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A CALL FOR THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DECLARATION TO REFORM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
A CALL FOR THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DECLARATION TO REFORM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
My Dear Fellow Patriots,
From time to time, it is incumbent upon the citizens of these United States to review our founding principles and to enhance them by adjustments to the mechanisms with which our Government functions. In calling for this assemblage of another constitutional convention, the intention is to correct the unconstitutional methods of governance implemented by “Big Government” elected officials in the 20th and 21st centuries. The purpose of this Convention is not to disturb our form of Government or its guiding principles. Rather, we gather together as united citizens to reign in our elected temporary officials and constrain them from trespassing over the boundaries of the law of the land, The United States Constitution. It is apparent that many in power have become pompous Kings and Queens our forefathers defeated in the Revolutionary war. For more than 100 years, elected and non-elected officials have exploited our Constitution by twisting its precise intentions. These neo-imperialists no longer defend and protect our laws; instead they use our Constitution to gather inordinate power and wealth unto themselves. One primary tool Statists have used for many years is the application of the unconstitutional “Income Tax” law. They use this egregious law for social engineering and to manipulate the citizens of our country to acquiesce to their commands. Our nation once again faces ‘taxation without representation’, the very corruption we confronted with King George III of England. The “Income Tax” is one of many schemes our elected officials now employ to cause the electorate to be subservient to them. The philosophy of the neo-statist is completely contrary to deriving their just powers from the Consent of the Governed as described in our Declaration of Independence. To once again subordinate our elected officials to the will of the People of the United States, this Convention shall alter the Law of the Land to this end. As observed by many, corruption and lack of oversight in the ways our elected Representatives conduct the people’s business must be addressed with the reformation amendment process as the solution. Our Founding Fathers understood that the greatest threat to liberty is an all-powerful central government, where the few dictate to the many. Prudence is necessary in this endeavor and as our Declaration of Independence informs us, Governments that are long-established should not be changed for light and transient causes. However, as a nation, we are experiencing a soft tyranny. We must act now to prevent transformation of our nation into a despotic and immoral hard tyranny by power-hungry men and women. This is an invitation to all conservative United States citizens to stifle an out of control President, Congress and Supreme Court and to debate possible amendments to our Constitution and the repeal of others. For reasons of argument for a Second Constitutional Convention and the authorization of the people to alter our laws and protect our natural rights, it is important to review several words of The Declaration of Independence. “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. The specific words from the Declaration that compels us to proceed to a Convention are; “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 ITS FOUNDATION ON SUCH PRINCIPLES, AND ORGANIZING ITS POWERS IN SUCH FORM, AS TO THEM SHALL SEEM MOST LIKELY TO EFFECT THEIR SAFETY AND HAPPINESS.”
THIS is a time in our nation’s history that tyranny originating in our Federal Government is a real threat to all our citizens. The prospects for an America with diminished liberties grow as Barack Hussein Obama is about to begin his second term. With the help of his radical Democrat Party, the transformation he promised will undoubtedly come to fruition. Obama’s intentions to transform our nation to a Socialist Society are more than obvious to those citizens who are attentive to his actions and Executive decrees. Specifically, Obama and his statists intend to transform our system of government into an oppressive, Soviet style system of Government. It is only a matter of time when the entire private sector is controlled by our Government. This shift to a centralized, all-powerful Federal Government is absolutely contrary to our United States Constitution and the individual liberty it promotes. The slow and incremental Socialist movement began in the early part of the 20th Century and has now culminated in a full attack on our Republic. The Statists or Socialist components of this onslaught threaten our natural rights and freedoms and must be halted in favor of reinforcing and enforcing our founding father’s dreams of an unobtrusive and limited Government. This is the time for all the Patriots throughout our nation to consider the methods prescribed in our United States Constitution to dilute the unprecedented power that has accumulated in Washington D.C., our nation’s Capital.
HEAR YE, HEAR YE, this is a call to the People of the United States to assemble and participate in the SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Let it be said that the only way to change course from an impending tyranny is to alter the way our elected officials act and react to the issues of the day. This congregation must also address their unethical and corrupted conduct. Such villainous behavior must be eliminated from the seat of our Federal Government. The perversion of our form of government must be completely halted for all time. The following enumerated subjects are only a framework to assist in the commencement of this Convention. This Constitutional Convention is exclusive to only those that hold dear the concepts of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. It welcomes All Conservative United States citizens, from North to South and East to West, to submit ideas, solutions or any principles designed to thwart a dictatorship of the few over the many. This assemblage rejects the attendance and contributions of Socialists, Communists and Leftists for a reason. Since it was England’s determination to enslave the colonies, our founders would not have invited King George and other British surrogates to create our United States Constitution. The despotic rules of governance inherent in the philosophies of Kings and Queens over their peasants in those times, is identical to the Politburo’s dictatorship found in the “Communist Manifesto”. For this reason, Barack Hussein Obama and all that share his philosophies of governance shall be denied entrance. Any attempts by socialists to enter the discussion must be stopped. After all, our purpose and ambition for this Convention is to free us from an all-powerful Central Government. Participation by Obama and his ilk would be antithetical and a conflict of interests. Such disruption by the left shall be considered as an attack. Such an attack upon our assembly shall not be tolerated by the American People.
