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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

ARTICLES OF FREEDOM PART NINE ARTICLES 7,8

ARTICLE 7.
JURIES AND THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT7
A. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
7 Learn more about the subject matter of this Article: Read the SEVENTH AMENDMENT. See the related CC 2009 video presentations: Martin J. “Red” Beckman, founder, Fully Informed Jury Association (“FIJA”), constitutional activist and author – 2 Law System, Jury Nullification, 7th Amendment and Fully Informed Jurors.
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The Delegates representing forty-eight of the several States in Continental Congress assembled, being fully apprised in the premises, find that:
1. The American People are the American Sovereign;
2. As sovereign, the American People have the last say on the law;
3. American Citizens are called to sit on both Grand and Petit Juries;
4. In their capacity as jurors, the American people have the power, and the duty, to judge both the law and the facts;
B. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS
1. Amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require judges to apprise all plaintiffs and defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury; and
2. Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require judges to apprise all defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury; and
3. Amend the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure to require all judges, in cases where the United States is a party to the case, to apprise all jurors of the judge’s conflict of interest; and
4. Amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide for trials authorized only by indictments or presentments by independent, randomly empanelled citizens’ common law grand juries, accessible to any individual having a complaint, and empowered to authorize any citizen of their choice to prosecute a case.
C. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES
1. Amend the rules governing civil and criminal cases to require judges to apprise plaintiffs and defendants of their right under the 7th Amendment to a common law jury;
2. Amend the rules governing civil and criminal cases to require all judges, in cases where the State is a party to the case, to apprise all jurors of the judge’s conflict of interest.
D. RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE
1. When appointed to a jury, throw off the restraints of judicial tyranny by refusing to capitulate to any judicial instruction to judge only the facts; and
2. When appointed to a jury, demand to have all issues of law argued in the presence of the jury, and have the last say by judging the law;
3. Educate your family, friends, and community to learn about the Fully Informed Jury Association (“FIJA”), and the power of judging the law as well as the accused.
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ARTICLE 8.
INCOME TAX AND THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT8
A. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
WHEREAS, from November 11th to the 22nd of 2009, the Continental Congress convened pursuant to the People’s formal “Petition for Redress of Grievances Relating to the Federal Income Tax”, and the long train of abuses and usurpations relating to the federal income tax. After a comprehensive, exhaustive, and lengthy deliberation of the current and historical facts and law, the Delegates find:
1. That our servant federal government has failed to directly respond to the People’s Petition, and in fact, has indirectly responded with threats, intimidation, and repeated harm;
2. That the Sixteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution definitively and conclusively failed to be properly and legally ratified, thus, rendering it void, ab initio;
3. That the income tax as currently applied is definitively and conclusively an unconstitutional, direct un-apportioned tax on labor, “the most sacred and inviolable” property of the citizens of the United States (see Butcher’s Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U.S. 746, 757);
4. That the institutionalized withholding from the paychecks and earnings of the citizens is definitively and conclusively unconstitutional.
B. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS
NOW THEREFORE, without delay, the Congress of the United States is hereby instructed to:
1. Immediately conduct a review of the facts surrounding its ratification, and recognize that the Sixteenth Amendment is void;
2. Immediately cease the enforcement and collection of the direct un-apportioned income tax on the labor of the citizens of the United States;
8 Learn more about the subject matter of this Article. Read the TAX CLAUSES of the Constitution. Read the PETITION for Redress of Grievances Relating to the Federal Income Tax. Read the PETITION for Writ of Certiorari regarding the 16th Amendment. See the related CC 2009 video presentations: Joseph Banister, former Special Agent, IRS Criminal Investigation Division – Personal experiences regarding his PETITION for Redress regarding the unconstitutional operation and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Laws; Jeffrey Dickstein, Attorney – Here are the Facts regarding the PETITION relating to the Non-Ratification of the 16th Amendment, and the Direct, Un-apportioned Tax on Labor.
Additional resources for consideration: PETITION for redress of grievances relating to the income tax, Nov 4, 2002, including STATEMENT OF FACTS AND BELIEFS (538 income tax questions We The People presented to the Congress and IRS which were answered by tax professionals under oath).
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3. Immediately cease the imposition, enforcement, and collection of withholding of earnings from the paychecks of the citizens of the United States;
4. Immediately release and fully restore all citizens wrongfully imprisoned as a result of the unconstitutional application of the income tax.
C. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION TO EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES
THEREFORE, each of the several States shall:
1. Repeal any and all State income tax laws to the extent that they are rooted in or based upon the unconstitutional operation and enforcement of the federal revenue laws;
2. Preserve, protect, and defend the liberty and property of its citizens against unconstitutional seizures by the federal government, pertaining to the unlawful collection of income taxes;
3. Cease the unconstitutional imposition and collection of the State income tax upon the unalienable right of its citizen’s labor. To wit:
“It has been well said that 'the property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder his employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.” (See Butchers’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U.S. 746, 757).
“Compensation for labor can not be regarded as profit, within the meaning of the law. The word “profit”, as ordinarily used, means the gain made upon any business or investment - a different thing altogether from mere compensation for labor.” (See Commercial League Association of America v. The People, ex rel., 90 Ill. 166, 173).
D. RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE
WHEREAS, from 11 November until 22 November 2009, the Continental Congress convened pursuant to the people’s formal “Petition for Redress of Grievances relating to the Federal Income Tax”, and the long train of abuses and usurpations relating to the aforementioned tax;
WHEREAS, tyranny, by means of taxation is one of the most oppressive aspects of government and must be guarded against to protect man’s unalienable rights;
WHEREAS, all government activity that provides funding for un-constitutional programs is to be considered tyrannical in nature and should be condemned by the people as a whole;
WHEREAS, after a comprehensive, exhaustive and lengthy deliberation of historical facts and law, Continental Congress 2009 finds:
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a. That our servant federal government has failed to directly respond to the People’s Petition, and in fact, has indirectly responded with threats, intimidation, and repeated harm;
b. That the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution definitively and conclusively failed to be properly and legally ratified, thus rendering it void;
c. That the income tax as currently applied is definitively and conclusively an unconstitutional, direct un-apportioned tax on labor, the “most sacred and inviolable” property of the Citizens of the United States;
d. That the institutionalized withholding from the paychecks and earnings of the citizens is definitively and conclusively unconstitutional.
THEREFORE, We the Delegates of Continental Congress recommend the People:
1. Study and understand the research done by Bill Benson in his book, “The Law that Never Was,” and once they have a firm understanding of the argument, they are encouraged to educate their family, friends and fellow Americans about the truth behind the 16th Amendment;
2. Contact their local county government, (including the sheriff) and demand cooperation in enforcement of State and federal laws, prohibiting the illegal filing of notices of federal tax liens and the filing of a federal tax lien or levy without proper federal court orders attached; it is the duty of the sheriff to protect the citizens of the county from rogue federal agents acting under a color of law;
3. Put their banks and employers on notice that federal income tax levies should not be honored without a federal court order attached and without an affidavit from the sheriff that the levy is legal and proper;
4. Prepare to replace any sheriff or county or State government officials at the next election or sooner, through impeachment or recall, who refuse to cooperate and honor their Oath of Office to protect and defend the federal and State Constitutions and the People;
5. Be prepared to withhold their income tax from the government once the above steps of self-defense are in place.
6. Furthermore, without delay, the public is advised to contact their county sheriff, State and federal representatives and Senators demanding the unconstitutional taxation and withholding of earnings be stopped immediately.

