| A More Perfect Constitution | |
| Author: | Larry Sabato |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Nonfiction |
| Publisher: | Walker & Company |
| Release Date: | October 2, 2007 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-8027-1621-7 |
A More Perfect Constitution is a book published by American political scientist at the University of Virginia, Larry J. Sabato,[1] in which he proposes a constitutional convention to substantially overhaul the United States Constitution.[2] [3] He points out that after the Bill of Rights, there have only been seventeen constitutional amendments over the past 220 years. He argues that a constitutional convention is overdue and is something that the Founding Fathers would have wanted. He offers 23 proposals for revising the Constitution.[4]
The twenty-three proposals run the gamut from changing the length of the U.S. President's term in office and the number and terms of Supreme Court justices to altering the structure of Congress, modifying the Electoral College, and introducing national service.[1] Each of his proposals could be implemented with concurrence of 2/3 of each house of Congress and 3/4 of the states, except for the proposal to give some states more Senators than others. That proposal would require concurrence from every state, or amending the amending formula itself and subsequently amending the constitution to provide for the change in the structure of the Senate.