RULES OF THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES
A. Once the call for a convention gains the attention of all fifty States, a special vote shall be held by each state to initiate this Convention for the sole purpose of modifying the mechanisms of our Federal Government.
B. A majority of two-thirds of the states must vote in the affirmative for this Constitutional Convention to be called to order.
C. Once two-thirds of the States agree to this Constitutional Convention, each state must nominate and choose four Representatives.
D. The place and time for the Convention shall be decided by a simple majority of the 200 Representatives.
E. The Governors of all fifty States are invited to participate in this Convention. All Governors willing to contribute must agree to preside over the Constitutional Convention.
F. The 200 Convention Representatives must nominate and choose from the pool of participating Governors. Six Governors from all regions of the United States shall be chosen and those six shall preside over the Convention. The Governors are charged with maintaining the peace and order of this meeting. The choice of a new set of six Governors shall be chosen by the 200 Representatives every six months with this rotation continuous until the business of the people is concluded and the Convention is officially adjourned.
G. There shall be no limit of time placed on this Constitutional Convention and debate to limit the size and scope of the Federal Government shall continue until there is unanimous consent by all 200 Representatives for adjournment of this meeting.
H. After debate of any and all amendments and repeal of amendments, each issue must attain a two-third vote of all 200 Representatives for passage. Once passed, amendments and repeals must be directed to each of the Fifty States for review. Each State must conduct a special vote to approve or disapprove the work of the Constitutional Convention. If two thirds of the States ratify the package of new law changes, those changes shall become an addendum to the United States Constitution and become the law of the land.
I. Many foresee willingness by Statists, Socialists, Communists, The Democrat Party and/or their surrogates to prematurely end or purposefully disrupt this Convention. The presiding Governors are therefore given authority to design a method for suspension and/or termination of the rights of disruptive forces, thereby excluding them from this convention. The termination of any Representatives from this Convention necessitates that replacement Representatives must be chosen by the presiding Governors. In combination with law enforcement, retired or active, the Governors have authority to physically remove those that take this Convention lightly or choose to employ disruptive tactics. The presiding Governors are also given the option and authority to file restraining orders against those determined to attempt an upending of this Convention.
J. There are many pundits from the right to left of the political spectrum that flatly reject the idea of this Constitutional Convention. Do these nay Sayers have other solutions to quell an out of control Federal Government? There appears to be common sentiment that a Constitutional Convention will be chaotic and the outcome may lead to unintended consequences. There is no person alive today that attended the first and only 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Thus, all criticism of the idea for a Convention is pure conjecture and only assumes disorder and confusion when there is absolutely no proof or basis for such thought. On the other hand, control of the agenda is crucial and those in attendance must focus all energy on the task at hand, specifically, the reversal of trends leading our country into tyranny. The end goal of this assembly is to transform the temporary, power seeking professional politicians that now occupy the seat of our government into citizen statesmen. We must witness a transition that has them returning to their formal lives after serving as temporary defenders of our Republic. There is a wretched smell of elitism in Washington D.C. that must be countered and eliminated by this Convention. The elitist politician must be permanently banished.
AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
THIS IS A FRAMEWORK TO AMEND OR REPEAL SEVERAL AMENDMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. SUCH ACTIONS SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. CRITICAL CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO SUPPRESS THE GROWING TYRANNY OF MANY TEMPORARY ELECTED AND UNELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE POWER RELEGATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMAN IS INORDINATE AND THE GATHERING OF SUCH POWER TO THE FEDERAL SEAT WAS NEVER INTENDED BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS. WE DECLARE THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS GUARANTEED BY OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENT MUST BE ADHERED TO AND HONORED BY THE TEMPORARY REPRESENTATIVES, SENATORS, JUSTICES, THE PRESIDENT AND ALL ELECTED AND UNELECTED OFFICIALS . THE CITIZENS, THE TRUE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THEREFORE DEMAND THAT THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES OF OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
The enumerated amendments and repeal of others that are listed below are only my ideas and meant to inaugurate this process. If and when we assemble, hopefully thousands of ideas would be debated, studied, edited and finalized by the citizens of all fifty states. By no means is this the final document. The author has submitted these ideas to begin the process. To quell the cancer of tyranny that has sickened our Federal Government, all conservative citizens of our fifty States are invited to respond and pose reasonable and logical solutions, suggestions and even objections to the platform presented here. All freedom loving Constitutionalists are welcome to participate. Criticism is not only welcome, it is critical if we are to debate and find common ground to diminish and eradicate for all time the entrenched despotism we are witnessing.