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There is probably no American that is more respected and beloved by the American people than is George Washington. This esteem is not just because he was our first president, but something that was earned by his personal conduct and integrity throughout his entire life.

Washington was indeed a most remarkable man as reflected in the writings of many who authored books about him. Jay A. Parry, in the book The Real George Washington, stated of Washington, "The story of his life is the story of the founding of America. His was the dominant personality in three of the most critical events in that founding" the Revolutionary War, the Constitutional Convention, and the first national administration. Had he not served as America's leader in those three events, all three would likely have failed. And America as we know today would not exit."

The Real George Washington Preface p xi.

A higher compliment than that is hard to find of any American leader.

It seems that George Washington was destined and prepared for his role in American history from his early life to become the great American hero and leader that he came to be. His great grandfather, John Washington, a descendant of Odin, left England in the 1650's during the early years of the British colonialization of America and settled in the colony of Virginia where he accumulated a sizeable estate and reared a family. George was the first child of his widowed father's second wife and so from an early age shouldered heavy responsibilities on his father's farm.

The Real George Washington p.5-6

Washington was tall in stature for his age time period. At maturity he stood at 6 feet three and a half inches tall. Though he has not been classed as a brilliant military genius, his faith in the hand of Providence and his bravery and dedication to his troops offset any of his military genius short falls.

