"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."


This opening statement, commonly referred to as the Preamble to our Constitution, is our Constitution's most important words. It is the missions statement for our government. 

Whether those elected to government office back in the 1800's actually obtained the majority consent of their constituents is no longer relivant, this record claims that "the People of the United States... ordain and establish this Constitution."

"Article. I.

"Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."

This has greater importance than most people realize.

1)  "All Legislative Powers" granted in the Constitution rest solely with the Congress of the United States. Period. No exceptions

To my knowledge, Article 1. Section 1. has not yet been legally amended. Therefore, the Executive Branch, executive orders are unconstitutional; or they have no weight or power of law in that they are not enforceable upon the People.

Also, this prohibits the Judicial Branch from using precedence in deciding cases. It also prohibits sentences other than those specifically stated in the supposed broken law. Prohibited also is that of charging people whether guilty or innocent for exercising their right to a jury trial, regardless of whether the jury might render a guilty or innocent verdict.

2) The House of Representatives, according to the definition of representative as found in the Declaration, all actions by the House of Representatives must act, " in the Name, and by Authority of the good People."

3) This opens the door to one of the many loopholes in our Constitution that allows an ever corruptible political body to do as they please.

The loophole rests in the word "good." This becomes problematic when politicians create laws the People in majority do not want. Doing so creates criminals where there are none. 

To repair this loophole, We the People of the USA need to define representative; that or re-possess the power to make laws and do this for ourselves. By doing so, we eliminate the cost of supporting an unnecessary corruptible duplication in our political structure. 

The reason I say "unnecessary corruptible duplication" is this:

Corruptible, in that smaller numbers, are by nature, easier to corrupt than are much larger masses. We witness this today in our Legislative branch that bends to the will of lobbyist when it conflicts the will of the People.

Duplication, in that if those elected truly represented the will of their constituents, then why not let the People speak for themselves. This does not mean that every person need travel to Washington, DC to vote on every law or government program. 

My proposal starts all laws and programs at the local level of government as needed, when needed. You and your community decide what programs and laws get funding and not by your vote. If a community issue is common within several localities, then the county collectively may call for a vote. Larger issues may require state or federal funding and must be passed up through the people by petition in the proposed effected areas.

This reasoning is sound. What works for small populations where needed often differs with larger populations. It is cost efficient to work the bugs and glitches out of a smaller project, than a massive one that may not work the first time.

In this manner, by the time a law or program gets close to becoming national, far more People favor it and know about it than when it starts nationally and filters down.

Unnecessary: in that for the reasons addressed above, lobbyist have to sway many more voters to get their will than at present, and the People are assured their voice is accurately represented on each issue. In addition, the People retain a minimum of $10,000,000,000 every year that is presently squandered on pork-barrel spending, paying the lifetime wages and benefits to those no longer loyal to the voice of the People.

"Section. 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. 

"No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons [Modified by Amendment XIV]. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. 

"When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

"The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment."

The statement just previous regarding "the sole Power of Impeachment" opens another loophole.

This particular loophole gradually strips the right of the People to choose their own Representatives. The sole deciders as to which Representatives should leave office prior to the end of their terms is that of the People of the jurisdiction the individual is supposed to represent. This same goes for the impeachment of Judicial and Executive officers generally.

As mentioned previously, there exists at least two ways to repair this loophole:

1) Amend our Constitution so that the People have the sole power of impeachment.

2) Return all Legislative Power to the People as mentioned earlier, which also includes the power to impeach.
 

"Section. 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof [Modified by Amendment XVII], for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

"Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies [Modified by Amendment XVII]. 

"No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

"The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

"The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

"The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law."

The paragraph just previous seems to conflict with the House of Representative's power to impeach. Aside from that, the same loophole and remedy exists. It removes power from the People to select their own leaders and discharge their own leaders when they feel it necessary to do so. 

Additionally, this violates the right of the People as defined in the Declaration about altering or abolishing forms of their government. Forms of government also include those people elected to oversee its activity.

"Section. 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

"The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December [Modified by Amendment XX], unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

"Section. 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

"Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member."