- Modification of amendment XXVI (1971) Section 1. This is the amendment that gives children, 18, 19 and 20 years of age, to vote. Allowing children to vote is giving them the cherished right that men and women have died for. Most members of this group have only just graduated from High School and many others have dropped out. They are only beginning to realize the reality of their existence. Their immature minds are usually prime targets to be easily brainwashed by leftist teachers that have overpopulated academia. A large majority of physicians agree that the brains and mental capacity of these children in this age group have not fully developed. Most of these children continue to be under the supervision of their parents and most have no real life experience. At the ages of 18, 19 and 20, we find a vast number of them act out as malcontents, rebels and usually are influenced by media. The great majority of these children have no concept, whatsoever, about the mechanics of Government or the names of those that represent them. In effect, if this amendment is not changed, we will be allowing the inmates to run the asylum and they will continue to vote for media star, hack politicians rather than Constitutional Conservatives. Modification of this amendment would allow 18, 19 and 20 year old citizens to vote only if they are members of the Armed Services.
- Total Privatization of Medicare and Social Security Programs. The concepts of these two programs could be found as direct passages in the “Communist Manifesto”. As enhanced and developed by the Socialist Franklin D. Roosevelt, these programs were advanced as an opportunity for the Federal Government to have another source of funding and to grow its power over our citizens. The citizens were expected to die before any could collect benefits. Of course, U.S. citizens live much longer today making it fiscally impossible to sustain either program or to meet the promises of the Federal Government. In General, all earned income is private property and any and all personal funds must be directed to individual “PRIVATE MUTUAL FUND” saving and health accounts if such programs are to continue. There are hundreds of successful mutual fund programs currently available that yield profitable returns whereas, Social Security and Medicare funds yield no profitable fiscal advantage to our citizens. Each United States Citizen shall have the choice of any successful mutual fund program. It is noted that once a recipient dies, neither Social Security or Medicare allow remaining benefits to be bequeathed in a last will and testament. This revision of these programs would allow each citizen to designate remaining monetary benefits to whomever the recipient chooses. It is well-known that funds for Social Security and Medicare have been confiscated from our citizens since the inception of both programs and the funds continue to be designated to a general fund in Washington D.C. for use by corrupt politicians to purchase votes and power for themselves and their parties. This practice shall now be made illegal. The funds for both programs shall no longer be designated to Washington D.C., rather, the funds shall now be directed into each citizen’s individual account. Social Security funds will be designated to each citizen’s own savings account and Medicare funds will be designated to each citizen’s own health savings account.
- Immigration Reform based on ideas presented by Senator Marco Rubio and must eliminate Chain Migration. All legal and illegal immigrants must follow the Laws of the United States to become citizens. All applicants must integrate into our society. There shall be no amnesty for immigrants that have entered the United States illegally. If a migrant intends to become a citizen of the United States, that person must be supported and sponsored by a United States Citizen or citizens. To bring his family members here for citizenship, each family member shall be subjected to sponsorship in the same manner. It is impractical to deport the millions of illegal migrants that are currently in the United States. Therefore, all migrants illegally in the United States that are currently in this country may participate in a guest worker program. Any and all migrants that entered the United States shall be considered criminals and subjected to deportation, fines and/or incarceration if they entered our country illegally in the year of 2013. No Guest worker shall be allowed to vote or receive any benefits. Such benefits are reserved for United States Citizens. Chain migration is forbidden for any migrant worker. Any consideration for immediate citizenship is reserved for applicants that have applied in a correct manner according to the laws of the United States. An illegal migrant may apply for citizenship only if that person or persons self-deports and applies for citizenship in a correct manner. If non-citizen migrants cross over the border of the United States in the year 2013 and beyond with intentions to stay in the United States must be ready to be deported if apprehended. The second time, if an immigrant breaks immigration laws, automatic incarceration for 10 years shall be the penalty. To become a United States Citizen, non-citizens must follow our laws or face tragedy for all involved. Birth right citizenship shall cease. There shall be no instantaneous citizenship when non-citizens give birth within the boundaries of the United States. Such children shall be citizens of the parent’s country of origin. A firm understanding and usage of the English language is a vital requirement for citizenship. All borders of the United States, North, South, East and West, shall be completely secured before additional migration laws may be considered.
