Current PLEDGE language
Still seeking help to improve it and create the cover letter that goes with it, citing where these rights come from, etc.
A Pledge to Regain our Democratic Traditions
1. REVOKE COVID EMERGENCY LAWS and INTRODUCE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF EMERGENCIES
I support limits on government powers conferred by an emergency declaration. All government emergency laws, rules, regulations, orders, and any other directives must have strict time limits, not to exceed 2 weeks. Legislative and/or administrative government actions must recommence immediately at the end of two weeks. Emergency declarations may never be renewed without legislative hearings on the rationale for the emergency measures and their alternatives.
2. PROHIBIT MEDICAL MANDATES
I support revocation of all medical mandates enacted by federal, state, county, city, and private actors as of March 2020, including compulsory mandates for vaccines, vaccine passports, testing and masking.
3. PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA, CENSORSHIP and RESTRICTED COMMUNICATIONS
I support termination of any federal or state funding, and any other efforts that propagandize or censor the American public, or restrict communication between people.
Government efforts to suppress freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion or freedom of the press are unconstitutional, violating the first amendment to the Constitution.
Repeal the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Act and hold pharmaceutical companies accountable when death or disability is caused by their products.
Excellent start, Meryl! Perhaps more important than revoking the existing emergency measures, mandates, and censorship is prohibiting them from ever occurring again.
In #3, for example, we could demand the repeal of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which “legalized the dissemination of information in the US whether the information is true, partly true, or completely false” (https://lesliemanookian.substack.com/p/sticks-and-stones).
I address that and other topics related to censorship and misinformation in this piece:
• “Letter to US Legislators: #DefundTheThoughtPolice” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-us-legislators-defundthethoughtpolice)