The Democratic Socialists of America this week unveiled a new political platform calling for sweeping changes to the structure of the U.S. government, including replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions subordinate to Congress.

The platform, titled "Workers Deserve More!," proposes replacing the presidency and Supreme Court "with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress," a change that would require constitutional amendments and fundamentally reshape the nation's system of separated powers established more than two centuries ago.

The proposal is among the most far-reaching reforms included in the platform, which also calls for abolishing the Electoral College and eliminating the U.S. Senate.

Speaking during a Tuesday evening webinar introducing the platform, drafter Michaela Brangan addressed criticism of the proposal to eliminate the presidency.

"Whenever people are like, 'Oh my God, they want to get rid of the president,' I was like, 'Well, I don't know what we would call it in the future. We could call it the 'head honcho' or whatever," Brangan said.

Brangan said the organization is "envisioning something more like a prime minister" than a president. She also said "most other developed countries" have prime ministers, though she added that she does not use the term "developed country" in a "willy-nilly" manner.

The platform also proposes abolishing the Electoral College, which has been used to elect presidents since the Constitution was ratified, and eliminating the Senate, one of Congress' two chambers.

During the webinar, political commentator Emma Vigeland endorsed that proposal.

"Abolishing the Senate, letting it go by the way like the way the House of Lords did in the U.K. Look, I can get behind that for sure, baby," Vigeland said.

The DSA said the document is intended to provide a unified governing vision as democratic socialist candidates continue to gain prominence in American politics.

"Obviously, the Democratic Party has a platform, the Republican Party has a platform," Brangan said. "But for socialists and workers' parties, historically, platforms have been extremely important in organizing, projecting the party vision outward with analysis and with demands, and organizing people into the party."

The Democratic Socialists of America is the nation's largest socialist political organization, with tens of thousands of members. Although it is not formally affiliated with the Democratic Party, many of its endorsed candidates run as Democrats in federal, state and local elections.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are among the movement's highest-profile elected officials. A number of DSA-backed candidates also have recently won municipal and state legislative races.

The platform's constitutional proposals face steep legal and political hurdles. Under Article V of the Constitution, amendments must be approved by two-thirds of both the House and Senate before being ratified by legislatures or conventions in three-fourths of the states. The Constitution has been amended only 27 times since its ratification in 1788.

The presidency, Supreme Court, Senate, and Electoral College are all established by the Constitution, meaning each proposal would require one or more constitutional amendments.

Even if Congress approved the measures, supporters would still need the backing of at least 38 states, a threshold that has historically made structural changes to the federal government among the most difficult reforms to enact.