- Legalization of Drugs. Decriminalization of drugs would be an experiment that falls within the philosophy of the “Constitutional Libertarian”. The most dangerous drug on earth is the depressant alcohol and it is already legal. It is a known fact that societies, since the beginning of history, have used flowers, roots and plants found in nature to suppress many levels of pain. In fact, many of our Founding fathers were drug dependent in their use of opiate concoctions to relieve a variety of pains. Move forward to the modern era and we incarcerate citizens for using illegal drugs and stigmatize those that are chemical dependent. These people, the drug dependents in our society, are referred to as victimless criminals. Our prisons are loaded unnecessarily with these citizens. If we are to follow the Constitution to the letter, an individual’s food may be another person’s poison. A compassionate society does not allow its citizens to be labeled criminals simply based on ingestion or personal choices and habits. While at work or in a public setting, I guarantee there are a vast number of your friends and neighbors that are dependent on certain types of drugs. In a civil society, the public allows its citizens to seek help or to satisfy a hunger without retribution or consequences. Therefore, 1.) This moratorium must allow drug dependent citizens to step forward without retribution or consequence. 2.) Drug dependent citizens may either seek rehabilitation or they may have access to standardized and safe drugs of choice at reasonable prices provided by pharmacies rather than having to purchase illicit and non-standardized, dangerous drugs from criminals. Millions of United States citizens are drug dependent. They ingest or inject drugs to enhance or create a feeling of happiness as well as to quell pain. We must be compelled by the Constitution to understand such natural law falls within the realm of individual freedom. The need for drug dependents to relieve pain or feel better must be decriminalized. Any consequences for dependency are between the individual and his creator. The civil society seeks to create a satisfied and happy society. It is antithetical for the civil society to allow its citizens to curl in the fetal position and to suffer the nightmarish results of withdrawal because the dependent has been denied access to a drug of choice. After a year has passed, let us measure to see if a decrease in the violence and murder rate in the United States has been curtailed as a result of purging illicit drug sales. Needless to say, this is a very controversial topic. It makes no sense to put our heads in the sand concerning legalizing drug use, especially if this Convention seeks to minimize the power of government over the individual.
- English Only Amendment! An amendment to make English the official language of the United States. It may be argued that The “Tower of Babel”, a biblical story, is myth or fact. However, either way, if all our citizens speak in different languages, we cannot continue to exist as a united country if we cannot understand each other.
- Balanced Budget Amendment
- Elimination of the Federal Reserve
- Elimination of Baseline Budgeting by the Federal Government. Replace Budgeting process with business model of fiscal year budgeting.
- Re-institute the Gold Standard as the permanent standard economic unit of United States currency and base the standard on a fixed weight of gold.
- Total Repeal and Replacement of The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) allow individuals to custom design their health Insurance policies. Eliminate archaic laws forbidding sales over state lines. Create competition between Insurance Companies allowing customers to purchase policies from any company within the United States or worldwide.
- National Voter Identification amendment. Each and every United States Citizen must prove Citizenship to Vote. Proof of citizenship must be accomplished with a photo ID and signature.
- Elected Officials are United States Citizens Amendment! To assure that all elected officials are citizens and are not entitled to special privileges or treatment. To assure that no elected official is exempt from laws they create or any existing law of the land. All elected officials and their employees must clock in 9am and clock out 5pm. All elected officials shall live within the means of the salaries given to them by their employers, the American tax payers. Any emergency requiring additional tax payer funding must be submitted in writing to the entire body of the House of Representatives. Elected Federal Officials may only use their own salaries to vacation or to engage in any other activity not related to their time on the people’s clock. Without Congressional approval, any elected or non-elected official that uses tax payer money for the described extracurricular events shall be considered for charges of felony theft and subject to associated criminal charges and penalties
- Limiting Presidential Executive Orders Act. Any Presidential executive order must be approved by Congress.
- Repeal of Income tax and replace with National Sales Tax or Fair Tax
- Elimination of Insider Trading by all Elected and Unelected Officials Act. Any elected official, including their acquaintances, family members and unelected employees are forbidden from profiting from laws they passed or laws passed by other elected officials during their term or terms in office. Such an amendment must be retroactive thus subjecting offenders to restitution for past transgressions. Offenders, if found guilty, must step down from their position and replaced in a special election. Offenders are also subject to fines, restitution and possible incarceration.
- The Right to Work Act. Each of our fifty States must allow all individuals to be employed without the need to join a group, association or any type of Union.
- Reaffirmation of Amendment II in the Bill Of Rights, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. The Right of All United States Citizens to Protect Themselves, Families, Friends and Any People in Need of Protection. This reaffirmation is needed to define this right and assure it will never be infringed. A well-armed citizenry also protects all citizens from a potential, out of control, tyrannical Government.
- Modification of Amendment XXII (1951) Term Limits for all elected members of the United States House of Representatives, Senate and the Unelected Supreme Court Justices. Members of the House of Representatives shall have no more than 4 terms in office, Senators, no more than 2 terms in office and Supreme Court Justices may remain in office no more than 10 years.
- Increased Length of Terms for Members of the House of Representatives Amendment. A term of four years in office for members of the House assures that candidates will no longer have to begin their campaigns for re-election immediately following their election to office.
- Regulation is Legislation Act! All past, current and intended regulations, issued by unelected officials, Federal agencies, or any federal entity not elected by the people shall be regarded as legislation and must be reviewed by Congress. Congress shall be given the responsibility to review all past and current regulations to determine if they fall within the realm of legislation. All such regulations deemed as legislation, taxation or if found to be unconstitutional following the review process must be rescinded as unlawful edicts.
