Covid Justice Resolution
The COVID-19 response produced the most sweeping suspension of civil liberties in modern American history. Emergencies do not suspend the Constitution. This resolution repudiates COVID-era overreach and affirms binding protections for liberty in any future public-health crisis.
38.5K signatures as of today
For years, Americans have waited for an honest reckoning with the COVID-19 response—one grounded in reality rather than excuses or institutional gaslighting. Instead, the nation endured the most sweeping suspension of civil liberties in modern history, driven by emergency powers that often lacked evidence, silenced dissent, and inflicted lasting harm, especially on children, small businesses, the elderly, and the working class.
This proposed Senate resolution is a first step toward clarity.
Developed by collaborators associated with organizations including Autism Action Network, Brownstone Institute, Children’s Health Defense, Health Freedom Defense Fund, Independent Medical Alliance, MAHA Institute, and Stand For Health Freedom, it formally repudiates the most destructive COVID-era policies and establishes binding principles to ensure they are never repeated.
This resolution does not assign blame. It does not trade in fear. It reasserts constitutional limits. It stands as notice to the future: emergency powers must never again override liberty, evidence, or human dignity.
Read the resolution. Remember what happened. Ensure it never happens again.
The COVID Justice Resolution
To affirm the permanent lessons of the COVID-19 response, to repudiate certain emergency measures as incompatible with constitutional liberty, and to establish binding principles for any future public-health emergency.
Whereas the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2023 occasioned the most widespread and prolonged suspension of civil liberties in American history;
Whereas many measures taken in the name of public health, at both the federal level and most states, lacked sufficient evidence of efficacy, in some cases were arbitrary, imposed disproportionate harm on the poor and working classes, and violated foundational principles of limited government;
Whereas the Senate now judges, with the benefit of hindsight and exhaustive subsequent reflection, that certain categories of intervention must never be repeated;
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) Declares that the following actions, however well-intentioned at the time, represented grave mistakes that shall not be repeated in any future public-health emergency:
(a) Prolonged closure of elementary, secondary schools, and colleges/universities for in-person instruction, which caused measurable and lasting harm to children’s educational attainment, mental health, and social development while producing no demonstrable reduction in community transmission beyond what targeted protections for vulnerable adults would have achieved;
(b) Indefinite closure or capacity restriction of private businesses deemed “non-essential” by executive fiat, including but not limited to restaurants, gyms, hair salons, places of worship, and small retail establishments;
(c) Universal population-wide mask mandates imposed by state, local, or federal authority (even for children) without at least medical exemptions that respect for bodily autonomy;
(d) Stay-at-home orders that confined healthy citizens to their residences for weeks or months at a time, criminalizing ordinary outdoor activity, in addition to the brutal division of the workforce between those deemed “essential” and those deemed “nonessential;”
(e) Restrictions on routine access of nursing homes, hospitals and other medical services, including dentistry, that fell outside emergency demands, resulting in missed diagnostics and medical disruptions for millions of people;
(f) Agency-led dismissal, deprecation, and even removal from access to known therapeutics for respiratory viruses, which were made unavailable even with a physician prescription;
(g) The eviction moratoriums issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that exceeded statutory authority and disrupted the contractual foundations of property rights;
(h) Vaccine mandates imposed directly or indirectly (through OSHA, CMS, Department of Defense, or federal contractor rules) upon private employees, healthcare workers, members of the Armed Forces, or students as a condition of employment, education, or participation in civic life;
(i) The creation and enforcement of vaccine passport or immunity-status discrimination systems by any level of government or by private entities under government coercion;
(j) The sustained censorship, shadow-banning, deplatforming, or professional sanction of physicians, scientists, or citizens who publicly questioned official public-health guidance, including good-faith discussion of early-treatment protocols, natural immunity, or the developmental status of novel vaccines;
(k) The transfer of unprecedented fiscal authority to executive agencies without explicit Congressional appropriation, resulting in trillions of dollars of spending with inadequate oversight;
