Lucas,
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
That, of course, is the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
Its somewhat dated standards of capitalization notwithstanding, I offer this challenge:
Let's make sure we're doing everything we can to live up to the ideals embodied in that most profound statement of all that is so noble about our country and its people.
I hope you read my update earlier this week on Public Citizen's campaign to prevent the richest individuals and corporations from taking over our democracy. I know it wasn't exactly a brief read, but we really are doing amazing and important work together.
Here's the next step in the campaign for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United debacle:
Ratchet up the online activism that got you on this email list in the first place with a donation TODAY.
Keep in mind that we're right in the middle of a $500,000 Matching Gift Campaign.
That means that whatever you give today gets matched dollar-for-dollar up to $500,000.
The more you give right now, the more Public Citizen has to carry out our work through the summer.
Including doing everything we can to reach our ambitious goal before the year is out of enlisting at least half of the members of Congress needed to ultimately pass an amendment.
Please contribute as generously as you can right now.
And remember that whatever you donate gets matched, doubling the value of your generosity.
Thank you,
Robert Weissman
President, Public Citizen