- Condensed Law and Constitutional Verification Act! All new laws submitted for consideration by the United States House of Representatives, Senate or President must be confined within the limits of the United States Constitution. Also, each new law submitted for consideration must not exceed 5 pages (calibri style with 11 as size of font). The details of each new law must be debated by Congress. Each new law must be accompanied by its parallel found in the Constitution to allow it to move forward. Congress is charged with reviewing all past laws in the same way.
- The concepts found in the United States Constitution are Universal and Fixed for All Time. This act is meant to reinforce the ideas and concepts our founding fathers intended. The Constitution is neither elastic to fit the times or flexible to comply with the philosophy or desires of any individual, group or political entity. To say the Constitution is a “living and breathing document” is to give license to arbitrary and lawless activism.
- Limited Presidential Powers Amendment! The business of our nation is tantamount and any celebratory event, including inauguration celebrations, must be paid using the President’s Salary only. Any contribution by a private donor to advance special interest or treatment must be seen as bribery. The President’s is charged to assure the mechanism of Government operates smoothly. Any and all presidential submissions for new law must parallel the United States Constitution and refer only to the operation of Government. Any attempt by the President to alter the law by Presidential decree or executive order with intentions to engineer social activity or action must be seen as a breach of Presidential authority. Any President that exceeds the authority granted by the Constitution may be subjected to impeachment. A President that intentionally lies to the American people for any reason must be subjected to impeachment. If convicted, the President may be ordered to serve a certain time in Prison as any other citizen that ignores the law of the land.
- Limitation of the Presidential Cabinet amendment! Elimination and/or Combination of the Presidential Cabinet are necessary to stop duplication of services and to save the taxpayers billions of dollars in needless expenses. This amendment is needed to stop reckless spending by the Executive branch of the Federal Government. This amendment is also needed to halt actions completely contradictory to the will of the people. 1. Department of Treasury shall absorb and combine with the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Commerce, Council of Economic Advisers, the Small Business Administration and the United States Trade Representative. 2. The Department of Defense shall absorb and combine with The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Veteran Affairs. 3. The Department of Agriculture shall absorb and combine with The Department of the Interior. 4. Department of Transportation remains as an independent Cabinet post. 5. United States Ambassador to the United Nations remains as an independent Cabinet Post. 6. The White House Chief of Staff remains as a Cabinet level position. The Department of Justice shall be controlled by the Supreme Court and no longer be the source of Presidential political activism. Department of Energy shall be eliminated as a cabinet level entity. This department has wasted billions of dollars. In fact, this department has stunted the use of our natural resources and prevented our nation from becoming energy independent. The Department of Commerce shall come under the control of Congress with the goal of less Federal control over States rights and more commerce between the fifty States. Department of Health and Human Services will be downsized and involved with protecting the citizens of the United States from dangerous diseases only. The Department will come under control of Congress. The Environmental Protection Agency shall be downsized and under the control of Congress. This Department shall be responsible for disaster cleanup only and shall not be a vehicle for political activism. They are charged with protecting the public from toxic discharges related to disasters. Any environmental concerns must be directed to Congress for debate and employees of this department may not author rules or regulations without Congressional review and approval. Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be under the control of each individual state. This department has been responsible for creating huge housing ghettos for the poor. This Department has been a complete failure and the states must determine the best housing policies for its impoverished citizens. The Department of Education shall be eliminated. This department has failed to increase the standards for education in the United States. It is also considered a reservoir of Union activism and such conduct by any federal entity receiving billions of dollars cannot be tolerated.
- No Foreign Aid Until U.S. Budget is Balanced Act! This elimination of Foreign aid must include military assistance as well as financial assistance until such time United States elected officials discontinue the habit of borrowing funds to meet our financial obligations. Our National budget to run the Federal Government must be balanced and there shall be no foreign aid to any country until the Federal Government’s expenditures do not exceed its income.
- Repeal of Amendment XVII, Direct Election of United States Senators. This Amendment was passed in 1913 and it was an experiment that rejected our Founders intentions. This proposal restores the power to all legislative bodies of each state to select United States Senators. Each State will once again retain the power to re-call Senators if they disregard the will and interests of the people of that State.
- True Separation of Powers Amendment. From a security stand point, moving each branch of our Federal Government to different Regions of our Nation makes sense. When gathered together in one city, Washington D.C. has become a primary terrorist target. In fact, a high-capacity nuclear device could wipe out our entire Government apparatus at one time. Modern communication methods allow for instantaneous contact between each branch when needed. Such an amendment will help to diminish if not eliminate the backroom, secret meetings of our elected officials.
- Quid pro Quo is Bribery Act. Any elected official and/or their surrogates that trade the influence of their powerful positions for financial gain shall be indicted for Fraud and Bribery.
