The 3rd Constitution of the United States of America

Article II

Section 1

All national legislative powers shall be vested in Congress, which shall be bicameral. It shall consist of a lower house, the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the Senate.

Section 2

The House shall be composed of members chosen every 2 years only by direct popular vote. It shall choose its speaker and other officers. Each representative shall have 1 vote.

Representatives must, on the day on which they take office, be at least 18 years old. No one may serve as a representative if he or she is 65 or older.

Representatives must be American citizens for 7 years and inhabitants of the House district from which they shall be elected. The District of Columbia and all states shall have at least 2 representatives.

The enumeration of the House shall be based on only the populations of the District and the states. Enumeration shall be determined by a national census of only human inhabitants.

<For no reason shall any division of small population or geographic size have lesser or greater representative power than a division of large population or geographic size. House representation must always be as equal and as fair as possible. No House district shall exceed 30,000 residents.> In order to preserve democracy, the number of House seats shall never be fixed.< The District and states shall be apportioned the same way.>

When vacancies happen in House seats, then the executives of the District, states, and territories shall issue writs of election to fill them. This is provided that the District, state, and territory legislatures empower the executives thereof to make temporary appointments until voters fill the vacancies by direct popular vote. Writs of election for representatives of expatriates shall be issued by the District executive.

The House shall have the sole power to impeach any sitting federal-level official. It shall have the power to try all impeachments. No one shall be convicted without the concurrence of 2/3 of the whole House.

Section 3

The Senate shall be composed of 3 senators from the District and each state. Each senator shall have 1 vote and be elected by direct popular vote for a 6-year term. Senators must, on the day on which they take office, be at least 24. No one may serve in the Senate who is 65 or older.

A senator must be an American citizen for 9 years and an inhabitant of the District, state, or territory from which they shall be elected. After an election, the senators must be divided into 3 classes so that 1/3 of the Senate shall be elected every 2 years.

The vice president shall be the president of the Senate, but he shall have no vote unless the Senate is equally divided. The Senate shall choose its officers, including a president pro tempore, who shall serve in the absence of the vice president.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments of sitting federal-level officials. When sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be on oath or affirmation. When the president is tried, then the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court shall preside. No one shall be convicted without the concurrence of 2/3 of the Senate.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any public office of honor, trust, or profit in the United States. The convicted party shall nevertheless be liable and subject to any other indictment, trial, judgment, or punishment.

When vacancies happen in the Senate, then the executives of the District, states, and territories shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. This is provided that the District, state, and territory legislatures empower the executives thereof to make temporary appointments until voters fill the vacancies by direct popular vote. Writs of election for senators representing expatriates shall be issued by the District executive.