Where a constituency, at any level of government, can demonstrate an 'overwhelming' majority opinion, in the order of 67-75%, that constituency's representative should be obliged by law, to be advocate of and for that majority opinion, regardless if his/her own opinion on the issue in question.
While the US Constitution is great, it was limited by 1700’s tech: a representative form of govt. composed of a fixed group of politicians involved with every issue for a fixed period of time made sense when communications traveled at the speed of a horse & there was no practical way to have lots of citizens directly participate. Now, reliably identified, part-time citizen “crowds” can make better, more democratic decisions than full-time professional politicians: www.WeThePeople2.org.
Let voters share law-making power with Congress, giving US a check and balance against torture, domestic spying, perpetual war & debt, Presidential "signing statements," ad nauseum. The Swiss have kept their Parliament honest this way since 1891! National ballot initiatives would be like state ones but far more deliberative, easier and less influenced by money. The best proposal is by Sen. Mike Gravel and YOU can now vote to ratify it at VOTE.org, much as citizens ratified the Constitution!