The paragraph just previous, aside being the same loophole and requiring similarly remedies, it removes power from the People to select their own leaders and discharge their own leaders when they feel it necessary to do so. 



"Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

The "Secrecy" clause disturbs me for several reasons:

1) What possibly requires the need for the "employed" to keep secrets from their "employer"?

This only appears naive to few. Some claim secret weapons are necessary. However, I counter with, If the People do not want specific types of weapons used by their military, shouldn't the People have that right?

When a political body has the power to decide what requires secrecy, we arrive the destination we now find ourselves. The destination where the People in majority no longer trust the political bodies they elect, or that remain in office. Within this secrecy, these political bodies enable themselves to pass legislation the People do not want; (such as, it is in your best interest whether you know it or not; and worse yet, whether you agree with it or not).

The very nature of secrecy breeds distrust. How do you feel when you sit in a room and two other people whisper back and forth to each other, and you sometimes make eye-contact and they stop.

A little uneasy are you?

Perhaps they stopped simply because they thought it bothered you that they whispered (about their weekend plans).



"Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

"Section. 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."

Apparently, the People of the USA are supposed to vote as to whether the elected officials receive a raise or more benefits; especially since the representatives are required to seek the consent of the People before passing such compensations to themselves.


"No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

"Section. 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."

Simply, the People have to grant the House of Representative the Power to spend the money their Bills require. When the House fails this simple task, it commits treason against the People of the USA.



"Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States;[2] If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

"Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

"Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"

Well... this pretty much restricts what our government can do with the funds collected. 

1) Pay the debts of the United States, to which the People must approve those debts. Otherwise, the political leaders are fully liable for those debts when they do not first obtain the consent of the People for the expense.

2) For the common defense of the United States; again, all debts incurred to which the People had not approved are the sole debt of the politicians who spent that money.

3) The general welfare of the United States; to which I add my own opinion as to what this includes. This includes such projects as providing electricity, communication, safe roads and bridges, basic education, access to medical assistance, among other infrastructures. Repeating, all such funds and debts spent that the People did not approve are the sole debt of the political individuals who spent those funds.

"To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; "

Admittedly, I am somewhat puzzled by this ability to borrow money; especially when in just a few more lines the government has the ability to "coin Money," which is the power to produce money."

Additionally, if the People had approved certain projects, programs, and laws, then funding such is done through taxation; thus nearly eliminating the need for the government to borrow money at all.



"To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;"

Nothing here allows Congress to regulate commerce within a state. Nor does it permit Congress to force states to import product they can produce themselves. Nor does it allow Congress to withhold federal funding from states in order to Force them to pass laws they do not desire.



"To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

"To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;"

Here is serious indications that the USA is a Unified body with common factors. Common/unified money with the same value.

Thought I make a stretch, the reach is not terrible far. A common/unified language is necessary for a unified Nation. Without it, the divided People soon fall.



"To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

"To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

If we read this previous section about promoting the progress of science and useful arts through limited exclusive rights, this does not permit Congress to pass spending bills that actually fund these projects; unless the People, in the majority, expressly permit such funding.



"To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

"To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

"To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;"

Once again, Congress, which includes the House of Representatives, MUST gain the consent of the People before declaring war.

Declaring war differs considerably from defending attacks from another nation. I believe powers is granted before hand to the President to DEFEND the country if another nation attacks the USA.



"To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

"To provide and maintain a Navy;

"To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

"To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

"To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"

The militia, being private citizens, in essence is a draft of a specific type; that of calling forth those with arms who have trained and organized to use them in the defense of a free state. These People, these militia, cannot be drafted into foreign service.

Now, we need to differentiate between a state militia and a private militia since a state militia may not always serve to insure a "free state" as is the private or civilian militia's duty.

As for protecting our nation, we have the four active duty armed forces, the four reserve duty armed forces, the two national and coat guards, the FBI, CIA, NIS, Border Patrol, Homeland Security, and several other I'm not thinking of at the moment. All of these have the primary objective to Protect the USA from both foreign and domestic enemies; whether those national enemies be from a foreign nation or from oue own political leaders.



"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; — And

"To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

"Section. 9. The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

"The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

This last couple lines rises cause for concern in a free society.

Rebellion or Invasion and Pubic Safety; just who is the deciding factor? I know they do not refer to the throwing off, altering or abolishing of government, the People reserved that right in the Declaration of Independence.

Once again, Congress can only take such actions once they acquire the consent of the People to do so, as defined by Representatives. For them to do so without the consent of the People first is an attack against the People.



"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

"No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

"No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another."

Ever wonder why in most markets, the same products cost much the same whether shipped from Maine or California to the same store?

This prohibits Congress from subsidizing any business to the detriment of harming others.

In the real world, so to speak, if I live and shop in Maine; going to the local market where the product I seek is supplied by both a local (Maine) grower and another from a California grower; the retail cost of the California product should be prohibitively higher solely because of the shipping costs and additional handing.



"No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."

The present unfortunate aspect of this has to do with our politicians selling our nation's assets to foreign countries. To do this, they use private and foreign money  so they do not have to disclose such uses to the People.

This is another loophole we the People must close.



"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

"Section. 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility."

I had to look at this again. States can coin both silver and gold as legal tender. I might not have to look too deeply, but don't states frequently make laws that impair a person's contractual obligations?



"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws; and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."



"Article. II.

"Section. 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:"

Let me understand, "executive Power" the power to execute?

Here, I do not refer to that of an executioner in a death squad or such. This term "executive Power" identifies this person as the one who carries out the orders (in this case, the orders from Congress; who in turn make appropriate laws and programs that the People approve). 

This, as well as Article. I. earlier, prohibit the president from making rules and laws that are binding on the People of the USA. He cannot even do so with the approval of Congress, because Congress does not have the People's authority to do so.

For one to do and the others to allow, both branches openly rebel against the People of the United States of America, thus committing treason; becoming enemies of the People of the United States. 



"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

"The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President [Modified by Amendment XII].

"The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States."

Personally, I tend to think the electoral college out dated and needing retiring. If for no other reason than the People recognizing that their vote no longer matters. As such causing an unrest among the People, endangering our domestic tranquility, common defense, and the blessing of liberty not only for ourselves but our posterity.



"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

"In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected [Modified by Amendment XXV]."

When Congress has the Power, without the consent of the People to remove a political leader from office, they dishonor the will of the People. This loophole allows a group of politicians to create their own organization, which can and now does for the most part, rule contrary to the People.

Congress should only have power to try the remove a president only when the People of the USA petition them to do so; but the final decision for the actual removal, or not, should be that of the People.



"The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

"Section. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

"He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."

My opinion here is that the approval of treaties, declarations of war, and the like, should have the consent of the People; especially since the People are the ones primarily affected by them.



"The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

"Section. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."

There it is. The definition of the "executive Power," "to take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed..."


"Section. 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

"Article. III.

"Section. 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office. 

"Section. 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State [Modified by Amendment XI]; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

"The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

"Section. 3. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

"The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted."

Here is another of the loopholes. Many of the People's dictionaries hold as one of the top definitions for treason, that of, "a betrayal of trust," or "the betrayal of a public trust."

If this definition were amended into our Constitution, it would make elected political leader liable for treason if they did not work toward the promises they campaigned to do. Though this is not a guarantee of completion, it assures the official will not work contrary to those promises lest being subject to penalties of treason against the People of the USA.



"Article. IV.

"Section. 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

As previously, if sufficient numbers of People petition for access to records, those petitions overrule that of Congress.



"Section. 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

"A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

"No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due [Modified by Amendment XIII].

"Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

"The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State."

Section. 3. Sounds interesting. If the United States owns these territories or other property, why not just make them additional states and subject to the laws and rules of all the others. Unfortunately, this rule allows congress to possess lands distant from our shores so they do not have to work within the confines of the People's regulations. Such an example is that of defining torture.  



"Section. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.

This section opens another loophole. That of a "Republic Form of Government." Have we not in recent years fought to overthrow several "Republics" like Cuba?

This loophole fortunately has a patch called amending it to read, "Representative Republic." A stronger patch, if needed, is that of the People's right and Duty to alter, abolish, and throw off their forms of government and institute new forms. 



