📚 Summer school. Chuck Schumer holds 5 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books). 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
His own campaign is 12.8% PAC — but he runs IMPACT, a leadership PAC that took $981K in corporate/PAC money to hand to colleagues. That’s the money game one step removed; fails Open Books. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
85%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Nonviolent, pro-institution.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
68%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
A genuine dealmaker who thanks Republican colleagues by name (Collins).
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
70%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Institutional, not fear-driven.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
74%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Reliable public record. Keeps to the appropriations process he negotiates.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
42%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
As party leader he largely defines the line — though the March 2025 CR vote broke with his own base at real cost.
60
7Morality
72%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No major personal-ethics scandal across a long career; a relentless institutional operator.
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 →