We all should know by now that the Government is corrupt. The checks and balances in place are lacking. We need to create conditions to make the peoples vote more valuable. 

The Goal

A system where individuals must submit a "Campaign Bill" to qualify as presidential candidates. Once elected, a candidate's Campaign Bill automatically becomes law. This approach aims to enhance transparency and accountability by requiring candidates to publicly disclose their proposed legislation before the election

What is A Campaign Bill

     Campaign Bills differ from standard legislative bills; they are created and submitted by presidential candidates. Only one Campaign Bill can be enacted per election, and candidates cannot alter or replace their bills after qualifying, ensuring their commitments remain clear.

What Does This Mean

     The people are allowed to exercise the same authority they grant their representatives in Congress. Only one campaign bill can be passed per election. This is meant to alleviate and potentially expedite the process that comes with the passing of laws currently. This is also meant to enhance the transparency of future Presidential Candidates, Presidents, even Vice Presidents assuming their Campaign Bill displays their competency, intentions, and priorities. 

In The Meantime 

To realize this idea, sharing and discussing its potential can help raise awareness and consider its implementation in the future. This change will likely require an amendment. The following is a rough draft of what it would look like.

Amendment XXVIII to the United States Constitution

 

Section 1. Campaign Bill Requirement

Any person seeking to qualify as a candidate for the office of President of the United States shall, as a condition of such candidacy, submit a single Campaign Bill to the Federal Election Commission at the time of filing. The Campaign Bill shall consist of proposed legislation, not exceeding twenty-five thousand words, setting forth the specific policy measures the candidate intends to enact if elected.

Section 2. Review and Transparency

The Federal Election Commission shall establish procedures for the submission, verification, and immediate public disclosure of every Campaign Bill in its original form. Every submitted Campaign Bill, together with the identity of the sponsoring candidate, shall remain permanently and prominently available to the public. No authority or entity may withhold, redact, or restrict public access to any portion of a submitted Campaign Bill.

Section 3. Enactment Process

Upon the inauguration of a President so elected, the President’s Campaign Bill shall be formally presented to both Houses of Congress. Ninety calendar days after such inauguration, the Campaign Bill shall automatically become law in its entirety unless both the House of Representatives and the Senate, by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting in each House, adopt a joint resolution of rejection.

If Congress adopts such a joint resolution of rejection, the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to review the constitutionality of the Campaign Bill and shall render its decision within sixty days of the resolution’s adoption. If the Supreme Court upholds the Campaign Bill in whole or in part, the upheld portions shall become law immediately upon the Court’s decision.

Section 4. Limitations and Judicial Severability

Only one Campaign Bill may be submitted or enacted per presidential election cycle. No branch, agency, or officer of government may alter, amend, or revise a Campaign Bill except as expressly provided herein.

The Supreme Court shall have the duty, to affirm Congress’s rejection of the bill, to sever any provision that infringes powers reserved to the States under the Tenth Amendment, leaving the remainder of the Campaign Bill intact to the maximum extent possible. The Court is prohibited from severing, striking, or modifying any provision on any ground other than a violation of the Tenth Amendment, and may reject the Campaign Bill in its entirety only if Congress has first done so. Ordinary judicial review of the enacted Campaign Bill on all other grounds may resume after completion of the process described in Section 3.

Section 5. Override of Conflicting Provisions

The provisions of this Amendment are intended to, and do hereby, supersede and override any conflicting provisions contained in Articles I, II, III, or elsewhere in this Constitution as originally adopted or previously amended, to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to the Campaign Bill enactment process established herein. This Amendment constitutes a deliberate and permanent reallocation of legislative authority for the limited purpose described and shall be construed and applied so as to achieve that purpose notwithstanding any prior constitutional text, structure, or judicial precedent to the contrary.

Section 6. Televised Revolution

The First Monday of May, each candidate is invited before a joint session of Congress in a proceeding formally styled the “The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry.”

The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry shall be presided over by the Chief Justice of the United States (or, if unavailable, the senior Associate Justice) and shall be conducted according to rules jointly adopted by the Speaker of the House and the Vice President in his or her capacity as President of the Senate.

During The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry, which shall last any number of days till each Candidate available will:

(a) present and explain the contents and rationale of their Campaign Bill,

(b) answer questions posed by any member of Congress or Presidential Candidate, and

(c) engage in live debate and, at the discretion of the presiding officer, with expert witnesses selected by each House.

The entirety of The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry shall be livestreamed in real time on all major broadcast and cable networks and on government-operated internet platforms, and shall be recorded in high-definition video and audio. The unedited recording shall be preserved permanently by the National Archives and made immediately and continuously available to the public free of charge. No portion of The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry may be conducted in closed session.

Refusal or failure to attend The Quadrennial Civic Inquiry will render the Campaign Bill of the Candidate void and ineligible for enactment under Section 3.