I wrote a piece early in my Medium career, based partially upon research into what the Founders thought about political parties but declined to act, that political parties should be made unconstitutional. To any not careful reader, I didn't say outlawed--which would violate the First Amendment--I said unconstitutional, obviously by amendment to the Constitution. https://medium.com/illumination/the-american-political-system-is-broken-beyond-repair-2adc9fbd7dc6