My 250th Anniversary Seed Gift To the US

We are in an era that is filled with big promises of amazing results from the billions and billions being poured into technological advancements, especially in the realm of what has been labeled as “Artificial Intelligence.”

Oddly enough, there is nothing “artificial” about the literal intelligence being produced by these algorithms and large language models.

And yet, with all of these shiny trinkets and baubles bouncing around, no one can direct connect with all laws and by-laws of the government units involved with our every day lives.

In fact, there has been no one leading the effort to universally codify local laws and by-laws, let alone publish in a reliable and regular manner.

We were brought this idea with the hopes we could build on a protest website from 2010, known as The Law Book List in ways previously not available.

The first index offered a static index leading to local laws and this index duplicates the achievement by providing a one-click opportunity to connect to some semblance of local laws available on a credible website.

However, this index takes a few additional steps, including the search and sort feature, along with the identity of the publisher and whether someone can expect all the laws, or only some.

In addition, some sites have the keyword “ordinances” in their menu, but fail to provide any actual ordinance-related content.  There are government units that will post only one or two ordinances while others will post a compilation of ordinances (perhaps sorted by date/time) while skipping past frequently core, and critical, content such as local election law, rental laws, building codes, nuisance or noise laws, etc.

This effort to index all local government laws and by-laws in the United States provides one pillar to the never-ending mission of creating and sustaining a more accessible portal to viewing any of the thousands of systems of justice all are expected to honor and respect, regardless of role or even reason, 24/7, 365 days a year.

While it remains an insult that all of these “artificial intelligence” creations floating in and out of everyone’s lives have not been built upon a full and complete library of all local laws across the country, the larger issue remains the virtually untraceable damages that continue to roll out because so many cannot access their local laws in a timely and universally codified manner.  From fencing issues to building permits and even licensing requirements for businesses, pets, vehicles, gambling, liquor, all of these local laws matter, having the actual text of a law removes this blatant obstruction to not just the justice system, but the negative economic conditions generated by hiding the laws.

And if you do not find a link to the local laws in your backyard here on this list, check if they have a website.  If they do, use their search bar with words like “ordinances” and/or look at their menu bars.  If you still do not find anything, website or not, please consider calling upon your local government officials to publish their entire collection of laws and supporting the possible costs associated with such a project.  Some communities have worked with local colleges and universities to have their book codified, while others have clerks well-versed in codification and there are 3rd party options as well.

The bottom line is, no matter what GPS point you are standing on at any given moment, you should have full access to all of the laws governing over that GPS point, from federal to state to county to borough to township to district to town to city to village and everything in between.

This index helps you do exactly that…assuming the government unit you are looking for has the courage to publish their laws and by-laws to the Internet.