📚 Summer school. Chip Roy holds 5 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
7.8% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Defended the 2025 Texas GOP mid-decade redraw for 'equilibrium' (Texas Tribune, Apr 2026). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
62%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Uses fierce, combative rhetoric aimed largely at institutions and leadership rather than dehumanizing individuals; occasionally harsh but issue-focused.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
58%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Grievance-heavy messaging on spending and border, though anchored to a defined fiscal-constitutional agenda.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
74%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Voted to certify the 2020 election and publicly rejected fraud claims, a notable mark of factual candor.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
82%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Frequent maverick; repeatedly defied GOP leadership, opposed McCarthy's speakership, and blocked party-backed bills at political cost.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented personal-ethics, corruption, or legal matter on record; default character score.
60
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →