Proposed Constitutional Amendment: Majority Rule Amendment

 

Background: citations of the original Constitution of the United States:

 

Article 4, Section 4

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, [Note: republican form of government means "res publica," or rule of the people by the people.]

 

Article 1, Section 5

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do

Business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

 

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.

 

 

 

Text of Proposed Amendment

The House of Representatives may place limitations or restrictions on the participation of members who when elected did not receive the votes of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the electorate of their Representative District. The House of Representatives may place limitations or restrictions on the participation of members who when elected did not receive the votes of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the adult population of their Representative District.

The Senate of the United States may place limitations or restrictions on the participation of members who when elected did not receive the votes of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the electorate of their State. The Senate of the United States may place limitations or restrictions on the participation of members who when elected did not receive the votes of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the adult population of their State.

Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to diminish the power of each of the states to conduct the people's elections for state and federal offices in their jurisdiction and in their state.

 

Defense of this proposed "Majority Rule" Amendment:

Is supported by the "empowerment clause":

Article 1, Section 8: [the Congress has the power]

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Departmentor Officer thereof.

 

Discussion: The imposition of majority rule is the equivalent of true democracy and does neither imply nor support the practice of oppression of any minority group or faction. All minority groups and factions are protected from government or cultural oppression by the Bill of Rights and any Constitutional law that explicitly or implicitly enumerates the rights of a person or any ethnic, cultural or religious group. The customary and documented civil rights of all minorities are deemed to be unchanged by the majority rule that defines a democratic process and democratic society. This proposed Constitutional Amendment can be submitted to the people only by two-thirds of the Congress, or by two-thirds of the State Legislatures, and then must be ratified by three-fourths of the States in order to be officially enacted.

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