(l) Agency-directed hospital protocols which violated the doctor-patient relationship and trampled individual rights in medical treatment;
(2) Affirms that the constitutional rights enumerated in the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as unenumerated rights retained by the people under the Ninth Amendment, do not become optional during a declared emergency;
(3) Establishes as the permanent policy of the United States Senate the following principles that shall guide any future emergency response:
(a) Time-limited emergencies: No national or state emergency declaration related to public health may exceed 30 days without explicit reauthorization by a vote of Congress or the respective state legislature;
(b) Legislative primacy: No federal agency may impose penalties, mandates, or restrictions on private conduct affecting the broad population or economy without express statutory authorization enacted after the emergency has begun;
(c) Protection of minors: Elementary and secondary schools shall remain open for in-person instruction absent a specific, written finding by the relevant state legislature that closure is the least restrictive means of preventing imminent and overwhelming hospital collapse in that jurisdiction;
(d) Religious exercise: Places of worship shall be classified as essential at all times and may not be subjected to numeric capacity limits or activity restrictions more stringent than those applied to commercial establishments; religious freedom shall never again be infringed;
(e) Bodily autonomy: No American may be compelled, coerced, or subjected to adverse employment or educational consequences, or denied access to private businesses or their services or to civic life for declining any medical intervention, including vaccination, during a public-health emergency;
(f) Transparency and data: All modeling, data sets, and advisory committee deliberations used to justify restrictions shall be released in real time, unredacted except for legitimate national-security concerns;
(g) Prohibition on censorship: No federal official or agent may request, direct, or incentivize, even with pressure or funding to third parties, private communications platforms to remove, suppress, or label protected speech concerning pandemic policy, treatment options, or vaccine safety and efficacy;
(h) Compensation for takings: Any legitimate business forced to close or operate at reduced capacity by government order shall be entitled to full and prompt compensation for lost revenue at fair market rates;
(i) Sunset of emergency powers: All emergency orders issued by executive agencies shall automatically expire 30 days after issuance unless affirmatively renewed by Congress or the respective state legislature;
(4) Directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct annual audits of federal and state emergency-preparedness plans to ensure compliance with the principles herein;
(5) Calls upon the States to enact parallel legislation embodying these same principles, and pledges cooperation with any State that does so;
(6) Expresses the profound regret of the Senate for the unnecessary suffering inflicted upon the American people—especially children, small-business owners, the elderly isolated in nursing homes, cancer patients denied routine screenings, and millions who lost livelihoods—by policies that prioritized uniformity of compliance over proportionality, evidence, and human dignity.
COVID Justice Coalition
Autism Action Network is a nationwide, non-partisan 501(c)(4) advocacy organization focused on public policy and legislation that affects people with autism, vaccine injuries, and related developmental conditions.
Brownstone Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded May 2021. Its vision is of a society that places the highest value on the voluntary interaction of individuals and groups while minimizing the use of violence and force including that which is exercised by public or private authorities.
Children's Health Defense CHD’s mission is to end childhood health epidemics by eliminating toxic exposures. We will restore and protect the health of children, hold responsible parties accountable, and establish safeguards to prevent future harm.
Global Wellness Forum a 501(c)(3), and Global Wellness Action, a 501(c)(4), work together to advance truth, wellness, and freedom. Together, they empower leaders and communities to advance a healthier, more accountable future.
Health Freedom Defense Fund we stand for freedom, we stand for choice, and we stand for the most basic of human rights, bodily autonomy.
Independent Medical Alliance formerly FLCCC, has always been driven by a singular mission: to save lives and promote long-term wellness through science-based, patient-centered care.
MAHA Institute strengthens the MAHA™ movement by putting people before bureaucracy to achieve the goal of reforming and rebuilding the nation’s political, regulatory, and legislative environment to realign it with the first principles of the United States of America.
Stand for Health Freedom is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization dedicated to informing and activating a grassroots movement to protect our health and our families.