- No Czars Act. No advisers to the President or any elected official shall be referred to as a Czar. Furthermore, no adviser may have the power of legislator or Judge. Advisement and Suggestions are the only powers that may be accorded to them.
- Proper Role of Assistants to Lawmakers Act. Aids, assistants and interns assigned to any elected official may no longer be involved with or write details of any law. They can only transcribe the ideas and possible legislative details described by the elected officials. In addition, any aid, assistant or intern must be employed using the salary of each elected officials.
- No Candidate Affiliation Act. Any United States citizen may run for any political office. However, the affiliate party symbol shall be forbidden after the candidate’s name. This will cause citizens to research the person or persons they are voting for rather than voting for a Political Party.
- Powers Reserved for the Federal Government re-enforcement amendment. This amendment is to define, in detail, the ten expectations corresponding with the intent of the United States Constitution. The United States Congress, both Senate and House of Representatives, are now charged with reviewing all Federal laws and rescinding any laws that do not conform or comply with the United States Constitution.
- The People’s Business Act! The United States Senate and The House of Representatives shall not indulge in friendship, niceties, and expressions of admiration or engage in compliments or commendations concerning any of their fellow employees while on the clock or using the buildings purchase by tax payers. As the citizens of the United States are the rightful employers of all Federal Workers, we demand that the people’s business is tantamount and supersedes any extraneous political expressions or speeches that glorify any Congressional or Presidential workers and officials. The Congress or Presidents shall not waste the People’s time while on our time clock bestowing laudation or expressions of admiration upon elected officials, whether deserved or not. Any and all Federal colleagues are to be considered co-workers and any friendships must be reserved for when elected officials clock out for the day.
- Welfare Means Testing Rules! 1. All citizens with sound mind and body must find employment after two years of welfare payments. Each week, all welfare recipients must submit at least five signed statements from potential employers to verify that recipients are actively searching for employment. 2. Women that become pregnant while receiving public assistance will be refused further financial assistance if they already have two children. A third child born during the public assistance cycle as well as the two children already living with her will be subjected to foster care until the mother gains full employment. If a third child is born to a woman on public assistance, she will automatically be charged with child abuse and lose rights to her children until such time she gains full employment to support her offspring. 3. Fathers of children receiving public assistance will be charged with child abuse if no financial assistance is offered as support. Fathers capable of financial assistance for their children must comply with support payments or they must lose their license to drive and may be subjected to garnishment and possible incarceration.
- Re-enforcement of Defense of Marriage Act! In a civil society, certain issues must be defined and established beyond doubt. Such decisions must be expressed without vague interpretations. This act will reaffirm, without ambiguity and in black and white terms that the natural laws of human interactions dictate that formal and official marriage is between a man and a woman. In a civil society, the meaning of marriage must be indisputable. Any other interpretation of marriage is a slippery slope, loaded with all shades of grey and is vague and uncertain at best. If the definition of marriage includes marriage to same gender humans, marriage to animals, marriage of more than one spouse and a host of other unnatural matrimony combinations, our civil society with descend into a cesspool of anarchy and depravity.
- The President of the United States may not make appointments to any Federal office while Congress is in session. Recess appointments could only be made when Congress is officially adjourned until the next session of Congress. Such adjournment shall be issued by a selected member of Congress. The chosen agent shall declare Congress in recess using both oral and written form. Unless such procedure is followed, the President may not make appointments.
- Separation of Church and State Does Not Exist in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution Act. The term, “Separation of Church and State”, does not exist in the United States Constitution. This idea was a Misinterpretation by a leftist Supreme Court Justice, Hugo Black. He was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of a strategy to load the bench with like thinking Socialists. Justice Black was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan and was hostile towards the Catholic Church. The Separation Doctrine must be studied thoroughly by this Convention to rid the United States of this wretched betrayal of America’s founding.
- Federal Asset Sell Off Rule. Any and all Federal buildings and possessions, including unused buildings, unused space in buildings and lands that serve no practical purpose for the Federal Government must be sold to private entities within one month from the ratification of this Convention.
- Reform of Freedom of Information Act Citizens Right To Know. The temporary elected Federal politicians shall no longer conceal information from the Citizens of the United States. Congress shall review all documents referred to as secret or top secret. Any and all information that does not jeopardize Life and Limb of any United States Citizen must be released to the public.
- Clean bill amendment. Any law considered for passage must undergo the Constitution Test and each submitted bill must be clean with no additional items attached (PORK). Items attached to bills up for consideration (PORK) are heretofore banned. A President must use the Line Item Veto if there are other unrelated items attached to a bill passed by Congress.
- Media Bias Reform Act. This reform may be very controversial and the author is depending on vigorous debate by all American Citizens. We must be wary that The Rights to Free Speech and the Rights to Free Press are not diminished in any final decision by this Convention.
