Subject: Request for Constitutional Review Concerning the Unfinished Work of Reconstruction, Federal Citizenship, and National Stability
General Caine,
I respectfully submit this communication not only on my own behalf, but on behalf of many descendants of those for whom the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confiscation Acts, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Reconstruction Amendments were enacted, of whom I am a chattel descendant child “baby”, and being 75 years mature, Jim Crow Survivor, 1866, federalized citizen.
For more than forty-one years, I have worked directly among America’s homeless population, first through my Los Angeles street movement and 501 (c) (3) Justiceville, later through Dome Village (https://domevillage.us), and now through continuing efforts to address what I believe has become one of the most visible manifestations of unfinished Reconstruction in the United States, of which the US military has central and most important role.
Therefore, as such, I write because two matters appear increasingly interconnected.
The first concerns the continuing controversy surrounding federal citizenship, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the constitutional status of the descendants of American chattel slavery.
The second concerns the growing national homelessness crisis, particularly in Los Angeles, where preparations for the 2028 Olympic Games are occurring under mounting pressure to remove large homeless populations from public view, with military support and law enforcement forces.
In my judgment, both matters arise from the same unfinished remedial obligations undertaken by the United States following the Civil War.
I respectfully ask that the Joint Chiefs of Staff review the enclosed memorandum and determine whether the military, constitutional, and statutory history surrounding Reconstruction warrant further examination.
The military was present at the birth of Reconstruction. The military enforced emancipation. The military protected newly freed citizens. The military helped establish the conditions under which Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Reconstruction Amendments.
For that reason, I believe the military possesses not merely historical interest, but institutional knowledge relevant to understanding whether the Republic has fully completed the work it began.
I therefore respectfully request review, investigation, and consideration of these matters in the interest of constitutional fidelity, national unity, and domestic tranquility.
Respectfully,
Ted Hayes
Founder, Justiceville and Dome Village
Mr. Citizen Patriot