One American officer wrote from Morristown in early 1777: "Our army love their General very much, but they have one thing against him, which is the little care he takes of himself in any action. His personal bravery, and the desire he has of animating his troops by example, make him fearless of danger. This occasions us much uneasiness. But Heaven, which has hitherto been his shield, I hope, will still continue to guard so valuable a life."

The Real George Washington p 371

Further more, during the terrible winter months at Valley Forge, Washington suffered along with his troops from the cold and lack of food and shelter. The following is an account of the extreme suffering and depravation that Washington and his men suffered during that harsh winter at Valley Forge:

What is the cost of freedom?

At what cost was it given to us by our forefathers?

Estimates are that 10,000 of Washington's men were injured, 4,435 were killed in battle, and during the winter at Valley Forge 3,000 men died of disease, of freezing, and of sheer starvation. We understand the first two figures, but what is the story behind the seemingly needless suffering at Valley Forge? http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/amwars.asp

The wondrous story of our forefathers' willingness to suffer because of their love of freedom must be told and emulated if we are to preserve the government they gave us.

Some of that story is told by historian, Sharon Ann Holt, regarding the choices General Washington and his men had to make at Valley Forge in order to honor the principle of government of the people and by the people.

She wrote:

Washington considered the possibility of permitting his soldiers to seize the supplies they desperately needed and Congress lacked the power to purchase. But it is a remarkable fact of American history that Washington turned away from the temptation to overpower or maneuver around the weakness of American civilian government. He resisted so scrupulously, in fact that thousands of his men starved or froze to death that second winter of the war. While their suffering and loyalty is justly recognized as the great legacy of Valley Forge to the nation, it is only part of the story. The other part is in Washington's choices.

Washington had not wanted to take the army to Valley Forge for the winter encampment in the first place. Though Congress began pushing Washington to take his army there for the winter ... Washington argued strenuously against their choice. The army should winter in a good-sized town, he asserted, where shelter and provisions could be had to sustain them through the winter. But Congress, which had fled to York when ...the British marched into Philadelphia ..., wanted the army nearby to defend them .... They------insisted --------on the unsettled hills of Valley Forge, ...even though they had no funds to feed, clothe, or house the army there.

Letter, John Cadwalader to Washington, 3 Dec. 1777, Historical Society of Pennsylvania

As he marched his army to the desolation of Valley Forge, Washington must have feared it would become a death-trap, but he was resolute that he and his army would obey the will of the Congress.

Throughout the winter months, the British in Philadelphia feasted on Pennsylvania's rich bounty. Continental soldiers knew that Pennsylvania farmers had barns full of wheat and corn and herds of cattle and sheep. The British could pay for these treasures in gold, while the farmers,... scorned the nearly worthless Continental paper money. Soldiers grumbled about seizing what farmers would not sell. Determined not to proceed without Congress's authority, Washington wrote ceaselessly to York about the state of the men, petitioning Congress relentlessly either for supplies or for the authority to commandeer them. Meanwhile, ........... The soldiers made do with whatever came to hand, however grotesque or inadequate.

Once, a detachment secured a stash of British army boots. ...the boots were too small for any soldier to wear... Washington urged the men to boil the boots .......................and eat them. ............................ And they did.[7]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=501

Washington recorded the individual and collective sacrifice of the army, determined that it would be appreciated and recorded in the records of Congress. He wrote:

"Without arrogance or the smallest deviation from truth it may be said that no history, now extant, can furnish an instance of any army's suffering such uncommon hardships as ours has done and bearing them with the same patience and fortitude. To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie on, without shoes by which their marches might be traced by the blood from their feet and almost as often without provisions as with; marching through frost and snow, and at Christmas taking up their winter quarters within a day's march of the enemy, without a house or a hut to cover them till they could be built, and submitting to it without a murmur, is a mark of patience and obedience which in my opinion can scarce be paralleled."

The Papers of George Washington George Washington to John Banister 21 April 1778

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/revolution/banister.html#9

Washington loved them for their willingness to honor the will of the people as expressed by the orders from Congress and for their love of freedom..............and so should we.

Next question...............what is the cost ....to keep freedom?