Sponsoring Organizations
Feds for Freedom
GreenMed Info
Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF)
The Malone Institute
React19
Rebuild Medicine
No College Mandates
DailyClout
Door to Freedom
Global Wellness Forum
Bravest For Choice
Teachers for Choice
Georgia Coalition for Vaccine Choice
Health Freedom Louisiana
GMOScience
Informed Choice Iowa
Vermont Stands Up
Children's Health Defense California Chapter
Children’s Health Defense Canada
Informed Choice Australia
Stand for Health Freedom Maryland
Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota
FREE the PEOPLE
Daylight Freedom Foundation
Health Action Massachusetts
Freedom Counsel
My Kids My Choice
Health Rights Massachusetts
Innovative Parenting NJ
Gaeta Institute for Wholistic Health Education
White Rose Intelligence
American Air & Water
Ananda Counseling & Health Advocacy
Firesteel Industrial Solutions
Acupuncture and Herbal Rx
Havis Chiropractic
South Carolina Health Rights Cooperative
Arizona Wellness Foundation
Healing Connections
American Autism & Rehabilitation Center, Inc
Studio Adullam
1000 Widows
Active PT Solutions
Anderson Physical Medicine
Doylestown Veterinary Hospital
Black Walnut Body Works, Ltd.
Healing Oceans Family Wellness Center
Back to Basics Medical Practice PLLC
Calvis Wyant Luxury Homes
Superior Production Services Inc
Wahl Health & Wellness LLC
Handy Wellness
Great Plains Biosciences Group, LLC
Bee Wild Functional Medicine
FJ Neil Company, Inc.
Hart Homeopathy
Anchorage Boat Dock LLC
Del Rey Chiropractic
Southland Medical Graphics, Inc
Eat For Health LLC
Central Florida Preventive Medicine
Chan Healing Institute
AG Patel MD Anti-aging & Regenerative Medicine
Bean Products
Eco Depot Inc
Connolly Center for Piano Wellness
Businessware
Doctor Drives
Blomberg RMT USA
Buhler Athletic Injuries and Human Performance
Health Hero Farm, LLC
Ashland Natural Medicine
Art Source/ Re:Source Publications
Walter Law Firm PC
Family Practice Associates
Anderson Autosport
Absolve Legal
Global Food Collaborative, LLC
Family Tree Midwifery
Acctax Biz, Inc.
Esther's Homeopathy
Women's Medicine Bowl
Wesleyan Church of the Redwoods
American Institute of Stress
Busting Breast Cancer Education Project
Donald T. Brown, DDS, MS, Ltd.
Save Inwood Park
EcoC²S / Questioning the Universe Publishing (QUP)
Clear Sky Medical
American Naturopathic Association
Dr. Dennis Kinnane, OMD, LAC, RPH
Dr. Mark A Korchok D.C. Inc.
TJENE INC
HarbingerNorthwestMedia
Subtle Energies Holistic Health Center
Natural Health and Home, Inc.
Advanced Fitness Inc
Athena Institute for Women's Wellness
Liberty Speaks
Chapman Diagnostics, Inc.
Vital Roots Fx Nutrition
Center for Conscious Living
Martin LLC
TriCounty Eye Center
Purple Table SLP/LMT PLLC
Family Nutrition Center
Lerner Chiropractic Center
Wilkinson Wellness Clinic
Wesley Beth Reiss, D.O., P.C.
True Health Foundation
The Touch of Health CranioSacral Therapy
Miller Family Health
Back of the Bulletin Press
Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute
Lorraine Wilson Marine Canvas
Wellbridges Health Center
Duty to Dissent
Ekstasis Editions
Loiselle Organic Family Farm
Health Revolution Training
Navigating Transformation Female Entrepreneurship Advisory
Sansone Institute
The Forgotten Soldiers Podcast
ETS, Inc.
Orange Strong
KM Wealth Management
Thiry Chiropractic
SPAd LLC
The Westreich Foundation
DoulaKind Life Transition Doula
Lotus Medicine
Integrative Care Access Project
Wilson's RV, LLC
Maine Education Initiative
Green Medicine of Wisconsin
Doc's Integrated Medicines & Laboratory
Inner Reflections Healthcare
Vernon Industries
New Earth Luminary
Capital Management Internationale
Innovative Medicine
Rhino Scoliosis Center
Center for the Protection of Inherent Rights (CPIR)
Life Expression Wellness Center
Enlightenment Reiki Healing Association
ASYA Healing
Persephone Cafe & Bakery
Pressing Matters Mechano Therapy & Naturopathic Health
Daveland 3D Services
The Ministry of Healing Arts
Zen Yoga Center
CA Small Business Alliance
Thrive Pediatrics and Wellness
Another Way Farm
Natural Therapeutics for Health
Stern Wellness
Craft Chiropractic Associates, PC
Master NeuroHealth LC
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