NEW RECRUIT ORIENTATION

Welcome to the Revolution.

1. THE BRIEFING

Down By Law is a citizen-driven effort to rethink America n government, justice, individual liberty, and the relationship between the people and those who govern them. Down By Law begins with a simple premise: meaningful political change requires more than electing different people to operate the same system. Sometimes the rules themselves have to change.

At the center of the project are specific proposals for changing those rules—proposed laws and constitutional reforms addressing criminal justice, civil liberties, government accountability, citizen participation, and the balance of power between elected representatives and the people themselves.

This is not merely a protest against what exists. It is an attempt to put an alternative into writing, place it before the public, and ask a larger question:

If we could rewrite the rules, what should they be?

2. THE REVOLUTION IN WRITING

The legislation is the foundation of Down By Law. Here you can explore the proposed laws and constitutional reforms, search the legislation, examine individual provisions, and decide for yourself where you agree, disagree, or believe something should be changed.

You do not have to agree with everything to participate. In fact, disagreement is part of the point. These proposals are intended to put substantial reform before the public in a form that can actually be read, questioned, challenged, debated, and improved.

3. IN SESSION

Government should not simply hand laws down to the people and expect them to accept whatever their representatives decide. In Session is where Down By Law turns the legislation into a public conversation.  Questions drawn from the proposals are placed before the public through polls, explanations, discussion, and debate. Agree or disagree, cast your vote and make your case.

Disagreement is welcome. Argue the issue, not the person.

4. JOIN THE RANKS

Down By Law is building a national network of people who may participate at whatever level fits them.

Join the Down By Law Action Network and become part of the main body of the Revolution. Stay informed and answer the call when there are petitions to sign, elected officials to contact, campaigns to support, events or rallies to attend, issues to vote on, information to share, or moments when enough people simply need to make themselves heard.

Or join the Volunteer Corps and take a more active role in building the organization itself. Volunteers are needed in organizing, fundraising, media, social media, research, public outreach, technology, documentary production, administration, events, and many other areas. Whether you stand ready with the Action Network or take an assignment in the Volunteer Corps, your name is counted among those who have joined.

5. ROLL CALL

Every person who joins the Down By Law network becomes part of the Roll Call.

The Roll Call is a growing count of the people who have chosen to stand behind the effort. Recruits may choose whether or not their names are displayed publicly, but every recruit counts.

A national organization begins one person at a time.

6. MEDIA

A revolution in writing still has to reach people.The Down By Law Media Center brings together videos, explainers, interviews, short-form content, documentaries, commentary, and other material designed to take these ideas beyond the written page.

Watch it. Listen to it. Share it. Send it to someone who disagrees. Send it to someone who has never heard of Down By Law.

Ideas cannot enter the national conversation if nobody encounters them.

7. SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN

HELP PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC

The proposals have been written. The platform is being built. The next challenge is reach. Contributions support the marketing, promotion, media production, public outreach, advertising, technology, and organizational infrastructure needed to put Down By Law before a much larger audience.

This is not about building another massive political machine. That machine already exists in the form of social media, digital platforms, political media networks, and online communities. The objective is to use that existing infrastructure to spread the word and bring these ideas into the national conversation.

ORIENTATION COMPLETE

YOU'VE BEEN BRIEFED.

You now know the basics. Read the proposals. Question them. Challenge them. Debate them. Share them. Join the network. Volunteer your skills. Support the campaign. Or simply stay informed until the moment comes when your voice is needed. No one person has to do everything.

There only have to be enough people willing to do something.

WELCOME TO THE REVOLUTION.