It seemed from an early age that Providence watched over him and not only protected him from harm's way, but provided him with seemingly impossible victories throughout both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Numerous were the occasions in which Washington openly acknowledged the hand of Providence in the protection of his life and in securing military victories that seemed totally out of the American Army's reach. One such instance was in a battle following an ambush by Indians during the French and Indian War. Young George Washington was serving under the British General Braddock in which ambush the general was killed, but Washington's life was miraculously preserved. Washington later learned that under orders of the Indian chief, he was the repeated target of the Indians, but to their utter amazement, they were unable to kill him. The Indians came to realize that Washington was being protected by an unseen power.

Another incident during the Revolutionary war follows below:

George Washington repeatedly claimed that the victory of the war was a result of divine protection and direction. In one letter he said, "We have...abundant reason to thank Providence for its many favorable interpositions in our behalf."

George Washington to Reverend William Gordon (9 Mar 1781), Fitzpatrick 21:332. The Real George Washington p.41

One of these "interpositions" occurred early in the war when Washington was still learning what he had to work with and what he had to work against.

In March 1776, encouraged by the arrival of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga and reinforcements from surrounding areas, Washington felt he had the power to drive the British out of Boston. In the dark, he and 3,000 men quietly ascended Dorchester Heights and worked all through the night to set up fortifications and to put in place their most powerful cannon. As the dawn rose, fresh troops replaced the weary workers of the night and the British awoke to what they described as "a most astonishing night's work."

The amazed British advanced to attack unaware that Washington had also planned for 4,000 men to attack Boston by small boats and another strong army to attack by land. This time they would not run out of ammunition, and if the American troops were as brave as they had been on Breed's Hill, surely the victory would be theirs.

Before Washington could give the orders for his other troops to attack and before the British could reach their fortifications, the skies darkened and a terrible storm hit Boston. Washington held back, the British retreated to shelter, and all waited till the storm passed away. The tense moment of surprise had passed and the British thought better of their plan. Rather than attack, the British scurried to their ships and within a few days sailed away leaving Boston and many valuable supplies in the hands of the Americans.

As Washington inspected the city he must have been surprised and perhaps felt awe and gratitude for the arrival of the storm. In a letter he noted that Boston was "almost impregnable, every avenue fortified." Boston was so fortified that he later said, "Twenty thousand men could not have carried it against one thousand." Perhaps he realized that he had narrowly escaped destruction.

One historian stated,

"The American commander had yet to learn that in hand-to-hand fighting his farm boys, who considered their bayonets principally useful for roasting meat over campfires, were no match for England's professional killers. He was to be taught this lesson on terrains where the Americans could save their lives by running away. But had most of his army been trapped with the murderous British on Boston Neck. Washington might then and there have lost the war.

In Homeric times, it would have been assumed that some pro-American god had ridden the storm, procuring time for the amateur American commander to learn how to conquer. "

Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man. p. 75

But Washington knew that the God to whom he prayed could not only still the seas but, when needed, raise a storm.

He later stated to a congregation in Georgia:

"May the same wonder-working deity who long since delivered the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors and planted them in the promised land, whose providential agency has lately been conspicuous in establishing these United States as an independent nation, still continue to water them with the dews of Heaven, and to make the inhabitants of every denomination participate in the temporal and spiritual blessings of that people whose God is Jehovah."

The Real George Washington p 417, pp 164-168.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

