Purposes of the Amendment

1. Excepting primaries, election for all offices, propositions, or the like submitted to Citizens of the United States shall take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.

The purpose here is twofold:  One election a year in enough, and Voter turnout. The greater the number of voters, the better expression you have of what ‘We the People’, think. These days, for general elections, we’re voting in the 60% range; not great, not bad. However, elections outside the November date are poorly attended, and it’s a farce to say 20 some percent of voters in a Spring election ‘represents’ the people. 

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2. Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment or application of distinctions amongst or between Citizens of the United States.

The purpose here is to eliminate the practice of dividing the citizenry into categories or groups upon which laws, programs, or policies of favor and benefit are bestowed.  As the law applies to every single one of us, there is no reason or excuse for distinctions made in the law.

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3. Congress, other than in time of Declared War or when passed with a majority of three quarters vote in each house, shall make no appropriation for expenditure that is not paid for by revenue collected during the term of that appropriation.

The purpose here is plain, unless it’s an emergency or a necessity, the government can’t spend money it doesn’t have.  If it wants the money, it has to come directly to us, with the obvious consequences.

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4. Congress shall make no law granting authority to create rules, regulations, or the like, and enforcement powers for same, to the Executive branch of this government.

The purpose here is to restore the whole, deliberate responsibility for lawmaking to Congress.  That the laws to which we are subject be made by the representatives we elect.  And thus directly responsible for what becomes the law.

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5. Congress shall make no law unless written, by hand, with attestation, by the member or members who submit same for consideration. Further, all such proposed laws, especially any providing for the “general welfare” or by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, shall in their preamble cite the specific power or powers enumerated in this Constitution by Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-17, that legitimate their consideration.

The purpose here is twofold:  Writing by hand requires consideration and concentration (and prevents 2000 page bills).  If we are to obey the law, we must be able to read and comprehend the law. Second, that those matters considered for law, can only be, and be addressed by, the powers provided, or “granted herein”, as stated in Article I of the Constitution.  

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Upon ratification of this amendment, and within the next two years, a committee comprised of four members of Congress and four members of the Supreme Court shall review the United States Code to identify and report all laws not in compliance with the third, fourth, and fifth sections of this Amendment. Whereupon Congress shall have the immediately following four Sessions to revise, replace, or rescind those laws not in compliance with this amendment. At the end of the fourth session, those laws not afforded such attention shall be null and void, and stricken from the United States Code.

The purpose here is ‘cleaning house’. There are numerous laws on the books that are contrary to the intentions and directions of this amendment. This serves to ensure that those laws will not be in contention with the ends addressed here.