A Premise

The Constitution was not the first guiding document for the United States of America.

In 1787, the system was broken.

The shape of the Articles of Confederation (our first attempt at a federal government structure) meant a federal government hobbled and utterly incapable of responding to problems.  (More about this in a later post.)

So people we would later refer to as "Founding Fathers" proceeded to have a Constitutional Convention, to fix the problems by creating a new document.  The document that would become the Constitution.

It was, as all human endeavors are, an imperfect process.  But it was one guided by a few brilliant minds, determined to build a long-term, workable, representative democracy with a strong federal government.  It's done pretty well so far.  But over 227 years, any structure will have developed weaknesses - places where some refurbishing and maybe an addition or two could help the underlying structure to survive the next 227 years.

So I want to have a new Constitutional Convention.  In 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

That's my premise.