"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 [Possibly abrogated by Amendment XVII]."

Though not actually written into the Constitution, the third manner by which our Present Constitution can be altered, abolished, or thrown off, is with the power of the United People of the USA to do so. Such right and duty identified in our Declaration of Independence.



"Article. VI.

"All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Though named the "supreme Law of the Land," only the Declaration of Independence trumps it regarding the People's right and Duty to reform their government when they consider it necessary to do so, which includes completely rewriting our Constitution.



"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.



"Article. VII.

"The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,


In Convention Monday, September 17th, 1787.



Resolved,

That the preceeding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the Opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the People thereof, under the Recommendation of its Legislature, for their Assent and Ratification; and that each Convention assenting to, and ratifying the Same, should give Notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled. Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a Day on which Electors should be appointed by the States which have ratified the same, and a Day on which the Electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the Time and Place for commencing Proceedings under this Constitution. That after such Publication the Electors should be appointed, and the Senators and Representatives elected: That the Electors should meet on the Day fixed for the Election of the President, and should transmit their Votes certified, signed, sealed and directed, as the Constitution requires, to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled, that the Senators and Representatives should convene at the Time and Place assigned; that the Senators should appoint a President of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening and counting the Votes for President; and, that after he shall be chosen, the Congress, together with the President, should, without Delay, proceed to execute this Constitution.

By the Unanimous Order of the Convention

Go. WASHINGTON — Presidt.
W. JACKSON Secretary.


"Bill of Rights

"Amendment. I.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Please understand, although this amendment names certain of the People's rights, it sole focus is that of limiting or prohibiting government power. Note: "Congress shall make no law respecting..." these specific rights.

Congress can make no laws regarding what constitutes a religion nor regarding it being taxed or not. My opinion is that government must treat religion like any other business or individual.

Such restrictions also apply to right to freedom of speech, right to freedom of the press, the right of the People to assemble, and the right of the People to petition government for redress. Most importantly, what is not stated here, is that of the Right and Duty of the People alter, abolish, and throw off such forms of government that violates this amendment.



"Amendment. II.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

Many people debate this amendment as to whether it allows the People (civilians) to keep and bear arms. 

When reading other parts of this Constitution, the writers make us familiar with terms regarding a standing army, navy, armories, etc. 

Let's simply break the statement apart: "(What) A well regulated Militia, (Purpose) being necessary to the security of a free State, (Whose Right) the right of the people (To Do What) keep and bear Arms, (Limitation on Political Power) shall not be infringed."

What this does not say, is that only armories shall keep arms, nor does it state that only the army or the navy shall bear arms.

Regarding the types of arms? What ever technology develops and whatever the individual is "well regulated" (well trained) to use. This does not even require the government to provide the training.

Should everyone have access to atomic arms?

No!

Should any who are well trained for the security of a free (people) state?

Yes, if they so desire.

Our founders were making it legal for us to take up arms against our government should the need so rise. Only corrupted governments make it illegal for the People to stand against it.



"Amendment. III.

"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

This, pretty much self-explanatory, is another clear example of proof that these "Bill of Rights" serve the sole purpose of limiting or restricting certain political actions.

Note here the difference between a soldier and of the militia mentioned earlier.



"Amendment. IV.

"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 persons or things to be seized."

Remember, it was not until about 1837 that the telegraph was invented. To expect the Constitutional writers in about 1787 to name telecommunications, internet communications, and other forms unknown at the time rings of insanity.

Although the World Wide Web, cell phones, autos, and other communication and transport eivices not yet know do not make the 3rd amendment's list by name, the term "effects" clearly covers all these and more. Effects defined includes someone's belongings or that which is in their possession at the time. 

Through these first ten amendments, affectionately know as the Bill of Rights, I intend to drill the fact these are not identifying our rights, these are eliminating unwarranted and limiting political/government intrusion into our lives. Evidence appears with the phrase, "against 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 persons or things to be seized."

Such warrants must name the persons providing the information, and later amendments provide the accused with the right to confront said people in court.

Focus: the limitation of government power, not identifying individual or society rights.



"Amendment. V.