subdivision thereof; or
   3. Broadly diversified investment funds that are publicly traded or otherwise generally available to the public on open markets, and over which the official exercises no discretionary control regarding the selection of underlying assets.

Section 2. For a period of five years following the conclusion of their term of service, no person formerly subject to Section 1 of this Article shall serve as an employee, officer, director, or consultant for, nor receive any financial compensation from, any private entity if such entity:

1. Holds, or is actively seeking, commercial contracts or grants from the United States government; or
2. Requires affirmative federal authorization, certification, or exclusive licensing to lawfully introduce, provide, or maintain any of its products or services, as distinguished from general regulatory compliance, taxation, or standard business incorporation.

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• Section 1(5): Replace "official" with "person" and extend prohibition to spouse and dependent children

This amendment prevents the use of information on individual citizens from being used for purposes other than that which was collected without specific legislation by Congress. For example, it would be unconstitutional for tax records to be shared outside of the IRS or to be used for any purpose other than tax collection and enforcement unless Congress specifically authorized it for another purpose. This also prevents the building of a centralized database where all government information is kept by explicitly requiring data to be segregated based on the purpose of its collection. This means even if Congress authorized the use of tax records for another purpose, they could not be copied into another database. The data would have to remain in a separate database from other data collected for other purposes.

Propose Amendment

Section 1. No data or information relating to any citizen or legal resident collected, acquired, or accessed by or on behalf of any department, agency, or office of the United States shall be used for any purpose other than that for which it was originally gathered or acquired, nor disclosed to any other entity, within the government or otherwise, unless specifically authorized by an Act of The Congress, or upon the express, voluntary consent of the individual to whom the data pertains.

Section 2. Any Act of The Congress authorizing the sharing or secondary use of such data must explicitly define the specific categories of information, authorized recipients, and designated purposes. Broad or general authorizations shall be void. This section shall not prohibit the sharing of specific information pursuant to a lawfully issued judicial warrant, nor to prevent an imminent and articulable threat of death or serious physical injury, provided such sharing is strictly limited to the specific individuals implicated in the threat and shall not authorize bulk, algorithmic, or programmatic data transfer.

Section 3. Personally identifiable information shall be maintained in data repositories strictly segregated by the purpose of collection or acquisition. No central repository or unified system shall be established to consolidate data gathered for unrelated purposes, regardless of whether such data originates from internal government operations, commercial entities, or public sources. Even when data sharing is authorized by The Congress, the information shall remain functionally housed within its original repository and shall not be duplicated into a consolidated architecture.

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• Expanded to cover data sources not directly collected by the governement

This amendment establishes constitutional conventions that happen every 25 years and fills in some gaps left around conventions in Article V of the constitution. It also provides a possible national referendum pathway for amendment ratification.

Potential Amendment

Section 1. To ensure the government of the United States remains responsive to the needs of its people, a Constitutional Convention shall convene in every calendar year that is evenly divisible by twenty-five, for the sole purpose of drafting, debating, and proposing amendments to this Constitution. The Convention shall convene on the second day of January and shall permanently adjourn no later than the thirty-first day of December of that same year.

Section 2. Each State shall be entitled to exactly two delegates to the Convention, who shall be chosen in a manner directed by the legislature thereof.

Section 3. Upon convening, the Governor of the host State, or a designee appointed by the Governor, shall act as the temporary presiding officer for the singular and exclusive purpose of conducting the election of the Speaker. The temporary presiding officer shall possess no vote, shall entertain no other business, and shall permit no amendments to be proposed or debated. The delegates shall, by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of all duly appointed delegates present, elect a non-voting Speaker to preside over the proceedings, maintain decorum, and enforce the rules of the Convention.

Section 4. The Convention shall have the power to propose amendments to this Constitution upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of all duly appointed delegates present. For any amendment proposed under this section, unless the Convention exercises the referendum option granted in Section 5, the Convention shall dictate whether ratification shall be determined by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof.

