This is the Catch-22 of American constitutional politics. We the people are free to propose any structural reform we want except that they’ll all suffer the same fate: strangulation at the hands of petty politicians in Washington or the state capitals.
The US Constitution
Book Review: “Madison’s Music” — Listen to the Melody of the First Amendment?
If James Madison was so verbose that his draft version of the First Amendment could be cut in half, then he can hardly be called an artist with words.