Green Zone Campaign
A Republic Guaranteed:
Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution provides that the " . . .
United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government . . ."
A Republic Defined:
Republic is defined as n 1 : a government having a chief of state
who is not a monarch and is usually a president; also : a nation
or other political unit having such a government 2 : a government
in which supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to vote and
is exercised by elected officers and representatives governing
according to law; also : a nation or other political unit having such
a form of government.
A Republic Denied:
A recent submission to the U.N. for its Universal Periodic Review
of America's human rights record contends that "(o)ur democracy
is so heavily weighted against the disenfranchised that considering
America a republican form of government requires a leap of faith."
This campaign submits that there could not be a republican form of
government in any American state, home to a citizen with an
actionable claim of retaliation under color of law for his or her
attempt to expose or otherwise redress any serious, cognizable
threat to American democracy.
A proximate cause of that retaliation is Congress' failure to
supervise federal government so that its policies, priorities, and
procedures deter such retaliation and otherwise preserve
meaningful citizen oversight in America.
Our focus is on the need to protect Americans striving for
meaningful citizen oversight.
Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution provides that the " . . .
United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican Form of Government . . ."
A Republic Defined:
Republic is defined as n 1 : a government having a chief of state
who is not a monarch and is usually a president; also : a nation
or other political unit having such a government 2 : a government
in which supreme power is held by the citizens entitled to vote and
is exercised by elected officers and representatives governing
according to law; also : a nation or other political unit having such
a form of government.
A Republic Denied:
A recent submission to the U.N. for its Universal Periodic Review
of America's human rights record contends that "(o)ur democracy
is so heavily weighted against the disenfranchised that considering
America a republican form of government requires a leap of faith."
This campaign submits that there could not be a republican form of
government in any American state, home to a citizen with an
actionable claim of retaliation under color of law for his or her
attempt to expose or otherwise redress any serious, cognizable
threat to American democracy.
A proximate cause of that retaliation is Congress' failure to
supervise federal government so that its policies, priorities, and
procedures deter such retaliation and otherwise preserve
meaningful citizen oversight in America.
Our focus is on the need to protect Americans striving for
meaningful citizen oversight.
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