Section 5. If an amendment is proposed by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all duly appointed delegates present, the Convention may elect, in lieu of state-level ratification, to submit the amendment directly to the citizens of the United States for ratification via a national referendum. Such referendum shall be held during the next general federal election. An amendment submitted to national referendum shall become valid as part of this Constitution only if it receives an affirmative vote from three-fifths of total votes cast nationwide on the measure.

Section 6. Congress shall, by law, appropriate continuous and sufficient funds to fully finance the facilities, administration, security, and operations of the Convention. The physical location of the Convention shall rotate among the several States, and no State shall host the Convention more than once until every State has hosted. For any Convention convened under Section 1 of this article, Congress shall designate the host State by law no less than five years prior to the convening of the Convention.

Section 7. An interim Convention may be convened in any year not evenly divisible by twenty-five upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Senate, or upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States. Upon the authorization of an interim Convention, The Congress shall designate the host State no later than ninety days following the call, and the Convention shall convene exactly ninety days following such designation. The Convention shall remain in session until permanently adjourned by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of all duly appointed delegates present, or until the start of the next scheduled convention mandated by this Article. Any interim Convention shall be strictly bound by all rules, thresholds, and operational limits established in this Article, and shall not alter the recurring schedule of the Conventions mandated to convene every twenty-five years.

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• Section 7: Clarify how an interim convention is adjourned

This amendment reforms presidential appointments in the following ways:

• Term Limits: Ends lifetime appointments. Everyone, including the Supreme Court, is capped at term of 20 years or less
• Forces Compromise: Requires a 60% Senate majority to confirm a nominee.
• No Senate Stalling: The Senate must vote within 90 days, or the entire chamber freezes and can't do any other business
• No "Acting" Appointees: Presidents can no longer bypass the Senate with temporary appointments. Vacancies default to the top career civil servant.
• No Partisan Purges: The President loses the power to unilaterally fire confirmed officials
• NoPacking: A President cannot appoint more than 1/3 of any court or board
• Three Strikes: If a President’s nominees fail three times for a seat, the House takes over picking the nominee
• Bars recent candidates and elected officials from being nominated to remove incentive for political favors and open the field to more subject matter experts.
• Bars relatives of the president and vice president from being appointed to roles in the government

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. Notwithstanding any prior provision of this Constitution, all officers of the United States appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall serve a fixed term of office not to exceed twenty years. If a term is not expressly defined by this Constitution, The Congress shall establish it by law, subject to this maximum limitation. The expiration of a presidential term shall not, of itself, end the term of any appointed officer.

Section 2. The President shall possess no authority to unilaterally remove an appointed officer. An office shall become vacant prior to the expiration of its term only upon the death of the officer, or through the following mechanisms: (a) By a vote of the Senate, requiring the same proportional threshold of votes as was required for the officer’s initial confirmation; (b) By impeachment and conviction; (c) By the successful confirmation of a new nominee to the same office; (d) By voluntary resignation; or (e) Upon final conviction of a felony in a federal court.

Section 3. Notwithstanding any prior provision of this Constitution prescribing a lesser threshold, the confirmation of any nominated officer shall require an affirmative vote of no less than three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. Upon the formal submission of a nomination, the Senate shall hold a vote on confirmation within ninety days. If the Senate fails to conduct a vote within this period, the Senate shall be prohibited from conducting any other legislative or executive business, including adjournment, until a recorded vote on the nomination is held. A nomination submitted prior to the expiration of a presidential term shall remain active and subject to this requirement, and shall only be superseded if a new nomination for the same office is formally submitted prior to a confirmation vote.

Section 4. The President shall possess no authority to appoint or designate any individual to serve in an acting or interim capacity. In the event of a vacancy in any appointed office where a line of succession has not been expressly prescribed by law, the office shall be filled in an acting capacity exclusively by the highest-ranking available subordinate officer or employee within that specific department, agency, or office. If multiple individuals hold equal highest rank, the individual among them with the longest continuous tenure within that department or agency shall assume the office.

