Professor Kraske Platforms Author Advocating Constitutional Rewrite

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In his forthcoming book, "No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States," the document was created at a different time for a vastly different country. The result, in his view, is a series of issues that only begin with the Electoral College and extend to the U.S. Senate and Supreme Court.

"There were choices that were made in 1787 that were necessary then, but that have come to really haunt us," Erwin Chemerinsky told KCUR's Up To Date.

"The Electoral College makes no sense as a way of choosing the president. But in the 20th century, not once was the person who won the popular vote the loser in the Electoral College. But there have been population shifts and partisan realignment. So already twice this century, in 2000 and in 2016, the loser of the popular vote became president."

He also believes that the way the U.S. Senate is organized is fundamentally undemocratic.

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To fix the Electoral College and Senate, this legal scholar says the Constitution needs a rewrite

In his new book "No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States," legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky contends that it's high time to hold a new constitutional convention.