"Extortion and thuggery are good things when they're called law!"
Larken Rose
Uncle Sam, the thief, taking citizens for a ride!!!
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
History of the Constitution of the USA
Article V: Propose Amendments to the Constitution
[Editor's Note: what I have dubbed the "Legislative-Executive-Judicial Cabal" which the American People have caused by ignoring the generational transition from our Constitutional Republic to what now is, in effect, an "elected" dictatorship. Never mind who is elected. Never mind which bogus party is in power. The superficial, theatrically staged, choreographed appearance of debate, disagreement, and stalled legislation always resolves into more government and less FREEDOM. We the People still lose more freedom after every "emergency" or unnoticeably when CON-gress passes another general, open-ended law that enables the Executive (dictator) and its unaccountable agencies to formulate more freedom-restricting regulations (200 pages a day get posted to the Federal Register). The "Dictator's" agencies (police force) continue to pile-up more weapons to squelch uprising(s) when the People finally realize and understand their tyrannical government.
Currently, CONgress is just a group of socialists, progressives, and faux-conservatives (career politicians) that, on a daily basis, ignores the Constitution, many of their own past statutes, and cedes their responsibilities to the president ("elected" dictator). A comparison to the history of Rome becomes more and more credible with the Executive and its "featherbedded" lackeys gaining more power while CONgress sits back all fat-dumb-and-happy.
CONgress has made recent efforts to expose State Dept. failures in Benghazi (inept political leader), Fast-and-Furious gun-running (criminal AG), IRS 1st amendment violations, gov't union Veterans Administration fraud, and whining about Obama(Reid)-killer-Care, but these efforts are mostly politics as usual. Most "citizens" will forget about these infringements from our unaccountable, uncontrollable Executive branch with its tyrannical agencies staffed by socialist unions that extort "juicy" contracts from the "elected" dictatorship.
Most positions in the federal government whether elected, appointed, or hired are nominal, make-work jobs (confidentially) designed merely to grow government, bilk money from private businesses and citizens, and eventually fully transform America into a totalitarian state. When this happens, CONgress will have destroyed the economy and the country by their negligence and counter-liberty policies, and it will be almost impossible to Restore America. The 'Restore America' list is only a beginning too.]
"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
James Madison, Federalist Paper 47, Friday, February 1, 1788
Anyone who believes this country is free is an idiot!
"Extortion and thuggery are good things when they're called law!"
Larken Rose
[Editor's Note: a Constitutional Convention is required to reverse the damage to freedom and liberty since 1900. This Article V was ratified by the participants at America's founding Constitutional Convention as an alternate path for repairing damage to freedom and liberty, a path for the People to restore damage caused by our failed representatives in the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of a government designed to represent the wishes of We the People.
The States must "demand" a Convention and explicitly specify an agenda of:
laws to be repealed or modified,
Amendments to existing constitutional clauses that define the co-equal branches to further specify and define, and
new Amendments or statutes to be eventually ratified by States.
These Amendments should further specify and clarify the powers of the Legislature and Executive Branches. A good example is the definition of a "Bill".
A Bill should contain ONLY verbiage in regards to the topic of the future law. NO earmarks and NO unrelated sections or attacments.
Many past Bills sent to a president for signature contained unrelated but essential funding sections that rendered the Bill veto-proof when it warranted a veto.
CON-gress can override a veto if the Bill is deemed absolutely necessary by CON-gress.
If the Bill requires SPECIFICALLY related amendments, the CON-gress can "debate" (with its usual theater) and vote any new amendments.
The original text of the Constitution contains some very GENERAL clauses enabling both CON-gress and Executive branches to write laws and
regulations with their particular nuances expanding powers beyond intent. "Intent" may be gleaned from a complete understanding of
Federalist Papers.
An example of further specification and clarity for CON-gress should be a clear, very specific definition of the boundaries for the interstate Commerce Clause.
To restore freedom, liberty, and individuality - minimally these must be repealed:
Currently, even with computer-searching systems, the list of antiquated and/or obsolete statutes (and related regulations) is unwieldy.
These statutes must be invalidated unless there remains an applicable reason for retaining the law(s).