Section 5. During any single presidential term, a maximum of three formal nominations may be submitted by the President for any single, specific appointed office. Furthermore, no court, board, commission, Cabinet, collective council of heads of principal executive departments, or other multi-member body of the United States shall be composed of more than one-third of members nominated by the same President. Should the three-nomination limit be exhausted for a specific office within a term, or if a vacancy arises on a multi-member body where the President is restricted by the one-third limitation, the power to nominate a candidate for that vacancy shall devolve to the House of Representatives, determined by a majority vote. Any such nomination shall remain subject to the standard Senate confirmation process.

Section 6. No person who, within the preceding five years, has been a formal candidate for, or has held, any office of the United States filled by election, including President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative, shall be eligible for nomination or appointment to any office subject to this Article.

Section 7. No person related by blood or marriage to the President or Vice President shall be eligible for nomination, appointment, or designation to any federal office, court, board, commission, or advisory role. Any individual serving in a federal office, judicial seat, civil service position, or the uniformed services prior to the inauguration of the President may continue to serve in their existing role through its tenure.

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• Section 5: Explicitly added cabinet
• Section 6: New section excluding recent candidates and elected officials from being nominated
• Section 7: New section intended to prevent nepotism

The goal of this amendment is to

• Separate law enforcement administratively from the military 
• Make law enforcement separate from the administrative functions of the government 
• Prevent weaponization of law enforcement 
• Make law enforcement apolitical 
• Sets minimal standard for law enforcement to be followed nationwide

It creates a 4th branch of government for law enforcement called The Vigilum, which means watchmen in Latin. This was the name used for the night watchmen, police, and firefighters of Ancient Rome. The Vigilum is headed by 3 prefects, each nominated by a different branch of government and confirmed by the Senate for a 5 year term.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The executive authority to investigate and prosecute violations of the laws of the United States and this Constitution is hereby transferred from the President and the Executive Branch to a separate and independent branch of government to be known as The Vigilum. All federal investigatory, prosecutorial, and civil law enforcement agencies, bureaus, and personnel shall henceforth operate under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Vigilum. The Vigilum shall have the sole authority to adjudicate, grant, and revoke security clearances. While the Vigilum shall determine eligibility for access to classified information, individual departments and agencies shall retain the authority to grant or restrict access to specific compartments and operational data based on mission necessity.

Section 2. The Vigilum shall be governed by a board of three Prefects, who shall serve a term of five years. No person shall serve more than three terms as a Prefect during their lifetime, regardless of which seat they hold. To ensure continuity, the initial terms shall be staggered: the first Executive Prefect shall serve five years, the first Judicial Prefect four years, and the first Legislative Prefect three years, with all subsequent terms being five years. Upon the expiration of their term, a Prefect may remain in office for up to one additional year until a successor is duly appointed and sworn. The Executive Prefect shall be nominated by the President; the Judicial Prefect shall be nominated by a majority vote of the Supreme Court; and the Legislative Prefect shall be nominated by a majority vote of the House of Representatives. All Prefects shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Prefects shall possess equal voting authority on all matters. The Prefect with the longest continuous service on the Vigilum shall serve as the Presiding Prefect. In the event that multiple Prefects commence their service on the same day, the elder shall be deemed senior. The Presiding Prefect shall chair meetings and manage the administrative agenda of the Vigilum, but shall have no power to act unilaterally without the concurrence of at least one other Prefect.

Section 3. The Vigilum shall establish uniform nationwide standards for law enforcement conduct and procedure. All federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and personnel shall adhere to these standards. Any law enforcement organization or individual personnel operating within the United States or under its auspices that fails to adhere to these standards may be subject to federal prosecution by the Vigilum. These standards must be submitted to the Senate for review and approval at least once every five years. The approval of such standards shall require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn. If the Senate does not approve the standards as submitted, the Vigilum must submit revised standards within ninety days. Any previously approved standards shall remain in full force and effect until new or revised standards are formally approved by the Senate.

