"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
U.S. Constitution
the open letter process
1. Draft
Each Open Letter has a specific topic describing a current problem in government. It will include some background information and offer specific solutions. During this period, participants can suggest solutions by writing them into the draft letter.
2. Sign
After a designated period of time, each Open Letter will enter a signing phase where American citizens can add their virtual signature to the letter, thereby agreeing to its content and message.
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Citizen Enabled Government/Amendment XXVIX: Restoring the Public Servant
The Founding Fathers that wrote our Constitution could not foresee the modern society and the long term corrupting influence of a small number of private interests over the public domain. Read more ❯
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Congress doesn’t seem to be aware that it is responsible for how law actually works. It treats existing law and programs with the reverence of the Ten Commandments – except that they’re more like the 10 million commandments.
“Members of Congress don’t ‘do’ law,” Congressman Jim Cooper told me. “They raise money, give speeches, and do favors.” They don’t even try to understand law, much less change it. “Many of them have probably never cracked open a copy of the US Code,” Cooper noted.
Philip K. Howard
The Rule of Nobody
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