Democracy
Fix the system
before it fixes itself.
Dark money. Gerrymandered maps. A captured Supreme Court. Voter suppression done in broad daylight. Our democracy is under attack. The attackers are clear about what they're doing. We have to be just as clear about stopping them.
The Damage in Numbers
This is not normal. Don't normalize it.
Dark money spent in U.S. elections since Citizens United (2010). None of it had to be disclosed.
of donors give about 70% of all federal campaign money. That is under 1 million people setting national policy.
Supreme Court supermajority. Appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote, before a single case was heard.
Americans purged from voter rolls from 2016 to 2022, per Brennan Center data
How We Got Here
Democracy doesn't fail overnight. It fails rule by rule.
Citizens United v. FEC (2010) was not a natural disaster. It was a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. It turned democracy into an auction house. Corporate spending in elections shot up right away. Donors started to matter more than voters.
Shelby County v. Holder (2013) gutted the Voting Rights Act. It killed the preclearance rule. That rule made states with a history of discrimination get federal approval before changing voting laws. Within 24 hours of the ruling, Texas put in place a strict voter ID law. That law had been blocked for years.
Today's Supreme Court is the work of a planned legal and political movement. The Federalist Society, the Heritage Foundation, and dark money networks all pushed for it. They wanted partisans on the Court, not neutral judges. The result is a 6-3 supermajority. It is willing to overturn settled law and make policy from the bench.
Project 2029 treats the democracy crisis for what it is. It is an emergency. It needs structural reform, not small fixes.
What Project 2025 Did to Democracy
- ● Proposed ending the independence of federal agencies. All rule-making power would sit with the president. That removes a key check against strongman rule.
- ● Brought back Schedule F. It lets the president turn up to 50,000 career civil servants into at-will political hires. That ends the professional civil service.
- ● Turned the DOJ into a weapon against political opponents. Shielded the president's allies from prosecution.
- ● Shut down the Election Assistance Commission, the federal agency that coordinates election security.
- ● Proposed gutting the FEC's power to enforce the law. That opens the door to even more dark money.
The Plan
What Project 2029 proposes.
Based on Chapters 28-31 of Project 2029. Seven proposed constitutional amendments. Structural reform, not just policy patches.
The Ten Constitutional Amendments
Some problems can't be fixed by laws alone. Project 2029 proposes 10 amendments to fix them.
SCOTUS Reform and Term Limits
End lifetime appointments for the most powerful judges in the world
Set 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices by law (or by constitutional amendment if challenged). Create a rotating panel system. Retired justices would rotate back to Circuit Court duties. Set a fixed appointment schedule so no president can appoint more than 2 justices per term. Create a Supreme Court Code of Ethics with real enforcement. Right now, the 9 justices are the only federal judges with no binding ethics rules. Require justices to disclose all hospitality, gifts, and paid travel.
Democracy for All Act (Citizens United Reversal)
Take the money out of politics
Pass the Democracy for All constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. That lets Congress limit corporate spending in elections. At the same time, pass the DISCLOSE Act. All political spending above $10,000 would have to be disclosed within 24 hours, no matter who spends it. Create a small-dollar public financing system: a $6 federal match for every $1 given to participating candidates (up to $250). Pay for it with a 0.1% tax on financial trades. Ban foreign-owned entities from any U.S. political spending.
Voting Rights Restoration Act
Make it easier to vote, everywhere
Restore and greatly expand the Voting Rights Act. Bring back preclearance with a new formula based on recent violations. Require automatic voter registration at all federal agencies (DMV, SSA, etc.). Require 15 days of early voting and mail-in voting in every state. Make Election Day a federal holiday. Stop polling place closures that hit minority communities hardest. Restore voting rights to all Americans who have finished their sentences. That includes the 5.2 million people now barred from voting because of felony convictions.
Independent Redistricting Commission Act
End partisan gerrymandering nationwide
Require every state to use independent commissions to draw congressional and state legislative districts. Set federal rules: districts must be compact, must not weaken minority voting power, and may not be drawn to favor any party. Bar state legislatures from overriding commission maps. Create a federal Redistricting Equity Review Board to enforce the rules. Throw out the gerrymandered maps now in effect until new commission-drawn maps are ready.
Restore Civil Service Independence (Reverse Schedule F)
A professional government, not a loyalty test
Cancel Schedule F on Day One by executive order. Pass the Civil Service Protection Act to ban Schedule F in law. Changing it would take a 60-vote Senate supermajority, so no future president could undo it alone. Bring back every career employee fired under Schedule F, with back pay and full reinstatement rights. Set civil and criminal penalties for political interference with career civil servants. Rebuild the Office of Personnel Management as an independent agency.
Presidential Accountability Act
No president is above the law. Full stop.
Pass a law making clear that sitting presidents can be indicted and prosecuted for federal crimes. That overrides the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel opinion that has blocked presidential prosecution. Introduce the 29th Amendment to remove absolute presidential immunity for acts taken in office. Create an independent Special Counsel office, protected by law and appointed by a panel of judges rather than the Attorney General. Ban presidential pardons for co-conspirators in crimes the president is alleged to be part of.
DOJ Independence and Rule of Law Restoration
The Department of Justice works for the Constitution, not the president
Write DOJ independence into law through the DOJ Independence Act. The Attorney General gets a fixed 5-year term and can be removed only for cause. The president may not contact the DOJ about ongoing investigations. The AG must testify to Congress every quarter about any presidential contacts. Create an independent Inspector General with subpoena power and the authority to report on its own. Have a bipartisan panel review and restore DOJ cases that were dropped or manipulated for political reasons.
Take Action
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Authoritarians win only when the rest of us stay home.
Vote in Everything
Primary elections. Local elections. Off-year elections. That's where democracy is won or lost.
Register Now →Demand Reform
Ask your representatives to cosponsor the DISCLOSE Act, the For the People Act, and SCOTUS ethics reform.
Contact Your Rep →Run for Something
School boards. County commissions. State legislature. Local races matter a lot. You can win.
Run for Office →Read the Full Chapters
Chapters 28-31 cover legal accountability, structural safeguards, transformation, and constitutional hardball.
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