Aside from invalidating statutes, there are many regulations that are biased in favor of large enterprises (who buy support from bureaucrats)
at the expense of the competition, effectively repressing the Free Market. Any regulations not related to public safety that gives a financial advantage
to some companies over their smaller rivals must be rescinded to enable all companies with good consumer products to excel without burdensome regulations.
Additionally, the Convention should adopt for ratification at least these new Amendments or statute modifications:
clearly define and limit the role of government in regards to the term "general welfare",
Term Limits for CON-gress (12 years) including a 6 month limit on time residing in DC,
strict Prohibition of Lobbying (with a comprehensive definition of "lobbying"), and
a Balanced Budget Amendment to stop wreckless spending. During a CON-gressionally declared "war" (only after USA is attacked or attack is proven "imminent"),
deficit spending is permissible.
Restore America to its roots, i.e. Defense, State, Treasury, and Justice. Some Agencies are required like CIA and NSA, both respectively focused on defense against real foreign aggressors and not fictitious paranoid delusions of war mongers. Other agencies help where certain interstate communications are necessary. Most agencies like Agriculture, Education, DEA, IRS (eliminated with 16th Amendment) and many other listed here should be eliminated.
Restore the world Gold Standard with five contentious steps, and
Replace the IMF, World Bank, and Export-Import Bank with facilities that reflect the new Gold Standard, and
After decentralizing and economizing, if tax revenue is needed to fund all or part of the federal government, then implement the Fair Tax.
Regarding a Constitutional Convention itself, some of the available literature warns the reader about a possible "unstructured" and "mismanaged"
Convention that might propose and adopt amendments that could damage the Republic.
Possible, however, it is difficult to envisage how much more damage could done over what the L-E-J Cabal has already done.
If the Convention's agenda and rules of order strictly prohibit violation of the rules and enable a vote on unlisted Amendments AFTER all others are adopted,
then the Convention will be properly structured and managed. ]
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS for RATIFICATION by 3/4ths of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Since May 14, 2012, I have offered the following items for consideration to RESTORE AMERICA. A link is above in the Title box.
Shift POWER from the federal government to the people across the nation. The States ratified the Constitution and agree to form a LIMITED central government. States had more power than the feds in 1787.
RESTORE the balance of power between the three branches of the federal government as provided by the great CONSTITUTION of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA which means taking power back from the Executive Branch by ELIMINATING its oppressive agencies.
RESTORE the financial strength of the States of America so the States that gave the federal government its POWER can exist independently of federal bribes requiring that States “look the other way” when the feds want to encroach on STATE SOVEREIGNTY or enforce an unconstitutional law.
REPEAL the recently passed, unconstitutional financial “reform” which is a very restrictive attempt to further destroy free enterprise that made our country great in the past.
Pass a BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT to the CONSTITUTION.
Pass a law preventing midnight earmark add-ons to bills. Wasteful spending will destroy the USA (look at the 17 trillion dollar national debt) and destroy the full faith and credit of the USA.
REPEAL the Federal Reserve law of 1913(also)and RESTORE the GOLD STANDARD which will require the federal government to back expenditures with tangible assets in reserve. Fractional-Reserve Banking and inflationary practices (create money out-of-thin-air) weakens the dollar's purchasing power and "steals" from everyone by increasing prices. This video explains money and inflation.
Enforce the current immigration laws of the USA without piling new, politically motivated laws onto existing laws. Completely reorganize the INS by firing or offering retirement to long-term employed bureaucrats and RFP for proposals to modernize all systems.
REPEAL the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act introduced by Chuckie Shoeshiner in 1993. The title of the Act includes the term "Handgun" but the law also prohibits the sale of rifles (long guns). The title of the Act also contains the term "violence", but the Act does NOT and CANNOT prevent violence, if anything it causes violence. Anyone who wants a weapon can get one anywhere. This law is unConstitutional and like many other laws, it was the result of government tightening its grip on freedom.
REPEAL the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" (Patriot Act) and the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA).
REPEAL the 16th Amendment to the Constitution of 1913, i.e. ELIMINATE the income tax.
REPLACE income taxes with a national sales tax (while waiting on the 16th Amendment repeal ratification by States.
ELIMINATE taxes on income from dividends, capital gains, and interest.
ELIMNATE all taxes on Corporations.
Roll-back ALL fed government expenditures to the levels of 1980.
