PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE US CONSTITUTION TWENTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT: ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS 1.

The economic system of the United States shall be based the "Social Market" principles of subsidiarity, solidarity, social justice and sustainability. It shall be incumbent upon Congress and other public authorities to regulate economic activities for the common good, and, in particular, to give practical effect, by legislative and administrative action, to the following rights: (i) The right to an appropriate and worthwhile occupation. (ii) The right to a fair wage sufcient to maintain dignity. (iii) The right safe, healthy and humane working conditions. (iv) The right to adequate rest, leisure, and family life, including a maximum working week of 48 hours and at least four weeks' annual vacation. (v) The right to decent housing and to a secure and comfortable home. (vi) The right to universal public healthcare. (viii) The right to adequate provision and security in the event of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment. (ix) The right to a safe, clean and healthy environment. (x) The right to education and training according to ability. (xi) The right to trade union representation and to co-determination in corporate decision-making. (xii) The right to a garden or allotment for the growing of fruit and vegetables, and the right of public access (subject only to such equitable restrictions as may be required by law for the stewardship of resources) to common land. 2. These rights as elaborated by law may not be sold or alienated, nor restricted by any contractual provision. 3. The import of any good from countries not honouring the rights of workers, unless specic exemptions are permitted by law, is prohibited. TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT: CAMPAIGN FINANCE 1. There shall be a Federal Elections Commission, consisting of two Commissioners from each State, to be selected by random lot from the registered electors of each State, in the manner prescribed by law. These Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall assemble at the seat of government of the United States on the rst Monday of January following the ratication of this Amendment. They shall proceed to elect from amongst themselves a Chief Electoral Commissioner, who shall summon and preside over the Federal Elections Commission. 2. The Federal Elections Commission shall have the authority, without any further authorisation by Congress, and without requiring the consent of the President of the United States, to enact Ordinances, having the force of law for the regulation of campaign nances, for the registration of political parties, for the disclosure of donations, and for the conduct of primary and general elections for all Federal ofces in all States and Territories of the United States. Such laws shall be adopted by a three-fths majority vote of the Federal Elections Commission, and shall be directly enforceable by the Chief Election Commissioner. THIRTIETH AMENDMENT: PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 1. The number of members of the US House of Representatives shall be ve hundred. Each State shall elect a number of Representatives in proportion to its population, provided that no State shall elect fewer than three Representatives. The Representatives shall be elected from State-wide party lists, with the number of seats allocated to each party list being proportional to the number of votes cast for that party in each State, calculated according to the D'Hondt formula. 2. The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen every fourth year, in the same year as the Presidential elections. THIRTY-FIRST AMENDMENT: SEMI-PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT 1. The principal executive ofcers of each Department shall forming a Cabinet to advise and assist the President. The Head of the Cabinet shall be styled "Prime Minister". 2. The Prime Minister and other Cabinet ofcers shall be appointed by the President from amongst the members of Congress who, in the opinion of the President, best enjoy the condence of the House of Representatives. The appointment of the Prime Minister and other Cabinet ofcers shall not not require conrmation by the Senate.

3. The Cabinet ofcers shall be collectively responsible to the House of Representatives. They shall resign, or be dismissed from ofce by the President, if the House of Representatives, by an absolute majority, passes a vote of nocondence in the Cabinet. 4. Every bill which has been passed by the House of Representatives shall be presented to the Senate, if the Senate rejects the bill, or passes it only with amendments, or fails to pass it within ninety days of its passage by the House of Representatives, then the House of Representatives shall have the authority to make a nal decision on the bill: it may approve the bill, with or without such amendments, if any, as the Senate shall propose, by a three-fths majority vote. A bill so approved shall be deemed to have been passed by the House of Representatives and Senate for the purposes of Claude 2 of Section 7 of Article 1 of the US Constitution. 4. No bill providing for appropriations or expenditures, and no amendment to any bill concerning appropriations or expenditures, shall be voted upon by either House of Congress unless such bill or amendment is certied by the President. THIRTY-SECOND AMENDMENT: DIRECT ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT 1. The President and Vice-President of the United States shall be directly elected by the people of the United States, on a joint ticket, by an absolute majorette of votes cast. 2. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes cast, there shall be a run-off election between the two leading tickets shall take place within two weeks: the President and Vice-President winning a plurality of votes in the run-off election shall be duly elected. THIRTY-THIRD AMENDMENT: REDUCTION OF CORPORATE POWER 1. The rights and privileges of persons under the US Constitution shall apply only to human beings: the extent to which such rights and privileges may be extended, by way of analogy, to 'corporate persons' shall be determined by Congress. 2. No corporation may spend any money, directly or indirectly, for the lobbying of public ofcials, nor on any political campaign, whether for an election, referendum, or otherwise. 3. There shall be a uniform standard of corporate regulation throughout the United States. Congress shall have the authority to regulate the formation, powers, responsibilities and dissolution of corporations. The responsibility of the directors of a corporation extends not only to its shareholders, but also to its suppliers, workers, and society as a whole. THIRTY-FOURTH AMENDMENT: RESTORATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES 1. Police forces, whether Federal, State, or local, shall not be used for military duties, nor equipped with military grade weapons. All Police ofcers shall be bound by oath to uphold the constitution and the law and to protect the rights of citizens. 2. The use of force against peaceful protestors and demonstrators is prohibited. Persons administering, ordering or authorising such use of force shall be guilty of a felony. 3. The privacy of citizens of the United States to use the internet and any other form of communication, electronic or otherwise, shall not be infringed: no monitoring or surveillance of the internet or other media of communication shall be permitted, except on the authority of a judicial warrant, supported by oath or afrmation; general warrants are prohibited. 4. The penalty of death is abolished and may not be reinstated. 5. No person shall be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment, nor to physical or psychological torture. 6. No person shall be denied access to the Supreme Court of the United States for the vindication of their rights. 7. The use of private security rms and of private contractors for the operation of prisons and detention facilities is prohibited: all such services shall henceforth be provided only by ofcers and employees of the US Government or of State, Territorial or local governments.