The Constitution Project

The Constitution Project
http://www.constitutionproject.org/index.html
The Constitution Project is a bipartisan nonprofit organization
that seeks consensus on controversial legal and constitutional
issues through a unique combination of scholarship and activism.
Currently, our four active programs are:
War Powers Initiative is a bipartisan committee consisting of
renowned academics and distinguished individuals with experience
drawn from all three branches of government who are examining the
authority to engage the United States in war.
The Liberty and Security Initiative is a bipartisan,
ideologically broad-based committee of prominent Americans who
are developing principles for protecting individual liberties
during a period of war.
The Death Penalty Initiative is a bipartisan committee of death
penalty supporters and opponents who agree that the risk of
wrongful executions in this country is unacceptably high.
The Courts Initiative is a bipartisan initiative that conducts
public education on judicial independence.

Constitutional Amendments Initiative
http://www.constitutionproject.org/cai/
The Constitution Project's Constitutional Amendments Initiative
is a bipartisan project that urges restraint in the
constitutional amendment process. It was formerly known as
Citizens for the Constitution.
In recent years, constitutional amendments have become the
favored first-step remedy for all social ills. These proposals
frequently deal with matters of social policy that traditionally
and more appropriately are the subject of legislation.
Amendments often are introduced because they are seen as powerful
political organizing tools and are made before ordinary statutory
changes have been sought. Some amendments reach the full House or
Senate for a vote without a single hearing being held. Mark-ups
and debates are limited or non-existent. Some proposals have been
given expedited floor consideration and several passed at least
one house in the 104th Congress.
The Constitution Project, with initial support from The Century
Foundation and the MacArthur and Deer Creek foundations, created
this initiative to oppose the facile rewriting of the U.S.
Constitution. Through an organized education effort, we seek to
focus attention on unthinking tinkering with fundamental rights
and liberties.