ARTICLES OF FREEDOM PART EIGHT

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ARTICLE 6.
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE 4th, 5TH, 9TH, 10TH
AND 14TH AMENDMENTS6
“Either you have the right to own property or you are property.” Wayne Hage, rancher
A. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
The Founding Documents of the United States clearly acknowledge that the powers of the government are derived only from the consent of the governed. Under the American system, individuals decide and direct the terms of their lives; that each person is independent; that justice must be dispensed equally; and that each person has a natural right to his or her Life, Liberty and Property.
The United States is the only nation on earth specifically based on the premise of the right of individuals to own and control private property. It is the essential ingredient for Freedom and in the ability to build personal wealth. Private property ownership is the main factor in creating our national prosperity and it is the root of our individual Freedom.
Ownership of private property is essential to guaranteeing individual Liberty. Without private property, no other rights are possible. There can be no freedom of speech, no freedom of mobility, or no ability to be secure in our persons without the ability to own and control private property.
For half a century, unrestrained local and state governments have taken private property not for "public uses"—such as for bridges or public buildings—as permitted by the Constitution, but for private businesses in the name of "economic development." Through the arbitrary use of Eminent Domain, perpetrated by partnerships between government and private developers (Public/Private Partnerships), in the name of an undefined "Common good" for the community, private homes and businesses are being bulldozed, replaced by newer businesses and homes owned, not by the public, but by private, politically-connected individuals and corporations.
Internationally, there are outside forces threatening to establish an absolute tyranny over private ownership of land through a declaration that all property is part of a “Global Commons” which it declares cannot be owned or controlled by an individual. To that end, a hoard of private organizations, armed with international treaties, soft law policies, and arbitrary directives have fanned out across the nation transforming the American system of government, assuring private land is locked away or controlled to the point of rendering it worthless to the owners.
6 Learn more about the subject matter of this Article: Read the FIFTH AMENDMENT. Read the PETITION to the federal courts regarding the taking of the Kelos’ private land for private purposes and the Decision by the Supreme Court. See the related CC 2009 video presentations: Tom DeWeese, President, American Policy Center introduces; Michael Shaw, Director, Freedom Advocates – Property Rights Litigation; Dr. Michael S. Coffman, Executive Director, Sovereignty International, Inc. – The Decline of Property Rights and Freedom in America.
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These actions subvert the principles of the Declaration of Independence and destroy the governing authority of the United States Constitution. Together, we can reverse this trend toward collectivism and uphold the Principles of Property enshrined in the Constitution, which should forever reign supreme.
B. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
1. Our Constitution for the United States is “the Supreme Law of the Land” and has supremacy over decisions of legislature - (Art. 6, Clause 1-3)
There can be no rule making or legislation which will abrogate the Rights secured by our Constitution. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 491 (1966)
“No right granted or secured by the Constitution of the United States can be impaired or destroyed by a state enactment, whatever may be the source from which the power to pass such enactment may have been derived…The nullity of any act inconsistent with the Constitution is produced by the declaration that the Constitution is the supreme law.” Connolly vs. Union Sewer Pipe Company, 184 U.S. 540, 558 (1902)
2. Our People of the United States are guaranteed the unalienable Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
“The three great rights are bound together as to be essentially one right. To give a man his life, but deny him his liberty, is to take from him all that makes his life worth living. To give him his liberty, but take from him the property which is the fruit and badge of his liberty, is to still leave him a slave.” George Sutherland, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1921.
3. The Rights of the People to their Property shall not be violated without probable cause, without due process, and without just compensation.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized.” Constitution, 4th Amendment.
“No person…shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Constitution, 5th Amendment.
4. “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain Rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the People.” Constitution, 9th Amendment.
5. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the People.” Constitution, 10th Amendment.
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C. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
The Creator has supplied the earth with an abundance of energy sources. Abundant energy is the foundation for all technological advancement. A high and improved quality of life is totally dependent on an abundance of energy. The Constitution does not grant the federal government the power to regulate, control, or establish a national policy for the generation and distribution of energy. Within the United States, there is a nearly unlimited supply of coal, oil, natural gas, and hydroelectric energy sources. Carbon dioxide generated from these sources is not an environmental pollutant, but is, in fact, an essential and vital element of life, enhancing life rather than negatively impacting it.
The extraction, transportation and processing of energy resources – our property – is fully our Constitutional right. So too is the production of nuclear energy. Some convincingly argue that nuclear energy is the safest, cleanest, and least expensive source of energy and that nuclear waste can be disposed of at the reactor site.
D. THE WILDLANDS PROJECT –
CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
The United States has assumed control of lands within several of the western states far beyond the authority granted to it by the Constitution for the United States. (See map). When the federal government assumes control, it does so by calling these seized lands such names as: “The Wildlands Project”, “Heritage” areas, “Land Management”, “Wolf and Bear Reintroduction”, and “Rails to Trails”, “Conservation Easements”, “Open Space”, and many more. Each of these programs is designed to make it more difficult and expensive to live on the land.
The federal government has established and expanded parks, preserves, recreation and wilderness areas with no regard for the economic impact, loss of livelihood, and custom and culture of residents of the areas. These types of projects are established often without the direct consent of the legislature of the state, or the people of the community, and without concern for the impact on the communities.
