Initiatives v Oligarchy

Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)

Agreement or Compact

U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 10. Clause 1, states: “No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation….” and Clause 3, states: “No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, …enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State” (U.S. Constitution)