- Eminent Domain Reform. Income earned from acts of labor, in the form of cash, products or services, shall be considered private property and may not be seized by Government. The Federal Income Tax Shall be repealed. The National Consumption Tax, otherwise known as the Fair Tax or National Sales Tax shall replace the Federal Income Tax. All property, land, home or business shall be considered Private Property and may not be seized by any form of Government. A body of Government may seize such property only when Life and Limb of any United States Citizen is a probable outcome. Public danger must be proven in a court of law before a Government Seizure of Private Property. The Government must provide due process and Fair and just compensation to the owner if and when such Private Property takings occur.
- Separation of Government and Business Amendment. The Federal Government shall not be involved with saving, bailing out or propping up any and all Private Industry and business. Such Businesses are responsible for their own management and must submit to Bankruptcy for re-organization if needed. Such relationships between Federal Government and Business are known as Fascism and are hereby considered illegal. Stimulus, using tax payer funds and intended to save a business or businesses or to stimulate the economy is now banned.
- Federal Employee Dismissal Act. All Federal employees terminated for Wrongdoing or sub-par performance must be permanently dismissed from the Federal work force. Employees that continually prove to be inadequate may not be re-assigned to another position within the Federal Government and may not receive payment during any suspension. In any case, if poor job performance and/or wrongdoing are unsubstantiated, that Federal worker must be paid in full for days suspended.
- Lobbyist Reform Act. Elimination of Nepotism in Government. Lobbyists are often relatives of important and influential elected and unelected officials. It must be illegal for any person related to such a person of power to be registered as a lobbyist. Furthermore, Lobbyists may not meet with any elected or unelected official to influence them for personal or group causes. As with all citizens, Lobbyists must contact elected and unelected officials through written appeals. Lobbyist that send or give monetary funds to any official to influence that official must be charged with attempted Fraud and conspiracy to bribe. Any elected and unelected official that accepts gifts or monetary funds from any lobbyist must immediately be replaced and face the possibility of large fines and /or incarceration.
- Judicial review and reform amendment. The Supreme Court must gather each week to review all past, current and intended laws authored by Congress. They must sift through all laws on the books and decide Constitutionality of those laws. It is apparent that the Supreme Court is not meeting their obligations. They do not gather frequently enough to earn their pay. They must discuss issues on a daily basis and clock in and out as normal citizens. Their first order of business once this document is ratified is to again review the Affordable Care Act, (Obama Care). Although the court determined the law is a tax, they did not discuss the constitutionality of compelling United States Citizens to purchase a service or product. It is very vague and completely unreasonable to assume a tax of any kind could force our citizens to purchase anything. To prevent tyranny of the few, each decision by the Supreme Court must be ratified by two-thirds of the Fifty United States before their decisions could be converted to the law of the land. Such concentrated power to declare law as constitutional, in the hands of a few men and women, is contrary to our Founders intentions. When our founders constructed the Constitution, they did not expect the Supreme Court or any court to gain the unprecedented and exorbitant power the judiciary now processes.
- Voting reform act. Any voter fraud perpetrated by any citizen or non-citizen shall be considered as a treasonous act and subjected to the penalties associated with treason if proven guilty. Voting is one of the cherished methods for each citizen to redress its government. To nullify that right when candidates and their surrogates perpetrate such fraud must be dealt with in the harshest terms. Any voting fraud perpetrated by any United States citizen, including voting more than once, must receive at least 10 years of incarceration. Voting machines shall not be programmed until each machine reaches its final destination. Certified programmers shall test each machine upon arrival to a final destination to determine viability and prior tampering. If a machine or machines are found to be programmed prior to reaching a final destination for public voting, that machine or machines shall be immediately inactive and rejected. Voting in any Federal election will be allowed for four days only on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. A fail safe system must be devised to allow citizens to complete their ballots using encrypted computer software. Once completed and printed out, each citizen must submit to National voter Identification law and insert the completed ballot into a certified voting machine. Those citizens that are unable to physically vote must choose from a list of certified citizen surrogates to complete the voting for them. Those citizens without computers or printing capacity may complete their ballots at designated computer cafes or libraries. In the future, if and when computer voting is fail-safe and cannot be disturbed in any way, all voters may be able to vote in the comfort of their homes.
- Elimination of Immunity Act. No elected or unelected official, either foreign or domestic shall be immune from the laws of the United States of America.
- Birth Certificate, Health History and Education History Act. Any candidate for Federal Office must submit all personal records. An original birth certificate, and all health and educational records must be presented to the public for review before any candidacy could proceed. It is the right of each United States Citizen to know as much as possible about each candidate to make reasonable decisions in casting votes.
- Gangs are Terrorist Organizations Act. Any man or woman found to be an active member of any violent gang or group must be considered a Terrorist subject to losing United States Citizenship and subjected to all penalties reserved for terrorists.
- Sunshine Law. All elected and unelected officials must conduct all our business in full view of all citizens of the United States. Transparency must be the law of the land if we are to again trust our elected and unelected officials.