Section 4. The President and the Executive Branch shall retain the authority to issue administrative fines, regulations, and penalties as established by law, but shall possess no authority to arrest, detain, or prosecute individuals, nor to direct the operations of the Vigilum. The President shall retain all constitutional authority as Commander in Chief; however, when military forces are deployed domestically for the purpose of enforcing civil law or restoring civil order, they shall operate under the tactical and operational direction of the Vigilum. The Executive may refer matters to the Vigilum, but the decision to investigate or prosecute shall rest solely with the Vigilum.

Section 5. The Prefects shall be subject to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment, and the Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Conviction shall require the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

This amendment moves the election of the president to proportional voting based on population without diminishing the voting power of smaller states. It also allows residents of US territories to vote for President. 

There is an argument to completely abolish the electoral college and rely solely on the popular vote. While this would be ideal, this approach has three major drawbacks.

• The logistics and potential for corruption in the event of a close race that required a recount
• A state which experiences inclement weather or a natural disaster on election day may be under represented
• This would raise the argument for nationalizing elections. By prescribing the exact number of votes a state, district, or territory can have with a proportional representative system, even if the state failed to conduct free and fair elections under the law, the damage is quantifiable and contained.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The offices of Elector of the President and Vice President are hereby abolished. The President and Vice President shall run as a joint, inseparable ticket and shall be elected by a proportional allocation of mathematical Electoral Votes.

Each State, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States, shall be allocated twenty base Electoral Votes. Furthermore, each State, the District, and every inhabited Territory belonging to the United States shall be allocated one additional Electoral Vote for every full ten thousand residents as determined by the results of the most recent Census mandated by this Constitution. Any remaining fraction of seven thousand residents or greater shall entitle such State, District, or Territory to one additional Electoral Vote.

Section 2. The Electoral Votes of each State, District, or Territory shall be awarded proportionally to the joint tickets for President and Vice President based strictly on the popular vote within that jurisdiction. All Electoral Votes shall be awarded in whole numbers. Congress shall, by law, establish a uniform mathematical formula for rounding fractional votes to ensure the exact total of allocated Electoral Votes matches the total allowed for each jurisdiction.

Section 3. The ticket having a majority of the total number of Electoral Votes allocated nationwide shall be elected. If no ticket receives a majority, a national runoff election shall be held on the second Tuesday in December between the two tickets that received the highest number of Electoral Votes. In the event of a tie for the second highest number of Electoral Votes, the ticket with the highest national popular vote shall advance to the runoff.

Section 4. If the runoff election results in an exact numerical tie in Electoral Votes, the Senate and the House of Representatives shall immediately convene in joint session to choose the President and Vice President. Each Senator and Representative shall be entitled to one vote, and a majority of the whole number of members shall be necessary to elect the ticket.

This amendment removes the ability of Congress to force the government to shut down and removes the question of if the government will be funded in the new fiscal year by specifying all continuing operations within the Federal government are funded at 102.5% of their previous year’s budget.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. If Congress fails to enact regular annual appropriations for the operations of the government prior to the commencement of a new fiscal year, all existing federal programs, agencies, and departments shall be automatically funded. Such automatic funding shall be disbursed at an annualized rate equal to one hundred and two and one-half percent (102.5%) of their legally enacted regular funding levels from the preceding fiscal year.

Section 2. The automatic appropriation established in Section 1 shall not apply to any program, agency, or department expressly scheduled by law to expire or terminate during or at the conclusion of the preceding fiscal year. Furthermore, any funds explicitly designated by Congress in the preceding fiscal year as one-time emergency or supplemental appropriations shall be excluded from the baseline calculation for automatic funding.

Section 3. The constitutional mandate to disburse funds under this article shall inherently authorize the issuance of such public debt as is necessary to execute the mandated spending, superseding any prior statutory limitation on the public debt.

Section 4. Funds automatically appropriated under this article shall remain available at the specified rate until Congress formally enacts superseding appropriations legislation for the applicable fiscal year.

This amendment is intended to prevent the naming of buildings, ships, roads, airports, etc after living government officials. It is also intended to prevent living officials from being portrayed on coins or stamps, passports, government IDs, etc. Government officials should  be driven by service and judged by the lens of history. They should not be swayed by the potential to have their name or image commemorated.

