A Federal Citizen Appeal Regarding the Pending SCOTUS Matter
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Dear Professor, Shalom—
The matter presently pending before the Supreme Court is, in my view, among the most consequential facing the Union at this moment.
I am not aware of another federal citizen who has taken direct, sustained action on this issue as I have.
That absence itself is dangerous—not only to those most directly affected, but to the country as a whole.
President Trump has rightly spoken of his desire for a defining moment akin to President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
That aspiration may yet become reality if he permits me to serve, in a modern sense, as a Frederick Douglass figure—helping to organize, educate, and mobilize federal citizens in defense of the Union, just as Lincoln ultimately authorized and relied upon the United States Colored Troops to help save it.
In this case, the President would have what might be called “Trump’s Federal Citizen Troops”: well-taught, constitutionally grounded citizens prepared to raise awareness, recruit others, and stand publicly for the highest moral and legal ground of the Republic.
Between now and the late-spring hearing, such an effort could culminate in thousands of informed federal citizens present at the Court.
Notably, federal citizens are not protesting ICE because we oppose enforcement.
On the contrary, we understand that ICE is, in many respects, protecting federal citizens whose constitutional standing is imperiled.
While the iron is hot, the President must strike; the window is narrow.
As in the Civil War, Frederick Douglass and other African American leaders pressed to join the fight long before Lincoln permitted it.
For political reasons, Lincoln waited until providence and necessity made the path unmistakable. You know the rest of that history.
Most importantly, Lincoln came to understand that the Union could only be saved by centering the conflict on emancipation and by including the formerly enslaved as full participants in the struggle.
Because of that understanding, and because he aligned himself with what he discerned as God’s will,
..the Lord of Hosts ordered events such that the Union was preserved.
Today, the fact that we are not out en masse opposing ICE—but instead seeking lawful inclusion in the defense of constitutional order
—signals a similar readiness. The long, cold civil war that has lingered since 1865 risks turning hot.
Recent violence only underscores the urgency. If the President accepts and applies my assistance, greater violence can be prevented.
Absent such a course, worsening unrest at home—combined with contested actions abroad—
…risks branding the United States alongside regimes that govern by force rather than constitutional legitimacy,
thereby harming our allies and smearing Israel by association.
That outcome would serve only those who seek to tear the Constitution itself, which is precisely their strategy.
I believe I know how to prevent this. With your influence and guidance, my team and I can help.
If the true subject-beneficiaries of the Reconstruction Amendments do not speak and act as witnesses,
…the Court may conclude that we care only for our own fate and are unwilling—or unable—
…to fill the civic void left unresolved since 1865–68.
History shows what happens when that void is filled by the unqualified.
For that reason, it would behoove the President and the Department of Justice to utilize me as an advisor to
…both moral and practical standing.
Through extensive research, study, fact-checking, and the responsible use of AI,
I have compiled documents, essays, and op-eds in support of the DOJ’s position in this matter.
If you are willing, I would like to share a portion of this work with you, and—
..provided you deem it appropriate—ask that it be passed along to the Department of Justice.
Perhaps we can speak soon.
Thank you kindly,
Ted Hayes
Agape-Shalom