Project “Reliving 1776” Core Beliefs
To avoid falling for just anything, one must believe in and stand for something! RELIVING 1776 believes: Leadership armed with a viable plan can turn organizations and individuals into a team and dreams into reality. The plan must incorporate Mr. Medori Severi’s advice saying "Until we abandon our manifold private agendas and unite, we will merely be hapless observers standing at the bottom of a dark, deep pit, wistfully hoping to save the world, but really doing little more than breaking the fall of compatriots who are pushed in on top of us….;” it must honor Gillaume Pitt’s advice saying "every meeting, every conference, and every conversation is a failure that does not produce an army. The first requisite of an army is to subscribe to service.…;" and it must assure everyone helping implement the plan is free to pursue their special interests while working with others on actions of mutual interest. The Declaration of Independence is our Nation's birth certificate and our Constitution’s cornerstone. For lawful government to exist, it must comply with the principles and policies set forth in these documents and the Bill of Rights when interpreted in the spirit and intent of America’s founders. Through the Constitution, the States created the federal government as their AGENT. As principals to the Constitution and under the Law of Agency, our States possess the ultimate authority and responsibility for the proper interpretation and implementation of the Constitution. In consideration of the power granted the Federal government by the States, each State is guaranteed a Republican form of government and is to be protected from invasion by Art. IV, Sec. 4 of the Constitution. Treaties, a purview of the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, cannot lawfully create law as Art. 1 Sec.1 of our Constitution vested all legislative powers in the Congress. Since the House of Representatives has no authority over Treaties, any attempt to use them to create law is an unlawful act. The Constitution's 10th Amendment stating "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution .... are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people" provides incontestable evidence that the only lawful powers of the Federal Government are those specified in the Constitution. No elected or appointed official has - nor has had - any lawful authority to alter the intent of our Nation’s founding fathers as set forth in our Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights. To be lawful, every Executive Order, Supreme Court decision, Presidential Decision Directive, Constitutional Amendment, Proclamation, or other writing must be in the interest of advancing the cause of life, liberty, and the happiness of the American people. The U. S. Supreme Court was correct in saying: a. "This Court has regularly and uniformly recognized the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty" and “ it would be manifestly contrary to the objectives of those who created the Constitution, let alone alien to our Constitutional history and tradition to construe Article 6 as permitting the United States to exercise power under an international agreement without observing Constitutional prohibitions.” (Reid vs Covert) b. "a law repugnant to the Constitution is void." (Marbury vs Madison) c. "Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them." (Miranda vs Arizona) d. “whatever the outer limits of the (states) Sovereignty may be, one thing is clear; the Federal Government may not compel the States to enact or administer a Federal regulatory program….Where Congress exceeds its authority relative to the States, departure from the constitutional plan cannot be ratified by ‘consent’ of State officials.” New York vs. United States112 S. Ct 2408 (1992) It is a prerogative of the states to exercise the doctrines of “interposition” and “nullification” and to reject Federal legislation with which they disagree. (see South Carolinas 1832 Ordinance of Nullification) the 11/22/1994 Republican governor allegation saying "Federal action has exceeded the clear bounds of its jurisdiction under the Constitution and thus violated rights guaranteed the people" is true; is supported by an abundance of evidence; is an adequate definition of America’s problem and that those responsible for the action and its perpetuation are guilty of crimes falling under Title 18 of the U. S. Criminal code. the Republican governors pledge “to restore to the states and the people the prerogatives and freedoms guaranteed them by the Constitution” is a satisfactory goal for people wanting to live under a lawfully constituted form of government and should be jointly pursued by them. it’s highly doubtful that action needed to correct our problem will ever receive a hearing in Congress due to its committees being controlled by those who have created and/or perpetuated our “problem.” . Therefore, RELIVING 1776 will focus on inspiring meaningful state action as we know: our states are, in law, the principals to the Constitution; that our problem is a result of state legislatures failing to enforce the provisions of the Constitution; that it is through them that a state may act in its highest sovereign capacity in dealing with the unconstitutional “Federal action” and it will be state action that restores our Constitution and satisfies our goal, if it is ever to be restored. the political ‘clout’ needed to realize meaningful state action must come from an undeniable political force which can best be generated by ‘we the concerned’ uniting - not in body but in spirit and action; an objective of RELIVING 1776. organizations and individuals wanting to help satisfy the RELIVING 1776 goal should register with ACE by going to www.A4CE.org/ |