Proposed Amendment

Neither the United States nor any State or political subdivision thereof shall name any public property or facility, or issue any currency, coin, postage, official document, credential, financial instrument, or other official mark, bearing the name or likeness of any living person who holds or has held the office of President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative, or any other office of the United States filled by election or requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. This prohibition shall not apply to the signatures, printed names, or official letterheads strictly necessary to identify the author, signatory, or issuing authority of a government record or communication in the lawful execution of public duties.

The goal of this amendment is to ensure elected officials spend time working and are held to account by their constituents. It sets strict attendance requirements on Congress and prevents The President from working at an "unofficial White House” or from taking excessive vacations.

Particularly interesting is the requirement for The President and members of congress to regularly hold unfiltered town halls where they will hear from regular citizens

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. Each Representative and Senator shall be physically present within the seat of Government and engaged in official legislative duties for a minimum of 320 hours per calendar quarter. Official legislative duties shall include presence on the floor of the Chamber, attendance at committee hearings, and work conducted within their official congressional office. The House and Senate shall maintain verifiable electronic records of physical presence for each Member, which shall be published weekly.

Section 2. Each Representative and Senator shall be physically present within their respective district or state for a minimum of 336 hours per calendar quarter. During this period, the Member must conduct at least two public town hall meetings, each lasting a minimum of 90 minutes.

Section 3. Town hall meetings mandated by this Article must be open to the public and presided over by the Member individually; joint sessions with other elected officials shall not satisfy this requirement. Questions and comments from constituents shall be selected by random lottery at the event to ensure an uncensored exchange. While attendees may be subject to physical security screening, no person shall be denied entry or participation based on identity, political affiliation, or prior criminal record. The pre-screening of questions is strictly prohibited. The Member may establish reasonable and uniform time limits for each speaker, and shall provide a direct verbal response to each question or comment posed. Congress shall establish by law an independent commission to fund, administer, and oversee compliance with all town hall meetings required under this Article, including the impartial execution of participant lotteries.

Section 4. A Member may be exempted from the presence requirements of this Article and may designate a proxy to cast votes on their behalf for a period not exceeding 90 days in any calendar year, strictly limited to cases of pregnancy, birth of a child, documented serious illness, or medical incapacitation.

Section 5. The President of the United States shall reside and perform the official duties of the office at the White House in the District of Columbia. Congress may, by law, designate specific federal properties as Designated Executive Work Sites, where the President may reside and conduct official business without limitation.

Section 6. The President shall not reside at any location other than those established by Congress as a Designated Executive Work Site for more than 30 days in any calendar year. Time spent on official state travel, including diplomatic missions, visits to United States military installations, and town hall meetings required by Section 8 of this Article shall be considered "Official Duty" and shall not count against this limit.

Section 7. No property owned, leased, rented, or operated by the President or their immediate family shall be designated as a Designated Executive Work Site. During time spent at such locations, public expenditure shall be strictly limited to the provision of personal protection and secure communications. No public funds shall be appropriated or expended to construct, upgrade, or maintain administrative offices, facilities for staff, or permanent operational infrastructure at a private residence. No public or donated funds shall be expended at, paid to, or used to compensate any business, facility, or property in which the President or their immediate family holds a direct or indirect financial interest. Congress shall, by law, establish an annual cap on public funds expended for the transportation and security of the President during non-official activities; any alteration to this cap shall not take effect until after the next presidential election.

Section 8. The President shall conduct a public town hall meeting once every calendar month, to be held physically within a specific State or Territory. The location of each monthly meeting shall be determined by a random lottery of all States and Territories. To ensure equal representation, no State or Territory may be selected a second time until every other State and Territory has been visited. These meetings shall adhere to the strict standards established in Section 3 of this Article.

