The concept of government of, by, and for the people isn't just a platitude. It's the moral construction of our nation. It's in our bones.

In World War II, a British mathematician named Alan Turing led the effort to crack the Nazis' communication code. He mastered the complex German enciphering machine, helping to save the world, and his work laid the basis for modern computer science. Does it matter that Turing was gay?

If the need for comprehensive campaign finance reform was not already clear, the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United permitting unlimited corporate and union spending in campaigns certainly made it so in 2010.

The concept of government of, by, and for the people isn't just a platitude. It's the moral construction of our nation. It's in our bones.

America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard.