The Steady State Announces Partnership with “No Kings” Movement to Defend Democracy

For immediate release: March 26, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Steady State, an organization of more than 400 former senior national security officials, is excited to announce its participation in the March 28 nationwide “No Kings” movement and call upon Americans in every state to join a local event. Steady State’s participation brings together experts in fighting authoritarianism and a nationwide grassroots coalition to protect American democracy against executive overreach.

This partnership centers on the nationwide “No Kings” mobilization scheduled for Saturday, March 28, 2026. With over 3,200 rallies planned across all 50 states, our participation unites those who have spent their careers defending the Constitution with the millions of Americans now standing to protect it. Steady State speakers will join rallies in key cities across the country, former high-ranking officials and career civil servants, who will provide a unique, nonpartisan perspective on why current executive overreach represents a historical departure from American democratic norms. And many of the rest of us will be marching.

In America, we have no kings. Our oath was, and remains, to the Constitution, not any one individual, party, or would-be strongman. Authoritarians abroad taught us what to watch for, and we are now seeing too many of those tactics at home: politicization of law enforcement, attacks on independent institutions, and treatment of dissent as disloyalty. Americans who might disagree on many issues can and must stand together as one to stress the view that this country rejects kings.

“[R]esistance to authoritarianism succeeds when it is inclusive and appeals to the broadest swath of the population,” and it is critical that organizations such as ours join with others, even where we may disagree on policies, in defense of democracy.

The Steady State is encouraging its members, supporters, and concerned citizens nationwide to:

• Find and join a local No Kings event on March 28 using the nationwide event map.

• Show up as peaceful, disciplined defenders of the Constitution, modeling nonviolent civic engagement in their communities.

• Talk with friends and neighbors across party lines about why “no kings” is a shared American value, not a partisan slogan.

On March 28, we invite Americans of every background to stand shoulder to shoulder and say, with one voice, that in this country, there are n