The time has come to unite our progressive states to protect our rights and freedoms! 

 

What Is An Interstate Compact? 
   An Interstate Compact is an agreement between two or more states to work together on a common agenda. There are various interstate compacts in operation around the country already. While some compacts require congressional approval, those that are not in conflict with federal law do not. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why we unite.
   During these unprecedented times, we have seen a federal government engage in acts once thought unthinkable or relegated to the realm of fiction. They have violated habeas corpus and have begun to apprehend and deport people without trial. They are illegally withholding taxpayer money from the states, universities, and government agencies to compel acquiescence to their extreme agenda.

   They also have violated trade agreements and thrown the global economy into turmoil with ludicrous tariffs. They also have undermined our national security with reckless negligence which easily could compromised and endanger the lives of our civilians and service members.

   This administration has crossed Rubicon and is now openly in defiance of the judicial branch, flagrantly violating the constitution. Our federal judges’ rulings have no weight in this administration. Even the Supreme Court’s rulings are ignored, while they utilize sophistry, taunts, and outright deception to evade compliance with the court’s orders. We are within a constitutional crisis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Our last line of defense for our freedom must come from our states. Our state governments cannot bend the knee to tyranny, nor can they leave their citizens without defense against this rapacious federal government. Thankfully, many leaders cross the states have taken heed. Governors, mayors, and leaders across the country have stood in the face of despotism and are actively pursuing measures to thwart the criminal actions of this administration. Attorneys General have continued to go after the criminal administration, and activist groups throughout the country have spent the last several months educating the people on the best ways to withstand this authoritarian assault and mobilized millions against tyranny. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What To Do. 

 To fight back against the regime, Blue States must form protective interstate compacts to protect civil liberties, resist the regime, and build alternative programs and departments to those the regime is gutting. Nationally, Blue States must have uniform laws and standards protecting inalienable human rights and must refuse to be complicit with and aid the regime. Regionally, states can work with their neighbors to build new regional departments and programs to ensure their citizens won't be without essential services, nor will they be held hostage by the regime. Democratic governors will also form regional councils with their neighbors to ensure the policies of the compact are faithfully executed and to coordinate among themselves in defending their people against the fascists, as well as in making progress towards the future. Lastly, each of the Blue Regions must coordinate to send out delegations to traditional US allies, in order to reaffirm their commitment and support for the free world, uphold international law and human rights, as well as work together with allies while the fascist regime attempts to withdraw the US from the world.  

   It is in this time that our states must stand strong, and act as a refugia towards the decline of democracy. It will be because of the actions of resistance from our leaders across the union that our freedom will survive.

How We Fight Back. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Human Rights Compact

• Establishing "ICE Free Zones": Prohibiting state and public property (non-federal) from being utilized by ICE, including schools. Also prevent ICE from accessing public and sensitive places (religious institutions, hospitals, etc.) without a judicial (not administrative) warrant. 
• Requiring schools to announce to students when ICE is present on campus.
• Encouraging private businesses across progressive states to create "4th Amendment Workplaces", preventing ICE agents from entering private areas without a judicial warrant signed by a judge.
• Bans on federal law enforcement from wearing masks and requiring them to ID themselves.
• Create a task force to document abuses by ICE in order for future prosecution. Also, creation of state dashboards to track ICE activity which is available to all residents. 
• Encourage private citizens to establish "sanctuary communities" in which private citizens agree to monitor for ICE activity, document abuses, and alert neighbors when ICE is present. 
• States will pass legislation enabling residents to civilly sue individual ICE agents for violating their rights. 
• Provide legal assistance to all undocumented residents to challenge their deportation in court. 
• Using state and local zoning regulations to ban ICE from building or utilizing more facilities to imprison abductees. 
• All Democratic AG's deploying legal observers throughout the state to document ICE activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Protecting Democracy Compact (per. Recommendations from Marc Elias.) 

• Guaranteeing future elections will be conducted freely and fairly:
  • Passing state laws guaranteeing each US citizen has a right to vote. 
  • Ban signature matching of mail in ballots.
  • Count all ballots post marked by election day. 
  • Guarantee and enact steps to make sure voters don't wait longer than 30 minutes to vote. 
  • Ban third party voter challenges and vigilantism. 
  • Revise and strengthen election certification laws, including empowering state courts to certify elections. 
  • Same day voter registration across compact states.
  • Poll security monitors to see and document any voter intimidation, such as presence of federal officials or ICE near polling places.
  • Building more polling places and expanding mail-in-voting drop off locations.
  • Making election day state-wide holidays across compact states.
  • Pass state laws curbing corporate expenditure on elections and provide public funding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Mutual Support and Progress for the Future 

• Coordinating and an interstate level in areas of public health, educational standards, domestic security, law enforcement, and human rights through the creation of interstate agencies and organizations focused on finding solutions and providing assistance to their citizens while the Federal government withdraws services.
• Having Blue States in the same region pledge to work together on disaster relief, pandemics, and other emergencies as one cohesive unit.
• Creation of Governor's Councils made up of Governors of the compact states that:
  • Will serve as the chief executive body of their regional compacts, and will have regular meetings at appointed times and places. 
  • Work together to make sure the policies and laws implemented by the compact are faithfully executed across their states. 
  • Oversee the running of interstate/regional departments and programs. As well as appoint heads of said departments/programs, as well as oversee and manage personnel. 
  • Create advisory boards of experts to make recommendations of how to address needs impacting the compact states. 
  • Promote economic growth and development in their regional compact states by: 
    • Harmonizing regulations and laws regarding business and trade across state borders to make interstate trade more accessible.

Free World Support Compact

• Each group of compact states will send out a delegation to international organizations, as well as traditional US allies across the world in order to represent their peoples in said organizations and countries, as well as organizations. 
• Pledges to uphold treaties, international laws, and standards the regime has withdrawn the US from. 
• Work together with allies regarding trade, human rights, and supporting democracy during this rise of autocracy. 
• Joining organizations collectively such as WHO. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What You Can Do!

• Sign and share the petition calling for progressive governors to form the compacts.
• Reach out to your state representative and senators about forming Interstate compacts with neighboring progressive states.
• Spread the word among others in your community as well as loved ones in other progressive states in order to reach out to their local officials.
• Reach out to other progressive organizations across compact states to coordinate a lobbying effort of state and local political leaders. 
• Check out Free States Forever's website for more information.
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