"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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Campaign finance rules act as mortar for the status quo, giving a kind of blocking power to special interests….Nearly nine out of ten Americans in 2013 said they wanted background checks for firearm purchases, but the Senate wasn’t able to assemble enough votes to get it done. On litigation reform, a senior Democratic congressman agreed with me that restoring reliability to justice would be useful in containing health care costs, but he said he would never support any reform, even one supported by patient groups, as long as trial lawyers opposed it. As he put it, “That’s where we get the money.”
Philip K. Howard
The Rule of Nobody
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