Seed constitutional drafting backbone

README.md

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+# A Better Union Constitution
+
+This repository is the public source of truth for A Better Union's working
+constitutional text and drafting process.
+
+The trust model is Git-first:
+
+- `main` is the protected public branch
+- accepted changes preserve their rationale in commits or proposal files
+- ratified snapshots are signed annotated tags named `ratified-YYYY-MM-DD`
+- anyone may browse, clone, mirror, compare, or audit the full history
+- only invited maintainers may push
+
+Clone a public mirror:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://git.dontoucha.us/better-union/constitution.git
+```
+
+Create an independent mirror:
+
+```bash
+git clone --mirror https://git.dontoucha.us/better-union/constitution.git
+git remote update --prune
+```
+
+This repository is not a voting system by itself. It is the durable record that
+the future civic workflow should write to.