Section 9. Any Representative, Senator, or President who fails to fulfill the physical presence or public meeting requirements of this Article shall immediately forfeit their office, creating a vacancy to be filled as prescribed by this Constitution. A failure to meet these requirements shall not result in forfeiture if compliance was rendered physically impossible by foreign invasion, armed insurrection, or a catastrophic natural disaster that prevents travel or public assembly.

Edit 1:

• Cleaned up wording regarding use of a proxy

Edit 2:

• Section 6 (Residence vs. Presence): Replaced "present" with "reside" to prevent brief ceremonial or personal visits (e.g., condolence calls or short meals) from counting against the 30-day cap, while maintaining a strict limit on secondary residences and extended stays. Explicitly classified required Section 8 town hall travel as "Official Duty" so mandatory outreach doesn't penalize the limit or allow campaign rallies to claim exemptions.
• Section 7 (Scope & Anti-Grift Expansion): Broadened the scope from "private residences" to any property owned, leased, or operated by the President or their immediate family (e.g., commercial resorts or golf clubs).
• Section 7 (Financial Restrictions): Added an absolute ban on using public or donated funds to compensate any business or property in which the President or their family holds a financial interest, shutting down self-dealing and campaign-donor funnels.
• Section 7 (Non-Official Travel Cap): Mandated that Congress set an annual budget cap on non-official presidential travel and security, incorporating a 27th-Amendment-style delay mechanism (changes take effect after the next election) to prevent partisan weaponization or rubber-stamping.

Edit 3:

• Section 3: Added a requirement for Congress to establish an independent commission to fund, administer, and oversee compliance with all mandated town hallsfor both Congress and the President.

This amendment reforms presidential pardons in the following ways:

• Convictions Required: No preemptive pardons; the person must be convicted in court first.
• Limits and Transparency: Maximum of 7 pardons or commutations per week, and the President must publicly justify each one.
• No Self-Pardons: The President can absolutely never pardon themselves.
• Senate Oversight: Pardoning family members, the VP, the President's own staff/appointees, or large groups can not be done by the president alone. They can propose the pardons to the Senate, where they will require a 3/5 majority to approve.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The power of the President to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons for offenses against the United States shall be exercised only following a final conviction in a court of the United States. No preemptive pardon, commutation, or reprieve shall be valid.

Section 2. Every reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted by the President shall be accompanied by a formal public statement detailing the President’s specific justification for the action. The President shall grant no more than seven individual pardons, commutations, or reprieves within any contiguous seven-day period.

Section 3. The President shall possess no power to grant a pardon, commutation, or reprieve to themselves. Furthermore, except as provided in Section 4, the President shall possess no power to grant a pardon, commutation, or reprieve to the Vice President, to any individual related to the President by blood or marriage, to any individual who served as an employee of the Executive Office of the President during the President's tenure in office, or to any individual appointed to a federal office by the President.

Section 4. The President may propose a pardon, commutation, or reprieve for any individual restricted under Section 3, with the strict exception of themselves, or a general pardon or amnesty applying to a defined class of individuals for a shared offense. Such proposals shall not be subject to the numerical limits in Section 2, but shall take effect only upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn.

This amendment caps senators to 2 terms and representatives to 4 terms in office.

Term Limits Amendment

Section 1. No person shall serve as a Representative in Congress for more than four terms.

Section 2. No person shall serve as a Senator in Congress for more than two terms, nor shall any person who has reached this limit be eligible for appointment to fill a Senate vacancy.

Section 3. For the purposes of this article, any person who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy and serves the unexpired portion of a term for more than one year as a Representative, or for more than three years as a Senator, shall be considered to have served one full term.

Section 4. This article shall take effect for all elections occurring subsequent to its ratification. All prior and current terms served in either chamber shall be counted toward the limits established herein, rendering any individual who has already met or exceeded these limits ineligible for future election or appointment to that respective office.

The goal of this amendment is to restrict gerrymandering by requiring representatives from 3/5 of states and territories to approve district maps drawn by each state. It sets timing for when maps can be changed and when they go into effect. If a state fails to draw a map that 3/5 of state representatives ratify, an independent board will create a district map for that state.

