Mission statement

“We the people of the United States,” the first words of the US Constitution, make it clear that our government was established to serve the people. Our Constitution contains checks and balances in order to prevent abuses of power, and our Bill of Rights limits government in order to guarantee people certain fundamental rights and liberties.

Today our country is crippled by a so-called "Global War on Terror," which undermines those crucial limits on power that our Constitution promises. In the name of this "war," Congress has largely abdicated its constitutionally-mandated role to check executive power and to protect our rights. Congress's complicity has enabled violations of our Constitution including warrantless surveillance, torture, indefinite detention, and preemptive war.

What can we do?

Fighting against just one violation at a time fragments our movement. It is time to unite to face the common source of these problems. To do this, we need to make our elected representatives more beholden to their constituents and to their oaths to protect and defend the Constitution than to the power structure in Washington, DC.

The People's Campaign for the Constitution calls forth the power of the people to reassert our Constitution by joining forces around common beliefs and speaking to our elected representatives with a more powerful voice.

What's next?

Sign our People's Campaign for the Constitution pledge to become part of the solution. Help bring together a broad-based coalition throughout your community, congressional district, and region to compel your congressional representative to meet with you in a public forum and listen to your coalition's common demands for restoring the Constitution's full promise.