- Electoral College Reform Act! To allow various boroughs, precincts and divisions within each of our fifty States to gain substantial influence in our National Presidential Elections. Each such demarcation of populated areas must receive a certain number of the total of electoral votes allowed for each State. The old system of winner take all of electoral votes designated for each shall be eliminated. This new system would allow rural areas a significant and fair influence in Presidential elections. As it stands, the urban areas of each state have undue influence in the number of electoral votes distributed by each State.
- Privatize Post Office Act
DIRECTIVES FOR ALL CITIZENS
From time to time, the American People must review their employees. That review is two hundred years overdue. It is apparent our employees, the elected and unelected officials in Washington D.C. are uncontrollable and must be restrained in accordance with our Founding Father’s intentions for a small, unobtrusive Federal Government. This author prays this document culminates in an assembly of the 2nd Constitutional Convention of the United States. It is well noted that many citizens from the entire political spectrum, from left to right, oppose such a Convention. Since this would be only the 2nd Constitutional Convention in our history, rumors and opinions from pundits are only innuendo and assumptions. After all, our founders were skeptical from the beginning to the end of their convention. Yet, they were pleasantly surprised with the absolute Patriotism and desire for freedom their final product reflected. In our time in history, it is no different. United States citizens yearn to maintain the Constitutional Republic our founders gave us. Unfortunately, the freedoms and liberties bestowed on us are slipping away. A club of aristocrat-like elected officials in Washington D.C. threaten our freedoms and our Republic. They disregard, sidestep, skirt and even step upon the United States Constitution in their quests for power and wealth. The consolidation of extreme power and wealth in a centralized Government is a cancer that threatens to transform our Republic into a dark and bleak dictatorship. A Constitutional Convention would allow United States citizens to protect the Constitutional Representative Republic our Founders gave us. It is time the despotism is completely halted. I’ve authored 53 suggestions for debate. All my ideas are intended to enhance our founder’s visions without damaging the message. I am not perfect and my ideas are only meant as a framework and beginning for debate by hopefully, millions of U.S. citizens. Whether you agree or not, our nation is in jeopardy of becoming a dictatorship of just a few men and woman. If you are a freedom loving citizen, you are welcome to join the debate. I want to hear from as many reasonable and logical citizens as possible.
1. Copy this document and send it to as many friends, relatives and countrymen as possible. The reader may add any amendments, acts or new suggestions for amendments. Send your revised document back to me and as many citizens as possible. However, do not eliminate anything. You many send me your revised documents or simply send comments or criticisms to my e-mail rosestone173@yahoo.com or hrosenstein@comcast.net
2. You may comment, suggest, or criticize any idea as long as innuendo and name calling are not used. The Convention will sift through the expected thousands of suggestions and immediately reject any disruptive, mocking, vulgar, obscene or profane submissions. Keep in mind when contemplating additions, suggestions or replying, “What would the Founders think and do?” Socialists and Communists may not participate.
2. DO NOT ELIMINATE ANY OF THE AUTHOR’S SUGGESTIONS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADDITIONS FROM ANYONE. Any copies received will be eliminated if any original information is deleted. I want ideas from Conservative U.S. Citizens to be well thought out and serious. Any ideas that are intended to sabotage this Convention or are intended to undermine it will be immediately rejected. Feel free to add or criticize and then send the revision to me. Please, also send your document to as many patriots as possible. IF AND WHEN THIS CONVENTION ASSEMBLES, ALL IDEAS WILL BE CONSIDERED! THIS MOVEMENT MUST GAIN TRACTION IF WE ARE TO SAVE AMERICA.
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR,
The idea for a Conservative Constitutional Convention is not intended to gain fame or fortune for myself. I am concerned that Washington D.C. has accumulated inordinate power and wealth and our elected officials are more concerned with themselves and their own power and prestige. I fear our Constitution has taken a backseat to the growing Kingdom in the District of Columbia. I am truly afraid for our Nation and it needs to be saved from an impending, creeping Tyranny. We cannot afford to waste years in hoping Constitutionalists are elected to office in great numbers. I believe an impending tyranny is less than a year away, especially with the liberty and freedom stunting implementation of Obama Care. It is time for all American Patriots to unite.
I need as much help as possible from as many people as possible:
1. Professional funding specialists
2. Professional producers, directors and organizers
3. Computer specialists and programmers
4. Advertising agents and firms
5. English language specialists and editors
6. Audio and visual experts (photographers, TV cameramen….et.)
7. All professionals and specialists from every region of the United States
8. Any and all concerned United States Citizens and your ideas to quell our rogue Representatives.
THIS IS OUR LAST AND BEST CHANCE TO SAVE AMERICA BEFORE WE ARE RULED BY A DICTATORSHIP.
Author of the 2nd Constitutional Convention, Howard K. Rosenstein
