1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

International trade, public housing, and critical global supply chains are increasingly being hijacked by political brinkmanship and predatory corporate operations. Using the expiration of vital international treaties or domestic relief acts as explicit leverage to extort policy concessions is an existential threat to economic security. Furthermore, private corporations, through deep-pocketed lobbying, illicit bribes, extortion, and the deployment of proxy networks, actively manipulate public infrastructure and threaten independent state sovereignty. We must implement a strict, non-negotiable standard of accountability that treats economic extortion as a disqualifying breach of office, and corporate market coercion as a hostile act. The Foundational Principles (Adapted from the UN Charter): 1 Sovereign Equality (UN Charter Article 2.1): All nations and their domestic legislative bodies hold an absolute right to self-determination, free from external economic coercion or manufactured legislative crises. 2 Prohibition of Threats or Use of Force (UN Charter Article 2.4): Political leaders and corporate entities are permanently prohibited from using economic threats, intentional grid disruption, or manufactured leverage against the stability of any state or public resource. The Demand: I urge Congress to immediately draft and pass a comprehensive sovereignty protection package modeled directly on these international principles, implementing the following ironclad mandates: Article I: Mandatory Expulsion for Political Brinkmanship • The Violation: Any member of the executive branch, including the President, Vice President, or Cabinet officials, who explicitly conditions the signing, renewal, or standard extension of a passed, expiring international treaty or vital public assistance package (e.g., housing, border infrastructure, trade deals) on unrelated political demands shall be deemed to have violated their oath of office. • The Enforcement: Modeled on the strict accountability of parliamentary privilege and direct recall mechanisms, such an act shall automatically be classified as an unconstitutional abuse of power. It will bypass standard political gridlock to trigger an immediate, mandatory House censure and fast-tracked Senate removal proceedings for failing to honor the seat of public office. Article II: Suppression of Predatory Corporate Overreaches • Ban on Corporate Aggression: Private corporate cartels and tech monopolies are permanently barred from deploying aggressive market policies designed to choke out public infrastructure, seize local resources, or dominate sovereign public grids. • Outlawing Proxy Warfare & Subversion: The use of financial proxies, shell companies, or dark-money pacs to subvert local regulatory bodies, construct illegal monopolies, or force dependencies on essential technologies is classified as an act of economic subversion. • Criminalizing Bribery and Extortion: Any corporate entity found utilizing financial bribes, backdoor extortion, or algorithmic manipulation to alter state policy or threaten international infrastructure shall face immediate corporate charter revocation and the seizure of its domestic assets. Article III: Economic Retaliation Against Monopolistic Chokeholds • When a mega-corporation or foreign-backed enterprise deliberately threatens international interests, public stability, or cross-border supply chains for private leverage, the state shall treat this action not as protected commerce, but as an act of economic warfare. The federal government will deploy immediate economic retaliation, including the blacklisting of the entity, the deployment of aggressive counter-tariffs, and the immediate nationalization or public protection of the disrupted infrastructure. We demand an end to the era of manufactured crises. Our public resources, international treaties, and democratic sovereignty are not bargaining chips for political actors or corporate executives.