📚 Summer school. Ken Calvert holds 4 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books & 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
Own campaign is 22.5% PAC, but Runs Eureka PAC leadership PAC (OpenSecrets). Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
35%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Voted to overturn the 2020 election (Jan 6, 2021 certification objection). Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
66%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Conventional partisan; no prominent dehumanizing rhetoric on record.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
62%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Appropriations and defense focus more than grievance messaging.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
64%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No serial fact-check pattern, though joined the Texas suit and objected to 2020 certification.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
42%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Party-line appropriator with limited documented breaks.
60
7Morality
65%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A 2006 LA Times land-deal story (Ethics cleared) and a documented 1993 arrest are on the record.
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 →