For example, the economy of the small communities of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is being heavily impacted. The residents of many similarly situated communities are suffering greatly when the federal government takes several million acres of land for use in these “wilderness” projects. In these projects, among other things, the watershed areas will no longer be under the guidance and care of the citizens of those communities.
E. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS
We the People, find that the three branches of our government have violated the above provisions of the Constitution and therefore provide the following instructions:
1. Reintroduce and pass the "Property Rights Protection Act (S1313). This legislation, passed in the House of Representatives in 2005, was introduced to overturn the Supreme Court's Kelo decision. The legislation specifically called for cutting off federal funds to any community that
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uses Eminent Domain for community development of private property. It was blocked in committee in the Senate. Passing this legislation is vital to correcting the destruction to American property rights caused by the Kelo Decision.
2. Repeal all legislation related to terms such as, “sustainable development”, “social justice”, “global community”, or otherwise focused on land use, education, or population control/reduction;
3. Strengthen the Fifth Amendment by law (not a Constitutional Amendment) by requiring government at all levels to pay just compensation for regulatory takings;
4. Repeal and provide no funds to any agency working toward a “North American Union”, regional, or global governance of any kind;
5. Repeal all laws restricting the People’s Right to private property – its acquisition, its use, and its disposal;
6. Defund and repeal all Environmental Protection Agency legislation related to the United Nations movement to collectivize all property;
7. Reject or repeal all legislation related to public/private partnerships that relate to controlling population or setting new public policy aimed at making communal the property of the People;
8. Independently evaluate any determinations by the United Nations or any non-governmental international organizations that are supportive of their promotion of top down governance of society;
9. Reject or repeal any laws/legislation that does not conform to the requirements of the 10th Amendment;
10. Refuse to enter into the Copenhagen Treaty;
11. Refuse to provide any funds to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs);
12. Discontinue any association or funding of any activities related to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (North American Leaders Summit);
13. Repeal all laws that take property from sovereign individuals merely “accused” or “suspected” of a crime;
14. Rewrite environmental laws to protect private property rights limited only by historic harm and nuisance provisions of common law, and mandate that federal lands meet their own standards;
15. Repeal all laws/regulations and funding related to National Heritage Areas;
16. Prevent Eminent Domain from being exercised to convert private property from one owner to another private owner for public advantage; Eminent domain is only to be used to convert private property to public “use” for at least 20 years;
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17. Repeal all laws granting the Army Corps of Engineers control over land or water rights of private property owners;
18. Repeal all laws, regulations, and/or directives of any kind that regulate, control, or establish a national policy for the generation and distribution of energy; and
19. Let the free market determine how energy is generated and distributed.
F. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES
1. Eliminate all taxes on private property, such as land, buildings/tenements, automobiles, chattels, estates, real estate, real property, personal property, or property tax assessments;
2. The legislatures shall develop laws and regulations required to establish a state policy for the generation or distribution of energy that is based upon free market principles and operates pursuant to the rights of the states under the 10th Amendment;
3. Leave the regulation, generation, or distribution of energy to the free market;
4. Pass a resolution declaring that the federal government has no power to regulate, control, or establish policy for the generation or distribution of energy within the state.
5. Pass laws defining private property and blocking the use of Eminent Domain for community development of private property.
G. RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE
1. Encourage self-education of property rights protected by the Constitution;
2. Get involved concerning the benefits of free market solutions to the generation and distribution of all sources of energy;
3. Establish a petition drive throughout the state indicating that energy generation and distribution must be free from all government control;
4. Develop initiatives to place on the ballot that indicate your individual right to a free market in energy generation and distribution;
5. Contact your state senator, representative, and the Governor and demand that they pass legislation that ends the federal government regulation of energy generation and distribution within the state;
6. Educate yourself about the truth behind climate change and the reality that global warming is not caused by man through carbon emissions;
7. Go to city council meetings to listen and participate in discussions;
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8. Inquire through your council members during a meeting, or by setting up a personal meeting, to determine the role of the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in driving policy at the local level;
9. Build coalitions of like-minded groups in order to build opposition to the implementation of “Agenda 21” (“sustainable development”) at the local level;
10. Demand that your local government respect your right to a “republican form of government” as enumerated in the United States Constitution and the various state Constitutions by ceasing the use of the “consensus process” and predetermined outcomes and “comprehensive planning” in order to dictate policy and implement anything that interferes with private property ownership;
11. Reject the local reception of federal, non-governmental organizations (NGO), or foundations, grants and/or funding to the extent that they further the implementation of Agenda 21;
12. Actively oppose local government participation with federal programs or agencies that seek to further the implementation of Agenda 21 (“sustainable development”);
13. Actively oppose the creation of “public/private partnerships” (PPPs) between local government and private industry;
14. Educate yourself concerning methods to combat the “consensus process”, which seeks to manipulate the public into pre-determined outcomes;
15. Address, petition, and support all states to reassert and reaffirm the 10th Amendment by passing legislation exerting 10th Amendment powers for land use management;
16. Encourage, petition, and support county officials to notify all government agencies - state and federal - to comply with the 10th Amendment and other Constitutional provisions;
17. Counsel and lobby Congress to return ownership of public lands, parks, preserves, recreation areas, and areas designated to the states in whose boundaries the land lies.

