Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It)

Prelude: The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson Introduction: A Tale of Two Signings 1. The Ratification Referendum: Sending the Constitution to a New Convention for Repair 2. Our Undemocratic Legislative Process 3. The Legacy of Article II: Too-Powerful Presidents, Chosen in an Indefensible Process, Who Cannot Be Displaced Even When They Are Manifestly Incompetent 4. Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed 5. The Constitution as Creator of Second-Class Citizens 6. The Impermeable Article V 7. Disenchantment and Desire: What Is to Be Done? Coda: The Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson Appendix: The Constitution of the United States Notes Acknowledgments Index