The Bill of Rights

Articles to be added to the Bill of Rights

Additions to Freedom of Speech

• Freedom of speech requires that private citizens own all the means of communication. This includes, but is not limited to, mail, telephone, radio, TV, communication satellites, and the electromagnetic spectrum itself. This ownership must be tax free and unregulated and unlicensed to prevent government encroachment.

  Note: Some will object that this leaves a loophole for pornography. Such a loophole is not as bad as government control. In any case, experience teaches us that if pornography is to be controlled, it must be by the people and not by the government.

Additions to Keeping and Bearing Arms

• The right of citizens to keep and bear weapons shall be absolute and include at least all firearms, destructive devices, chemical weapons, explosives, etc. All citizens have the absolute right to go armed, to carry weapons openly or concealed. Compulsory registration or taxation of weapons or ammunition is prohibited. This right applies even to convicted criminals, unless a jury decides to suspend parts of this right to a convicted violent felon or traitorous government worker.

  Note: While this wording appears extreme, it is necessary to include all weapons that might be useful to defend yourself against criminals, as well as maintain the ability of Americans to protect themselves against government tyranny. For example, mace is a chemical weapon, and a primer is an explosive.

• The right of the people to use deadly force to defend themselves, their property, and others shall not be denied.

  Note: If a criminal attacks a policeman he has a radio, nightstick, mace, stun gun, handcuffs, gun, lots of ammunition, strength and training. If a woman is attacked, she has at best a gun with little ammo. If she does not use her equalizer quickly, she becomes a helpless victim.

• To further secure the right of the people to defend themselves, any victim or witness to a violent crime against a citizen shall be rewarded for stopping or attempting to stop a crime in progress. The reward will be 5 years tax exemption for killing the felon, 2 years for wounding, and 1 year for stopping. This applies only to the violent crimes (or attempts) of murder, rape, assault, robbery, car jacking, burglary, mugging, etc., of a private citizen, and cannot be claimed by any government employee whether police, army, or civil servant. The tax exemption shall cover all federal, state, local, and other taxes.

Right to work and trade

• The right of the people to work at their chosen profession shall not be infringed by licenses, memberships, or fees. The public shall be free to hire or fire any person for any reason or no reason.

  Note: This provision should forever forbid government interference with small business. Large corporations are not covered here.

• The right of the people to buy and sell gold and silver without restriction, registration or taxation shall not be infringed.

  Note: This merely allows the people to reject paper money and do their business using gold and silver coins or bullion.

• The right of the people to travel shall not be infringed. the people shall have the right to import or export their own private possessions without limit or duties.

  Note: Exceptions can be made for manifestly dangerous items such as anthrax or atomic bombs if the citizen is not equipped to handle the danger. This should also secure to the people the right to explore and exploit space.

Family Matters

• The right of the people to medical care of their choice or to refuse medical care shall not be infringed. The right to suicide will not be denied.

  Note: It is the intention of this right to allow the people access to any form of medical treatment they want, even experimental, controversial, and desperate treatment. Trust the people, they pay for their own mistakes.

• Parents shall have authority over their own children. They shall decide and provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, and discipline. However, a jury may allow a child to choose different (willing) parents.

  Note: This is intended to free the family from government interference yet allow a child to escape flagrant abuse.

Trials, Prosecution

• The right of the people to trial by jury shall be absolute in all cases where the defendant is put at risk for $100 or any other non cash amount. The defendant shall have the absolute right to say anything to the jury for his defense. In any criminal trial, the victim or next of kin will have the same privilege, including introducing evidence that may have been illegally gathered. In any trial without jury, the defendant may at any time pay $100 and walk free.

• No person will be tried twice for the same act, no matter how many laws might apply. The only exception is government workers, who may be tried at any time by the oversight grand jury.

• The right of the people to attend and record sight and sound of all trials and meetings of public officials shall not be denied. No secret laws, treaties or agreements will be allowed. All votes must be recorded individually, no secret or voice votes will be tolerated.

• In any civil or criminal trial where the government or any government worker is on either side, all government employees and their dependents shall be disqualified from the jury.

• The power of a judge to assess fines or penalties for contempt of court shall be limited. In all cases, a contempt of court citation can be appealed to the jury. If the jury denies the citation, the judge himself will pay/serve.

• Legal precedent in any case shall have no bearing on a subsequent case unless codified into law by the legislature.

Government

• The right of the people to separate, equal, and independent branches of government requires that no officer of the Judiciary or any licensed lawyer occupy any position in the Legislative or Executive branches.

• The right of the people to freedom from an overbearing bureaucracy requires that no civil servant be employed more than 10 years lifetime total. This does not apply to elected officials, who are limited to 2 terms per office. No term can exceed 6 years. No government job, elected, appointed, military or civil shall receive any pension or retirement money.

• The people have the right to recall any elected official and to fire any civil servant or unelected official at any time for any reason or no reason. A petition of 2% of the registered voters will require that the recall appear in the next election.

• No tax shall be applied without the consent of the taxpayers. All taxes shall be voted on by the taxpayers every 4 years, with each taxpayer voting in proportion to the taxes he has paid.

  Note: Taxation without representation is tyranny and so is representation without taxation.

Laws

• The right of the people to simple, clear laws requires that the sum total of all laws, regulations, and treaties contain no more words or letters than the Bible. Words shall have the same meaning as the common dictionary at the time. In special cases a new word can be defined only if its meaning is the same in all laws of the land.

• No law shall take effect unless every person affected by the law is notified in writing 90 days in advance.

  Note: This is not an onerous task laid upon the government. If the laws are too numerous to tell the people they are too numerous to obey.

• The people have the right to initiate any legislation of their choice. A petition of 2% of the registered voters will require a binding referendum in the next election.

• The right of the people to freedom from nobility requires that any privilege granted to one can be claimed by all. All people are equal before the law, and some people are NOT more equal than others.

Miscellaneous

• The right of the people to freedom from involuntary servitude shall not be infringed by Federal military draft and/or registration or civilian conscription.

  Note: This is intended to stop involvement in unpopular wars, yet still permit universal military training or civilian service.

• All property shall have the same rights as its owner. No property can be seized unless its owner is convicted by a jury. Any property taken as evidence must be replaced immediately by equal property lent by the seizing authority until the case is closed. Money must be replaced with money, cars with cars, etc.

• No provision of the Bill of Rights shall be infringed, changed or voided by any foreign or domestic treaty or other legal trickery.

• In case of any dispute concerning any item in these Bill of Rights, the courts shall be required to rule in favor of individual freedom and against government intervention. The God - given rights of the people are more numerous than this document can contain. The people know what their rights are; only when they are flagrently violated are they enumerated in these Bill of Rights. More need to be added as the government devises new ways to enslave the people.

Nick Hull, < nhull@isp.com >
Secretary, Committees of Correspondence
2702 Kimbrell Road, Lenoir City, Tennessee 37772
865-856-6185

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