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Law of Democracy The will of the people shall be the law of the land. Constitutions, statutes, and ... government are but instruments to carry out the will of the people, and when they fail ... they must be changed to carry out and express the ... will of the people. For over all and above all, and greater than all, and expressing the supreme sovereignty of all, are the people. ~ Fighting Bob La Follette
No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. ~ Emma Goldman
Liberty Tree is committed to raising up and renewing a crucial area of the law: the law of democracy. Read here for resources on new approaches to making the law more accessible, transparent, and above all, directly accountable to the people. Organizing ResourcesSTUDY GUIDE: Benson Scotch on war powers, defense policy, and the National GuardThis study guide was prepared by Benson Scotch, senior legal counsel for the campaign to "Bring the Guard Home! It's the Law," in advance of his April 2, 2009 lecture at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Direct Legislation ResourcesArticles, links to organizations, and resources on citizen efforts to directly make policy decisions. NewsWASH POST: On pins and needles ahead of Citizens UnitedDate: January 14, 2010GRANT: Voters of both parties object to Supreme Court activismDate: January 26, 2010WRN: Move to Amend sees 'Pearl Harbor for American democracy'Date: January 25, 2010Take ActionMove to Amend: Overrule the Supreme Courtsource: Campaign to Legalize DemocracyStop Domestic Terror!source: Velvet RevolutionVote to end Imperial Presidencysource: AfterDowningStreet.orgEventsWisconsin: March to Overrule the Court(February 16, 2010)Make plans to join the March to Overrule the Court, Noon, on Tuesday, February 16th as we loudly protest the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that corporations are persons entitled to constitutional rights to influence elections. Rally at the State Capitol, State Street steps, then march to the nearby federal courthouse. Bring a bell to ring, warm clothes, and friends. Click here to get a pdf poster to print out and distribute Winning Democracy with Ben Manski(May 3, 2010)Ben Manski raises critical challenges facing our democracy. Better yet, he offers practical ways to solve them. Join him in learning more about the growing democracy movement in the United States, and the critical role students, educators, and local community activists are playing in that movement.
USSF: End Corporate Rule. Legalize Democracy. Move to Amend the Constitution.(June 25, 2010 - June 25, 2010)Workshop calling for a series of constitutional amendments to make the unfulfilled promise of democracy a reality in the United States. Publications & TalksSWANSON: A Second Bill of Rights(October 11, 2009)COBB: The Case Against Judicial Review(November 15, 2009)"Judicial Review" is not a term familiar to most Americans, but it should be. The concept is a profoundly important operational underpinning of the United States legal system. Anyone working to make this country a more peaceful, just, ecologically sustainable, and democratic place should be eager to examine this basic doctrine. VIDEO: Who Decides About War?(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)"Who Decides About War?," the National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy, took place October 2-3, 2009 in Washington D.C.. Organized by the Guard Home! campaign, Liberty Tree Foundation, and many partners, and hosted by the National Lawyers Guild at the Georgetown Law School, this conference was the first of its kind in many years, uniting academics with activists, attorneys with veterans, in exploring key reforms necessary to democratizing defense in the United States, and making war less likely. |
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