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81 Md. L. Rev. 366 (2021-2022)
Constitutional Revolution: A Path towards Equitable Representation

handle is hein.journals/mllr81 and id is 374 raw text is: CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION: A PATH TOWARDS EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION CHRIS CHAMBERS GOODMAN, EsQ.* We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, And the norms and notions of what just is' Isn't always justice' This Essay conceptualizes constitutional revolution from an equity perspective, asking the question: What changes would and should be made if equity was at the center of constitutional reform? The Preamble states: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.2 In order to fulfill these promises, we must make two urgent modifications in the current system of congressional representation to more effectively guarantee equitable representation. Otherwise, we must convene a Constitutional Convention for 2037. The year 2037 is the 250th anniversary of the Constitution, which allows sixteen years to plan, study, evaluate, and implement reforms.3 Putting equity at the center of our analysis, the current method of allocating congressional representatives is notably inequitable. Imagine © 2021 Chris Chambers Goodman. * Straus Research Professor and Professor of Law, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, A.B. Harvard College, cum laude, J.D. Stanford Law School. The author enthusiastically thanks Mark Graber for the invitation to present on this topic, and to all of the Schmooze 2021 participants who made insightful comments and engaged in thoughtful consideration of the notion of Constitutional Revolution. Profound gratitude goes to research assistant Ani Khachatryan, who stepped up to provide superb research and editing-often on short notice-as well as Nyla Williams-Edward, who assisted with the early stages of this project. The author also thanks the Dean's summer research grant fund, reference librarian Don Buffaloe, the editors of the Maryland Law Review, and all the support staff who contributed to bringing this symposium issue to completion. This Essay is dedicated to our congressional representatives. 1. AMANDA GORMAN, THE HILL WE CLIMB 12 (2021). 2. U.S. CONST. pmbl. 3. Why wait? Politics. However, one could argue that ratification in 1788 calls for a convention in 2038. 366

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