The level of ambition is correct. I would start with DC statehood.
But see this new paper for why fair maps are a better goal than proportional representation—and how Congress can actually legislate fair maps, if there is a D trifecta in 2029, using partisan constitutional hardball:
In the Kansas Law Review: Anti-McCarthyism and the Right to “Fair and Just Treatment” in State Constitutions
People treated unfairly during executive or legislative investigations often lack a remedy. But two state constitutions guarantee "fair and just treatment."
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=687...
A short piece I wrote for @statecourtreport.org on the problems "state capture" poses for state and local government, and how state constitutions might be used to prevent them.
statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
Based on an article first published with @cardozolaw.bsky.social (link below).
Am reading every newspaper article I can find from April 7-16 on reaction to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Not my main concern, or theirs, but every piece that says something says the act makes everyone born on American soil a citizen of the United States.