“We, the People of the United States, in order to recommit the operation of the Congress to serve the interests of the nation and its citizens over personal, party, or special interests, to provide more openness and full transparency in congressional legislative and budgeting processes, to promote collaborative bipartisan policy development and accountability in the exercise of these responsibilities, and to ensure the integrity of federal elections, do hereby present the following Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

We the People propose the following Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution. Supported by millions of citizens, We the People further require that these Amendments be voted upon together as written for approval with a single yes or no vote for the entire bill, by a majority of state representatives in a “limited” constitutional convention to be called for by two-thirds of the several states (34 of 50), when petitioned by the people in each state. These Amendments would take effect when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states (38 of the 50) within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification to the states.”

Changes to term limits, compensation, and health and retirement benefits for Congress and other government executives; Defining a non-partisan impeachment process based on judicial rules rather than House and Senate rules; defining actions considered as impeachable offenses; Primacy of Citizen Rules in the Constitution over congressional rules enacted by members in each House.

Changes to the legislative processes; Limiting the duration of acting Presidential appointments; Defining timing requirements for treaties and Senate voting on treaties and presidential appointments.

Requirements for a balanced budget and greater transparency and accountability in the congressional budgeting, spending and taxing processes; Requirements for effectiveness in program spending and for program solvency for Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid; Strengthening the independence of key executive departments and of the Inspectors General role for oversight of legislation implementation and ethical requirements; Prohibiting congressional members from lobbying activities after serving; Prohibiting any bill exempting Congress from laws passed for citizens.

Article 2, Section 1 (Executive)

Changes to the allocation and certification of states’ Electoral College votes in presidential elections, and certification of the national vote totals by Congress

Article 3, Section 1 (Legislative)

Providing term limits for Supreme Court justices and federal judges, while providing for reappointment for additional terms.

Amendment 20, new Section 3

Requirements for handling personal non-salary income for President, Vice President, and senior elected and appointed officials.

Setting contributions limits and reporting requirements for federal candidates, campaigns, parties, PACs and issue action groups, for individuals, companies and all organizations; Setting requirements for truthful campaign messaging from all sources, and time limits on distributing election campaign messages; Providing non-partisan oversight of congressional voting-district boundaries; ensuring fair and equitable access to registration and voting for all citizens, and elections free from fraud; Providing clearer ethics and conflicts-of-interest standards for all Congress and Administration officials, including the President and Vice President.

Requirement for all citizens between the ages of 18 to 29 to complete a paid public service program role for at least two years.

Current Language:

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

Proposed Additional Language:

“This amendment specifically embodies the right of the people to privacy in their personal lives, that is retained by the people as inseparable from the rights to personal liberty and freedom as enshrined in this Constitution, which shall not be limited by Congress or the individual States except in the need to fulfill the overarching purposes and requirements of the Constitution to establish justice or to promote the general welfare as set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution.

The enactment of any and all rights enumerated in the Constitution into law shall be consistent with the overarching purposes and requirements of the Constitution as set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution. Where laws enacted to institute Constitutional rights are not consistent with the purposes of the Constitution to establish justice, promote the general welfare, or ensure the blessings of liberty to the people of the United States, they shall be judged as unconstitutional and shall be removed from law.”

Changes to the first paragraph: Removes the authority to prescribe the Manner of holding elections from the State Legislatures. Provides that elections for Senators, Representatives, and President and Vice President shall consist of a single open Primary election, with the top four candidates in vote totals from the Primary election entering the General election, to be decided on the basis of Ranked Choice Voting.

This Amendment confirms that no elected or appointed official of the Government, including the President, is immune from investigation and possible prosecution of suspected illegal acts performed while in office, even if these acts were committed during the performance of official duties.