Don’t get Mad—get EQUAL—Support a Citizens' Initiatives Amendment to Curb Special Interests & Improve Congress.
This Amendment is to improve representative government—not to weaken it but to make it stronger. Main
Menu:

Home Amendment Campaign Practical Issues Accessories

   Constitutional checks and balances are no longer adequate and need amending.
Practical Issues

Details   
Sub Menu:

Basic Schematic Alternative Approach Citizens' Assembly Assembly Operations Assembly Wisdom Risk of Tyranny Safeguards Constitution Issues Financial Assembly Suggestions State Citizens Assembly Background

  
 

Technical DETAILS SUB-MENU

  
  Details explains much of the conceptual approach, reasoning and justification for the planned constitutional Amendment. You may find that it answers many of your questions.  
Details sub menu includes:  
Basic Schematic

Shows the key steps needed to ratify the Citizens' Initiatives Amendment
Alternative Approaches

Differences Between Senator Gravel's National Initiative for Democracy and This Plan's Citizens' Initiatives Amendment

Petition vs. Assembly

The issue of Citizens' Initiatives Assembly vs. popular petition for qualifying initiatives is central to the feasibility of direct democracy in a large democratic republic.
USCIA Operations Intended to give the reader a view of how some features of the United States Citizens' Initiatives Assembly may operate.
Assembly Wisdom A discussion of Assembly characteristics required so that it can chose Indicatives wisely and the specifics of how this Assembly achieves these characteristics.
Risk of Tyranny Discusses how this Solution affects the Risk of Tyranny
Safeguards Explains some of the protections to avoid foreseeable and unforeseeable consequences.
Constitutional Issues Discusses how the Solution complies with the Constitution and related matters.
Fiscal Impact Provides estimates of overall costs, cost effectiveness of the Citizens' Assembly, and cost comparisons.
USCIA Suggestions A list of suggestions to assist the USCIA during its implementation and operation.
State Citizens Assembly Design and costs of a State Citizens' Initiatives Assembly that could replace signature petitions as a method to qualify state initiatives.
Background Historical foundations of direct democracy from 2500 years ago to the present, providing some interesting consequences and results.

Alphabetical Index Sub Topics Index Table of Contents Search This Site Help Send Comments FAQs

Copyright © 2003-2008,
Citizens for U.S. Direct Initiatives, All Rights Reserved.

www.InitiativesAmendment.org
 www.CUSDI.org

Version 05.27
 September 27, 2008