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Trump's political spectacle regularly seems to transform even opposition as part of the circus. We become like extras reacting as he energizes his base through breaking traditional standards. But why not we created our own public demonstration omitting the former president aside – or at least with a different priority?

Past Models of Political Movement

Americans from 1768 to 1776 established new forms of resistance in response to England's crackdown. Instead of employing conventional governmental institutions, they selected boycott organizations and even a first continental congress without any obvious official status or historical model.

These measures of political theater, although imperfect, eventually led to a new nation. Following the conflict, founders held a constitutional assembly – officially to amend the first national framework requiring a unanimous vote among all members. Instead, leaders deliberated behind closed doors, substituted the document completely, and revised the method to amend the updated system to a three quarters vote.

A Contemporary Chance for Reform

The previous administration represents a colossal decline to democratic norms, yet it also presents a chance to improve these standards constructively. Like revolutionary leaders, we should create a selective, by-invitation assembly – an initial framework development – which anti-Trump progressive regions exclusively establish for themselves, limit to their group, and manage.

The U.S. Constitution already provides relevant clauses for doing so.

Developing an Interstate Compact

The participating governments would meet to develop an interstate compact between themselves, embracing the idea though not necessarily the exact wording of similar arrangements that the national charter's relevant constitutional provision outlines. They would propose to the federal legislature for ratification as national legislation. Of course this will never happen currently, given the federal government in its present gridlocked state lacks the ability of anything like constitutional reform, embryonic or not.

However the point is to present a prototype for an alternative form of American government, for a post-Trump country, that preserves components of the current political system that is worth preserving, alongside significant reform in response to recent political developments.

A Concrete Example

For example: Multiple Democratic-leaning regions could declare a national emergency. State executives would invite several like-minded opposing regions to select representatives chosen either by the people or state representatives. The delegates’ job would involve to create a multi-state partnership, a statement of entitlements for residents and responsibilities of involved regions.

The compact would allocate resources of such duties between the states and national authorities, in the event of eventually approved by Congress. It would create mandates that national authorities would resource – specifically for member governments and future that thereafter choose to participate the agreement.

A Visionary Opening

That compact could start with a preamble where We the People of these several states recognize not just our entitlements and our duties to treat all members with dignity. The introduction would acknowledge our duties to provide all have adequate food, retirement benefits, access to healthcare, and meaningful work as safeguards in a time of AI advancement. It should be explicit concerning the dangers artificial intelligence and a warming planet. It should require on the federal role in medical research and scientifically based public health to ensure we live better and longer lives.

Responding to Previous Violations

And then the agreement must contain a comprehensive catalog of abuses from the previous government, harmful policies, that deserve penalized and redressed, and wrongs by the supreme court, for example Citizens United, which must be nullified through state action implementing the partnership.

At the outset, participating governments must include Washington D.C. and the territory to engage as full members on the same footing and participate the agreement.

The Most Challenging Aspect – Funding

Next involves the biggest challenge – funding. The partnership would outline the specific programs which regional governments must finance and the programs that the federal government ought to support – basically for member governments that ratify this agreement. The document would function as a structural document for the ages, and a financial plan for the next fiscal year. It must contain a renewal of financial support for medical assistance, and reduction of costs for other forms of healthcare.

An Open Invitation

Finally, this agreement must incorporate an offer to Texas, Florida, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and every other non-signatory government to participate also, even if they hadn't been originally invited.

Symbolic Consequences

Regardless of what might be claimed criticizing this approach, it might shift the former president from center stage and display a specific tradition-defying boldness from progressive forces. It could provide Democratic governments credit for independent meaningful challenging of the pottery. More effective if conservative governments do not show. {In