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The People’s Tribune Council Announces Launch to Restore Accountability
Reviving a Historic Safeguard on the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
[Washington, D.C./Nashville, TN]—December 16, 2025 [Audio]
A New Civic Watchdog for the Rights of the American People
On the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party—the moment that ignited the American Revolution—experienced patriots and civic leaders announced the official launch of the People’s Tribune Council, a new, historically grounded civic body established to safeguard the natural and constitutional rights of the American People.
On December 16, 1773, ordinary citizens acted not in rebellion against law, but in defense of liberty, accountability, and consent of the governed. The People’s Tribune Council is founded in that same tradition—not to govern, legislate, or prosecute, but to ensure that those who wield public power remain accountable to the People who vested them with it.
Modeled after the ancient Roman Tribunus Plebis—the Tribune of the People—the Council revives a time-tested civic safeguard designed to stand between citizens and the abuse of state power. In ancient Rome, the Tribune existed to speak when elites would not listen, to shield citizens from unjust prosecutions, and to restrain corruption before it hardened into tyranny.
Today, the American Republic faces a parallel crisis: the rise of lawfare, jurisdictional evasion, selective enforcement, and procedural punishment—aimed at parents, dissidents, whistleblowers, and ordinary citizens.
“The People’s Tribune Council exists because a free republic cannot survive when accountability collapses,” said organizers. “This is not a partisan project and not a substitute for existing institutions. It is a civic instrument designed to restore the People’s capacity to judge the conduct of their rulers when other safeguards fail.”
The Council will gather testimony, document patterns of abuse, expose jurisdictional manipulation, and communicate its findings publicly and, where appropriate, directly to executive authority—including the President of the United States. Its authority is moral, arising from the same self-evident Natural Rights articulated in the Declaration of Independence. It claims no power of coercion; it operates instead through transparency, evidence, and disciplined public scrutiny—the rightful instruments of a free people.
The Council does not serve donors, lobbyists, or political factions. Its authority rests on the principle that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. When that consent is abused or bypassed, the People retain both the right and the duty to demand correction. The People’s Tribune Council draws its lawful justification from this truth—not to claim power, but to exercise supervisory judgment. It exists to fulfill the role the Founders assumed the People would never surrender: to evaluate the conduct of their rulers, identify abuses of authority, and demand a return to first principles when government departs from them.
Organizers emphasized that formal recognition of the People’s Tribune Council by President Donald J. Trump would represent a historic act of constitutional restoration—giving the People a renewed seat at the table and fulfilling the promise articulated on January 20, 2017: that power would be transferred back to the American People. Such recognition, they noted, would stand as a defining legacy of a presidency committed to accountability, equal justice, and the defense of citizens targeted for lawful dissent.
The People’s Tribune Council is launching alongside the publication of a forthcoming Common Sense for the 21st Century, a modern companion to Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet, which argues that liberty is preserved not by procedure alone, but by a vigilant, morally grounded citizenry capable of judging power.
Call to Action
The public is invited to take part in this historic restoration by signing the People’s Tribune Council letter and petition to President Donald J. Trump, calling for constitutional accountability and protection for citizens subjected to lawfare and procedural abuse. Even prior to its promotion, the petition already has over 30,000 signatures.
Sign the letter at: https://ThePeoplesTribuneCouncil.com
As Americans once acted together to reclaim their rights in 1773 and 1776, the People’s Tribune Council invites citizens today to reclaim their rightful role as guardians of liberty—firmly, peacefully, lawfully, and with common sense.
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Thank you,
Kelly John Walker, for
The People’s Tribune Council