ELIMINATE all bogus fed government departments and agencies . We need only have Defense, State, Treasury, and Justice (without Eric "Fast & Furious" Holder) on the federal level according to the Constitution of 1787. The departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, Transportation, and Homeland Security are political creations that encroach on freedom and private enterprise (also here and here). All agencies (US Socialist (Communist) Manifesto) created in the federal government's 100 year, "trans-generational" march toward Socialism and Fascism such as EPA (no longer necessary), FDA (more politics than science), FAA (incompetent), FCC (too political and destructive of 1st Amendment) should be eliminated or stripped of legal power and bureaucrats.
To further LIMIT the federal government to the size envisaged by the Founders, establish a temporary Employment Transition Service to aid former government employees in their search for employment in the private sector. If their qualifications are not appropriate or sufficient for private sector employment, provide re-training aid.
Pass a law de-unionizing all employment, i.e. it's illegal to force employees to pay dues or even be in a union to work either for public or private sector.
Pass a law that limits the time of US Representatives and Senators in Washington, DC to 6 months of each year.
Pass a law or Constitutional Amendment that limits the terms of US Representatives to twelve (12) years (6 two-year terms) and US Senators to twelve (12) years (2 six-year terms).
Pass a law that prevents the presentation of new Bills until all OLD laws are reviewed, updated, or repealed. This includes ALL laws misrepresented as laws based on the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
Pass a law that creates an independent counsel for review of ALL of the Executive Branch's enforcement regulations for the purpose of reviewing, amending, or eliminating any and all onerous or obsolete regulations. Any regulations that are amended should be changed with the goal of eliminating all clauses that restrict or impede economic growth or general freedom.
Pass a law that requires the Congress to post new Bills on the internet to be read, criticized and amended by non-governmental citizens, the legal community, and the Judicial Branch of the federal government before presenting NEW Bills for debate and passage.
Stop the FLOOD of useless CONgressional paper from Washington that continues to restrict commerce, freedom, and liberty.
How USA Residents Are Screwed!
The Legislative-Executive-Judicial Cabal with our Marxist Dictator leading the Cabal
Obama loves America to death.
"Extortion and thuggery are good things when they're called law!"
Below is one of many tyrannical crimes of the Monster created since the Civil War !
Becky Gerritson: "...government is out of control!" and "...our representative government has failed us."
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to detail under oath how some of former agency official Lois Lerner’s emails went missing, as well as any potential methods for recovering them.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court in Washington gave the Internal Revenue Service exactly a month — until Aug. 10 — to file a report, which he demanded as part of a lawsuit from a conservative watchdog, Judicial Watch, against the agency.
Judicial Watch is seeking a wide range of documents from the IRS, including Lerner’s emails, as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. It has complained that the IRS didn’t tell it that the agency couldn’t recover all of Lerner’s emails from 2009 to 2011.
Sullivan cast his ruling as a compromise, and a potential way for Judicial Watch to get answers without the court wading any deeper into the matter. Judicial Watch had asked the court to potentially compel IRS officials to testify about the lost emails, through a process called limited discovery.
The FairTax is a consumption tax unilaterally applied to all Americans at the same rate. For businesses, payroll taxes would no longer exist. Our exports would include a heavy tax for overseas buyers purchasing our products, while our imports would be cheaper for us to purchase. I'm not sure how this would affect GDP, as more information is necessary.
According to the FairTax website, "Under the FairTax, every person living in the United States pays a sales tax on purchases of new goods and services, excluding necessities due to the prebate." The prebate gives every legal resident household an "advance refund" at the beginning of each month so that purchases made up to the poverty level are tax-free.
So a family of four making something like $50,000/year should not have to pay taxes, thus preventing an unfair burden on low-income families. Since the FairTax eliminates both federal and payroll taxes, you get to keep your gross pay amount of each paycheck earned.
At the root of the chaos in the Middle East and here at home are governments that respect no limits on their exercise of power. Public officials — who are supposed to be our public servants — routinely behave as if they are our masters. They reject the confines of the Constitution, they don’t believe that our rights are inalienable, and they fail to see the dangerous path down which they are leading us.
It is a path to an authoritarian America, predicted by the British writer George Orwell in his dark and terrifying novel “1984,” in which governmental power was fortified by fear at home and war abroad.
