The CLEAR Initiative is John James’ plan to confront the overreach, double standards, and lasting harm caused by the government’s enforcement of COVID-19 mandates from 2020 onward.
The campaign frames the COVID Legal Enforcement Accountability & Relief initiative as a forward-looking John James plan for COVID-era enforcement review, not an implemented government program.
Open a public submission portal for individuals and businesses to report their experiences and request inclusion in the review.
This is the exact campaign promise: a public portal for individuals and businesses to report COVID enforcement experiences and request review inclusion.
Maintain a public portal for people to seek relief, restitution, or correction of COVID-related enforcement records.
The same campaign plan also promises a continuing portal for COVID enforcement relief or record correction, reinforcing that the portal is part of a future gubernatorial agenda.
The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall be elected for four-year terms at the general election in each alternate even-numbered year.
Michigan’s constitution makes the governor an elected state executive office. Because this promise is framed as a gubernatorial plan, delivery depends on James winning and serving in that office.
Michigan’s official governor site identifies Gretchen Whitmer, not John James, as the sitting governor, confirming James had not yet held the relevant executive office as of the assessment context.
Committee Assignments: Energy and Commerce Committee; Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade; Subcommittee on Energy; Subcommittee on Health.
James’s current federal office record shows House committee assignments, not a state executive COVID-enforcement review body or portal. This supports treating the campaign promise as unresolved rather than delivered through his federal office.
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James’s official House contact page offers ordinary federal-agency casework, but not the promised public COVID enforcement submission-and-review portal.