There is nothing in the US Constitution about political parties, but they emerged almost immediately after the United States government was founded in 1789.  So apparently there is a need for their existence.  The problem now is that Republicans and Democrats, despite their differences on other domestic issues, are in complete agreement to continue making it very difficult for third parties to be equally empowered as the 2 parties are.  In the wide political spectrum from the far Left to the far Right, only 2 parties have a voice, which is not democratic or considerate.  

Probably the most important way to maximize freedom, democracy, and fairness is to equally empower at least the 7 largest political parties and allow them to be proportionately represented in a unicameral federal legislature.  But to adopt a unicameral federal legislature would require a new US Constitution.  

With a requirement of 7 political parties proportionately represented, a bicameral federal legislature would make it too difficult to pass new laws, amendments, and constitutions, which is why a unicameral legislature would be much better.  In articles listed below under Sources, I show how a Constitutional Convention to completely rewrite the US Constitution could be implemented with total fairness. A new constitution could keep the best of the old but also add important new features.          

There are 435 members in the current US House of Representatives based on population, and that is a good thing.  But how democratic is it to even have a US Senate in which the state of Wyoming, for example, has the same number of senators as the state of California?  The bicameral legislature, the US Senate, and the Electoral College need to be abolished if our goal is to maximize freedom, democracy, and fairness.  We need to make it much easier to change laws, amendments, and constitutions to adapt to a rapidly changing world.         

Thomas Jefferson proposed that the nation adopt an entirely new charter every two decades. Thomas Jefferson thought we should have a new constitution with every new generation.  As expressed in this article, Jefferson wrote a letter to James Madison in 1789 and stated that a constitution naturally expires at the end of 19 years.  "If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force, and not of right."  I think Jefferson was very prescient on this issue, and we are long overdue for a new constitution.