United Once More: Balanced Change Through Constitutional Reform

By Chip Downs

New laws? New regulations? New political promises? Will they really solve America's problems? In his debut book United Once More , author Chip Downs insists that "politics as usual" will only divide the United States further. He tells fellow citizens that they can't depend on Washington to turn the country around. They have their own "nuclear option" built into the Constitution to bypass the federal government and make things right. Three years in the making, United Once More tells Americans that the only peaceful, political means to put the nation back on track is to change the U.S. Constitution with several new amendments. Americans don't need Congress, either. They can go directly to their state legislators, who can exercise their right under Article V to call for a constitutional convention. In the same way that Thomas Paine's Common Sense ignited the American Revolution, United Once More hopes to spark a modern American reformation. The book proposes six amendments to fix each of the country's most divisive issues: immigration, marriage rights, Social Security, health care, and the economy. Like James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," the author gives Americans a blueprint to get the process started for true reform. Explaining that there's more to the country's ills than just politics, United Once More concludes with a hypothetical story about the end results of reform. The last two chapters describe how the American public could drive their state legislatures into demanding a constitutional convention. After visualizing a four-month process that produces a "Bill of Reform" containing the six original amendments and four additional ones, the scenarios unfold into a future of promise, prosperity, and political balance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478245611
• ISBN13: 9781478245612
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"