Enacted to Save the Union: From Human Property to Special Federal Protection The constitutional story of Reconstruction did not begin with Appomattox. It began while the Civil War was still being fought. The First and Second Confiscation Acts of 1861 and 1862 were enacted during the Nation’s greatest constitutional crisis. Their immediate purpose was to …
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Hey, Professor Eastman, Shalom! (See: The Presidency and the Three Enduring Centers of the American Union Republic) Thank you again for your earlier encouragement and thoughtful observations concerning my work on the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the unfinished constitutional work of Reconstruction. Your willingness to consider my research has been both encouraging and …
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A Constitutional Essay for Executive Consideration Prefatory Notice This essay serves as the introductory paper to a series examining the constitutional responsibilities of the Presidency arising from the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the continuing duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. It is intentionally concise. A comprehensive constitutional memorandum containing expanded legal …
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To: Steve Hilton, Candidate for Governor of California; Mike Netter, Candidate for California State Senate Dear Mr. Hilton and Mr. Netter, I respectfully request the opportunity to meet with you to present what I believe is a practical, strategic, and nationally scalable framework for addressing California’s visible homelessness crisis before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ted Hayes is a longtime civic advocate, founder of Justiceville and Dome Village, and has worked for more than four decades on issues involving homelessness, constitutional literacy, Reconstruction history, and civic renewal. The constitutional questions presented in this submission arise from years of independent historical research, public advocacy, and examination of Reconstruction-era …
READ THIS FIRST — Executive Brief @ https://tedhayes.us/read-1st/ Letter To POTUS and Council/Advisors @ https://tedhayes.us/let-potus/ Letter to the President @ https://tedhayes.us/let-potus/ Presidential Decision Memorandum @ https://tedhayes.us/potmemo/ Executive Counsel Summary@ https://tedhayes.us/ex-summary/ Presidential Constitutional Memorandum @ (the shorter deadline version, not the long manuscript) READ THIS FIRST — Executive Brief > Letter to Counsel and …
To the President of the United States, the White House Counsel, the Attorney General, and Other Appropriate Executive Branch Officials: The Question Before the President Has the Executive Branch fully examined its continuing constitutional responsibilities under the Reconstruction enactments that remain part of the law of the United States? This submission respectfully asks only that …
Professor Eastman, I hope you are doing well. As a brief companion to the principal Reconstruction memorandum, I have prepared a one-year Reconstruction Action Calendar covering the period from August 28, 2026, through August 28, 2027 (USA 250). Its purpose is not to replace the memorandum, but simply to organize the major constitutional and historical …
This memorandum respectfully presents a constitutional question concerning the present responsibilities of the Executive Branch under Article II of the Constitution of the United States. Its purpose is neither to revisit prior litigation, challenge the constitutional role of the Judiciary, nor advocate new legislation. Rather, it asks whether existing constitutional and statutory responsibilities arising …
The purpose of this memorandum is not to prescribe predetermined constitutional conclusions. Rather, it respectfully recommends that the Executive Branch undertake a careful examination of whether existing Reconstruction law continues to impose responsibilities that have not been fully addressed. Among the principal questions appropriate for executive review are: 1. Constitutional Identity Whether the Executive …