THE LAW OF THE LAND WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THOSE WHO GOVERN ARE DESTRUCTIVE OF IT

THE LAW OF THE

LAND

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THOSE WHO

Govern are destructive of these Ends

That answer is in our Declaration of Free Men and Women that is called the Declaration of Independence. In this Document we declare our rights that our Creator endowed us with.

Which for some reason the America people no longer remember. So now they are like sheep

being lead to their end.

Which means it is up to us who know that we are a free people as so we have a god given right

to defend it.

What dose the Declaration of a Free People tell us what is our right to do when any Government

becomes destructive of the Liberties of a Free People

Our DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

That to secure these rights , governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the Governed,

First As a Free People we are the authority that instituted this form of being Governed to secure our LIBERTY which is our Constitution and it's Bill of Rights.

Then we see that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ENDS,

it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government , laying it's foundation on such principles and organizing it's Powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness,.

When any form of being Governed become destructive to the Liberty of a Free People it is our Right to change it or do away with it and form a new form of being Governed.

We are to lay it's foundation on the principles that will secure our Liberty and organize it's powers in such form as to secure that Liberty. Those Principles and Powers is our Constitution and it's Bill of Rights

Our Declaration of Independence

But when a long train of abuses and usurpation, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism .It is their right., it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and provide New Guard for their security.

Their have been and still are a long trail abuses from those that Govern .

As a Free people the time has come to to restore and secure of our Liberty.

If you noticed our declaration of a Free People makes no reference to Parties ,Judges. Presidents,

or Representatives to secure our Liberty. But what it does do is make reference to Principles, Powers, and new Guard for our security..

Those Guards, Principles and Powers are in the Law of the Land that is our Constitution and it's Bill of Rights..

If we are to secure our Liberty we must first restore the Rule of Law the only ones that has that Authority our the Free People of the United States of America.

In away we put the cart before the horse by believing that by electing new representative form the same old parties that have become destructive to our Liberty. Are going to secure them.

Our declaration of Freedom tells us that is not how it works nor will it.

First we must enforce the Law of the Land by which we are to be Govern. Then we can elect those who will Govern under the authority of the Law of the Land..

There are those who understand that fact and do have a plain to do just that. We the People Foundation Constitution Lobby, This is not another group in that sense , not a political party, nor is it about politics. It is a plan to take up the Offense to restore our Liberty through Rule of Law

It is a tool to be used by all Freedom Loving groups . In order to get this up and running requires the support of these groups to set theses Constitution Lobby in every state.

I would like to offer every Freedom person to go to www.givemeliberty.org and check out the plan to take up the offenses to secure our Liberty.

William M. Finley

We the People of Illinois Constitution Lobby

Point of Constitution.

wfinley11@live.com .

