The Constitution Project is a non-profit organization in the United States that works on building bipartisan consensus around major constitutional and legal problems. Founded and led by President Virginia Sloan, a lawyer and former United States House of Representatives staff member, the Constitution Project consists of seven initiatives: War Powers, Death Penalty, Liberty and Security, Constitutional Amendments, Courts, Right to Counsel, and Sentencing. The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ...

Constitutional Amendments Initiative

This initiative, co-chaired by former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK) and former White House Counsel and Former D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Abner Mikva, raises awareness about the value of a stable Constitution and the dangers of "tinkering" with that document through excessive amendements.^[1] The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ... The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. ... Abner Joseph Mikva was a Democratic U.S. Congressman, federal judge, and law professor from Illinois. ...

War Powers Initiative

Co-chaired by former congressmen Mickey Edwards (R-OK) and David Skaggs (D-CO), the War Powers Initiative has issued a report, Deciding to Use Force Abroad: War Powers in a System of Checks and Balances, that calls for more active, informed participation by the United States Congress in decision-making about use of U.S. armed forces. The report calls for specificity in declarations of war and authorizations of force, and opposes blanket authorizations such as the one under which President George W. Bush initiated the Iraq War. It also calls on Congress to replace the War Powers Act with less ambiguous, more practicable legislation.^[2] Mickey Edwards (born Marvin Henry Yanowsky ) is a retired Republican congressman who served Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District from 1977 to 1993. ... David Evans Skaggs (born February 22, 1943) was a Democratic Congressman from the state of Washington from 1987-1999. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with War Powers Resolution. ...

Death Penalty Initiative

The Death Penalty Initiative includes opponents and advocates of the death penalty, but all members "agree that the risk of wrongful executions in this country has become too high." ^[3]

Liberty and Security Initiative

The Liberty and Security Initiative is the Constitution Project's response to a range of privacy and individual liberty concerns stemming from the September 11, 2001 attacks and the War on Terror. the initiative focuses on four broad areas: military tribunals and the military's role in homeland security, First Amendment and government secrecy, detention and criminal justice, and privacy and technology. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... The war on terrorism or war on terror (abbreviated in U.S. policy circles as GWOT for Global War on Terror) is an effort by the governments of the United States and its principal allies to destroy groups deemed to be terrorist (primarily radical Islamist organizations such as al-Qaeda...

Along with the Center for National Security Studies, the Constitution Project filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit arguing in support of a Michigan judge's decision to invalidate the National Security Agency’s warrant-less electronic surveillance program. ^[4] Amicus is the United Kingdoms second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU. Amicus also organises in both parts of... The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Tennessee... “NSA” redirects here. ...

Courts Initiative

Co-chaired by former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director and federal judge William S. Sessions and former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK), this Initiative began as a response to calls for more legislative oversight of the courts. The Initiative maintains that courts require independence in order to work properly, and it has released a report entitled Ten Principles for Preserving Courts’ Role in American Democracy. F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ... William Steele Sessions (b. ... Mickey Edwards (born Marvin Henry Yanowsky ) is a retired Republican congressman who served Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District from 1977 to 1993. ...

Right to Counsel Initiative

With former Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale as its honorary chair, this initiative seeks ways to ensure that indigent Americans can have fair access to counsel when criminally accused. Seal of the office of the Vice-President of the United States The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President. ... Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert Humphrey). ...

References

1. ^ Constitution Project--Constitutional Amendments Initiative Accessed 11/22/06.
2. ^ Constitution Project--War Power Initiative. Accessed 11/22/06.
3. ^ Constitution Project--Death Penalty Initiative
4. ^ Constitution Project--Liberty and Security Initiative