The Constitution Is Not Optional

I write to you in defense of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Constitution itself—not as a partisan, but as a citizen who understands that our republic survives only so long as its foundational guarantees are upheld without exception. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in the aftermath of civil war to permanently enshrine citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law. It is not a policy preference. It is not an inconvenience. It is a constitutional safeguard designed precisely to restrain executive power and prevent the arbitrary deprivation of rights by those who govern. Recent executive actions and rhetoric seeking to undermine the Citizenship Clause, reinterpret settled constitutional law by decree, or selectively deny constitutional protections represent a direct assault on the rule of law. No president—regardless of party—possesses the authority to rewrite the Constitution through executive order. To claim otherwise is to assert monarchical power in a nation founded on the rejection of it. The Constitution is sacred not because it is old, but because it binds power to law. The Fourteenth Amendment is especially sacred because it affirms a simple, radical truth: that rights do not flow from the whims of a ruler, but from the Constitution itself. When any administration attempts to narrow or ignore these protections, it is not enforcing the law—it is defying it. History is unambiguous. Every era that has weakened the Fourteenth Amendment has later been judged harshly. Every generation that defended it is remembered as having stood on the right side of history. I urge you to act decisively: • Publicly affirm the full and plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. • Reject executive actions that exceed constitutional authority. • Defend the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. • Uphold your oath to the Constitution above loyalty to any individual. This moment will be remembered. Silence will be interpreted as consent. Compliance will be interpreted as complicity. The American people are watching to see who will defend the Constitution when it is tested. The rule of law must prevail. The Constitution must endure. The Fourteenth Amendment must not be surrendered.