The traditional functions of legislatures can be grouped into three major categories: [1] the drafting of new laws, [2] the ratification of bills into law, and [3] oversight. The committee structure, the debate of hundreds of minds, the hearings from the nation's most knowledgeable citizens should all culminate in the creation of well-thought-out proposed legislation. For the moment, we will ignore the fact that in the US, the President has become the source for most proposed legislation, for that only proves how far we have strayed from the original plan.

     I speculated in the critique sections that the legislature concept went awry because of politics. Instead of attacking world-wide problems head on, they protect the selfish interests of their constituents at the cost of others who are not in their district. Instead of voting the way they believe is right, they follow party-line, otherwise if they make their party angry with them, they won't get any of the good committee seats that give them all the power.

Below are the major features of the Ideal Legislative Body.

1.	A Random-Selected Legislature
	Why elections can be eliminated/How to make your vote really matter/Benefits of a random-selected legislature/Legislative body perfectly reflects the make-up of its citizens/The end of elitism in the legislative body/Term-limits/No political parties, campaigns, PACs, or finance reforms are necessary/Power of interest groups is greatly reduced/A revitalization of public spirit.
2.	A Drafting Body, A Ratification Body and Citizen Ratification
	Accountability and representation revisited/A new synthesis between representational government and direct democracy/Representation ratio reduced to 1 representative per 100 citizens/Millions and millions of representatives/Splitting functions of drafting legislation from passing bills into law/A drafting body of hundreds and a ratification body of millions/A computer in every home/Ratification body continues in occupation, but votes on legislation remotely/Ratification vote counts as 100 votes, 1 vote for each citizen represented/Citizens can ignore politics or oppose their representatives' stands/Everyone will be a legislator once in life/Interest groups must appeal to the public for legislation/Ratification body has limited bill-drafting abilities/Drafting body proposing and opposing groups both create a brief presentation which must be viewed before a vote can be cast.
3.	Scrutinizing Passed Legislation
	Danger of over-representing zealots/Requesting a ratification re-vote/Passing the test of time/Removing antiquated legislation from the books/Allowing for changes in political culture/Protection against package legislation/Forcing the drafting body to rework a bill by "disapproving conditionally".
4.	Preventing Tyranny
	High probability of majority tyranny in this scheme/Future of racial distributions/Everyone is a minority/Safeguards against majority tyranny in Ideal Legislative Body/Appeal to drafting body representatives/Drafting body will contain members of all minorities due to its random selection/Groups are given free access to present their side before ratification/Every 10 to 20 years groups "have a shot" at discriminatory legislation/A specific safe-guard against majority tyranny/Ratification of a bill by a majority of the "targeted group"/Technical problems in implementing this so it is effective/Possibility of provision becoming block to legitimate legislation (such as crime-prevention)/Enter the judicial body.