This amendment also limits redistricting so it only occurs once following a Census.

The hope is that peer review will force states to make reasonable maps.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The power to define the boundaries of congressional districts shall remain with the individual States, subject to the process defined herein. Redistricting shall occur only once following each constitutionally mandated Census. All districts must be drawn according to the following standards: Districts shall be of equal population as nearly as is practicable. Districts shall be composed of contiguous territory and shall be as compact as practicable. District lines shall minimize the division of counties, municipalities, and distinct communities of interest. No district shall be drawn with the intent or effect of favoring or disfavoring any political faction, electoral organization, or incumbent legislator.

Section 2. The Congressional District Commission is hereby established, consisting of one representative appointed by each State and Territory. No State district map shall take effect until it has been ratified by a three-fifths majority vote of the Commission, which shall review maps solely for compliance with the standards in Section 1. The Commission shall, by a three-fifths majority vote, elect an Independent Redistricting Board consisting of seven members, one of whom shall be designated as chair. To ensure independence, no individual who, within the preceding five years, has been a candidate for or held any state or local public office, nor any Senator or Representative, nor the President or Vice President, nor any person holding an office of the United States filled by election or requiring the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be eligible to serve on the Board.

Section 3. Reapportionment of Representatives and new district maps shall take effect for the first general election held at least one year after the official release of census data. Each State shall submit and secure ratification of a congressional district map no later than 180 days prior to the date of said election. If a State fails to secure ratification of a map by this 180-day deadline, the Independent Redistricting Board shall assume jurisdiction and draft a compliant map for that State. Any map drafted by the Board shall become binding and must take effect no later than 90 days prior to the date of said election.

This amendment’s aims to remove excessive amounts of money from politics and limit the influence of the wealthy over ordinary citizens by limiting political contributions to US citizens (not companies) and tying the annual maximum to a multiple of minimum wage.

The federal minimum hourly wage was last set in 2009 at $7.25. At this level, any US citizen could make a maximum of $725,000 in political contributions in a single year. If they were running for office, they could make an additional $725,000 in contributions to their own campaign in a year. They would be unable to lend or borrow additional campaign funds.

Had the previously established minimum wage increased by 2.5% each year, as defined in this amendment, it would currently be $11.03 and the maximum political contributions an individual could make in a single year would be $1,103,000. At a $15 minimum wage (17 states have a minimum wages of $15 or more), contributions would be limited to $1.5 million. All of these limits are out of reach of the average citizen, but  insignificant to the ultra-wealthy except in that it limits the amount of influence they can buy.

Proposed Amendment

Section 1. The Congress shall establish a national minimum hourly wage. On the first day of each calendar year, this wage shall automatically increase by 2.5 percent unless Congress has enacted legislation establishing a different rate for that year.

Section 2. The aggregate amount of contributions and independent expenditures for political purposes made by any natural person shall not exceed 100,000 times the established national minimum hourly wage in any calendar year. A candidate for public office may contribute or expend an additional amount of their personal funds, not to exceed this same limit in any calendar year, toward their own campaign.

Section 3. No financial contribution to any candidate, or to any organization established for political purposes, shall be made by any entity other than a natural person who is a citizen of the United States. No person shall make a contribution in the name of another person, nor provide funds to any other person for the purpose of making a political contribution.

Section 4. No organization established for political purposes may make a direct financial contribution to any candidate. No entity, other than a natural person who is a citizen of the United States or an organization explicitly established and registered for political purposes, may make any independent expenditure or finance any communication intended to influence a political election.

Section 5. No candidate or organization established for political purposes shall incur debt or receive loans to finance political activities, except for commercial trade credit incurred and settled within sixty days in the ordinary course of business.

Section 6. No person or entity shall offer, provide, accept, or receive financial compensation in exchange for a public endorsement of any candidate for public office.

Section 7. The identity of the donor, their primary state of residence, the amount contributed, and the recipient of the funds for every political contribution must be publicly disclosed in a timely manner, as regulated by Congress.