Friday, August 5, 2011

ARTICLES OF FREEDOM PART SEVEN

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ARTICLE 5.
PRIVACY AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT5
From November 11th to the 22nd of 2009, the Continental Congress convened pursuant to the People’s formal “Petition of Redress of Grievances” relating to the violations of the Peoples’ Rights of Privacy guaranteed to them under the 4th, 5th, and 9th Amendments. After deliberation and discussion of the abuses of the Rights to Privacy, this Body provides:
A. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Repeal the so-called Patriot Act and its progeny.
2. Repeal any other law that is repugnant to the 4th, 5th and 9th Amendments.
3. Stop the collection, storing, and dissemination of private information of a non-criminal nature belonging to the People; WE, the Free People of this nation, are not the enemy.
4. Furthermore, we demand the retraction of any intelligence reports maintained by the Department of Homeland Security, not properly cited and sourced as well as any intelligence report known to contain plagiarized information.
5. Repeal of NAIS (National Animal Identification System) which requires the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) of all livestock (animals) and mapping the premise of same.
6. Cease the implementation of acts such as the REAL ID Act of 2005, the PASS Act of 2009, and make no future attempts at implementing a national ID card or authorizing any funding associated with said acts.
7. Do not collect, process, store or disseminate intelligence of a non-criminal nature.
8. Repeal all laws that collect fingerprints, blood, or DNA upon birth.
B. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SEVERAL STATES
1. Retract any Fusion Center intelligence report not properly cited and sourced as well as any intelligence report known to contain plagiarized information.
2. Reject the so-called Patriot Act, and its progeny.
5 Learn more about the subject matter of this Article. Read the FOURTH AMENDMENT. Read the PETITION for Redress of Grievances Regarding the War on Terrorism (and the USA Patriot Act). See the related CC 2009 video presentations: Gary Kah, First Delegate from Indiana, introducing Shadow Government, a film by Cloud Ten Pictures; Katherine Albrecht, consumer privacy expert, media commentator and author about privacy issues.
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3. Prohibit legislation that allows for the installation of red-light cameras and other devices used to surreptitiously gather information on American citizens. Repeal any such existing laws.
4. Repeal any legislation that requires government permission to travel, i.e., the requirement to obtain a driver’s license to travel, the requirement to register one’s vehicle, and/or the requirement to purchase motor vehicle insurance unless the vehicle is being used for commercial purposes.
5. All state governments shall cease and desist in prosecuting those men and women who are using the public right-of-way for personal, non-commercial transportation.
6. The language “for commercial purposes only” shall be added to the definitions of the terms “transportation” and “motor vehicle”, in all state laws, clearly removing the restrictions imposed on travel for personal, private purposes.
7. Repeal of all state laws that collect fingerprints, blood, DNA, or any other biometric data for minor traffic violations, infractions, or for any other instance where said data is not necessary for investigation.
8. Destroy all biometric data, whether digital or tangible, that have been collected for use with a driver’s license, or for any other purpose not related to a felony investigation.
C. RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE The Delegates of the Continental Congress of 2009 wholeheartedly support and encourage the Free People of each state to engage in the following: 1. Visit www.cc2009.us and click on the Privacy Reference List, study all information provided in that list, and act in their best interest according to the information provided; 2. Inform themselves about the police and surveillance state that is being created in America in direct violation of the 4th, 5th, 9th, and 10th Amendments; 3. Submit open records requests to the appropriate agencies requesting the items listed below. Consider coordinating these efforts with other activists; a. Copies of all Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) between participating Fusion Center agencies and any other party, agency, organization, institution, governmental body or individual that relates to Fusion Center information/data sharing; b. Copies of Fusion Center Privacy Policies; c. Copies of all Strategic Reports produced by or received by said Fusion Centers, including the distribution list and citations for each produced Strategic Report; to include identification of the authoring agency of any received Strategic Report; 4. Expose the findings of said open records requests through online social media, existing liberty media, liberty-minded organizations, and other means of public dissemination;
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5. Approach fellow citizens and groups to build an issue-based coalition in order to lobby local and state government to ensure that:
a. Unless directly involved in a crime, no private sector entities will be involved in the operation of Fusion Centers;
b. Only data and intelligence concerning federal crimes may be made available to any federal agency;
c. Fusion Centers are not to be used to conduct surveillance on an entire group based on the presence of one suspicious individual;
d. Ensure the creation of a "privacy committee" to oversee the privacy policy of your local Fusion Center and ensure compliance;
e. Ensure compliance with CFR 28, part 23;
6. Lobby your state legislature to nullify the Patriot Act;
7. Implement a Community Response Hotline; the People are encouraged to develop alternative means of communication, i.e. ham radio, short wave, or any other means of electronic communication;
8. Be aware that no citizen is required to release their social security number and should not release it if there is an alternative method;
9. Conduct business only with companies that do not require a social security number;
10. Use non-traceable forms of currency (i.e. prepaid credit cards) and non-traceable technology (i.e. prepaid cellular phones);
11. Use open-source software solutions, encrypt their computer hard drives, and use proxy servers when connected to the Internet, for computer security and privacy reasons;
12. Understand that everyone, including the government may record photos and video on public property;
13. Read licensing software agreements and be aware of the privacy ramifications of signing up for such services;
14. Promote local and state legislation that forces local and state governments to further scrutinize the process of accepting grants or other funding concerning surveillance and the militarization and federalization of local police departments from Federal Agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice;
15. Lobby for a local resolution banning red-light cameras or other surveillance equipment in public areas.
16. Furthermore, without delay, the public is advised to contact their state and local representatives to open up a dialogue to assure that they repeal and propose no further legislation that violates the Privacy Clauses of the Constitution. Americans should also contact their local sheriff and demand they uphold their sworn