Restoring Constitutional Governance

 

UPDATE from Valley Forge: FRIDAY, Aug 13, 2010 (REJOINORDIE REPORT now includes letter to AZ Gov. Brewer, VA Attorney General Cuccinelli and SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts)

 

  We the People have a problem. In fact, we have a whole host of problems, not the least of which is our refusal to use the God-given "common sense" we were born with. There are 50 states in the United States, but it wasn't always that way. This country started when 13 colonies declared their independence from a tyrannical monarchy, and then as independent states, enjoined themselves to form a nation with a Divinely-inspired compact, they called the "New Constitution."

Three major cases are winding their way through the federal judiciary right now that shouldn't be there. A lawyer I know counseled me against calling it a "kangaroo court" because he said there is no evidence that a preconceived outcome is afoot. Well, I guess in respect to the individual cases that may be true, but in the bigger scheme of things, they are ALL "kangaroo court proceedings" because in the grander scheme of things, We the People, and the sovereign states that created a federal government have no rule book by which we can expect a fair hearing.

The federal judiciary, with the help of Congress, is making up the rules as they go. In my opinion, the pre-determined outcome is to finish abolishing States' Rights, and to further divide We the People so that we won't put our differences aside and work together for the common good, as the Founders advised.

Case 1: U.S. v. State of Arizona  (SB-1070)

Case 2: U.S. v. State of California  (Defense of Marriage)

Case 3: U.S. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (ObamaCare)

In each of these cases, a U.S. District Court Judge has issued rulings that affect entire states. In each case, the respective legislatures of the sovereign states passed state legislation that their governors in-turn signed into law that affect millions of their citizens, and yet in each case, one inferior court judge, hearing the case before them, has issued injunctions, and passed judgment on a not-so-inferior party in their respective cases.

No offense to the District Court judges, but they are out of their league, and have ZERO jurisdiction to even hear the cases, let alone pass judgment. Why do I say that? Simple, because that is what the U.S. Constitution says.

The Framers of the Constitution recognized that there would be times when a single state might disagree with the federal government, or vise-versa. They also knew that a case involving a whole state was more important than one than involved a single citizen. The citizens of those 13 confederated states eventually signed a contract with each other that included an acknowledgment of the special circumstances that might arise if a "State" was a party in a case where the result might impact the entire Republic, and they did NOT leave it to the lesser or inferior courts to be the "first to hear the case."

No siree, they did not. States which find themselves embroiled in a legal controversy with the federal government get "front-of-the-line" privileges, bypassing all the inferior courts. States get to have their cases heard before the supreme court in the land, the Supreme Court of the United States.

U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2, Clause 2, Part One, reads:

"In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers, and Consuls, and those in which a State is Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction."

It does not say the Supreme Court "may" have original jurisdiction. It says SHALL.

Legal and political pundits would have you believe that "precedent" and "statutes" have been in place for decades that allow the federal government to sue a state, or vise-versa, and use the U.S. District Court system to act as the court of "original jurisdiction." This practice has been made near perfect for the political animals amongst us, for it affords them the opportunity to gather political capital as the cases proceed through the rat-maze of the appellate process, and it eases the burden on the Supreme Court to actually have to sit through and actually "hear" cases.

Depending on how a case is going, and which way the political winds are blowing, when it reaches the Supreme Court, they have the option, primarily at the discretion of the Chief Justice, as to whether they will even hear the appealed case at all, or simply let the appellate decision stand.

This can be a very handy shell game to play on the ignorant, and rarely is justice served, and rarely is REAL scrutiny applied to the Supreme Court and its occupants.

By the time most cases make it to the Supreme Court through the appellate process, the majority of the public has forgotten about the case altogether, and find themselves saying, "Oh, yeah. I remember that...," when they hear of the Supreme Court's ruling.

Do the elected leaders of a State have the right to marginalize the sovereignty of that State by participating in an un-Constitutional inferior court proceeding on behalf of the State? No, they do not, and yet, over time that has become the norm. We the People, so busy with our pursuits of happiness, haven't even taken the time to read the Constitution and Bill of Rights put in place to protect our liberties and freedoms, and over the centuries, aspiring men and women, playing on our ignorance, have nibbled away at the very sovereignty of the States. And these States, I might add, are supposed to be powerful enough to stand between us and a rogue, out-of-control federal government.

How can a State do that, if they allow themselves to be relegated to an "inferior" status? How can a State expect it will get a fair hearing of its grievances, in a timely manner, such that the inner-workings of that state and its citizenry aren't held hostage for years, waiting for justice to pay them a visit.

Uncle Sam, looking down his nose, is telling Virgina, Arizona, and California, "We'll get to you in our own sweet time. Go play in the inferior courts for a while. Maybe when you appeal to the Supreme Court, we'll try to squeeze you into our busy schedule."

That may not be what the occupants of SCOTUS say, but that is the reality, and it IS OUR FAULT.

We the People must demand that our respective States stand up for their State's Rights when Uncle Sam comes a calling with a complaint against them.

If we find that our State's Attorney General and/or Governor doesn't have the backbone to stand up for a State's Right against the federal government, then we must replace them. An oath to uphold the Constitution is no small commitment, and we must stop letting our elected and appointed officials "fudge" on that commitment.

Are we "united" States when foreign governments are allowed to enter briefs in a lowly and inferior district court case brought by our own government against a sovereign state. It is obvious that Arizona is fighting for its life. Who in the federal government sees Arizona as more than simply a group of sheep, being led to a collective slaughter?

Why is Governor Brewer even participating in this charade? Why is Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli particpating in his suit against Obamacare in an inferior court?

Does not A.G. Cuccinelli represent an entire State? Has he read the Constitution? And what about California? Should they allow an inferior court judge to tell them their constitution is un-constitutional? Wake up People! We must restore Constitutional governance at all levels of government, or it won't be long before the Constitution is just a "piece of paper."

I have written Arizona Governor Brewer and Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts regarding this dangerous and ongoing usurpation of the Constitution.

Open Letters to Governor Brewer, Attorney General Cuccinelli, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts

RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

RE-JOIN OR DIE!

Freedom Action National Conference

  The Forces of Freedom

Return to Valley Forge

August 12 – 14 - 2010

www.FreedomActionConference.com

 

  Special message from Tom DeWeese, President of American Policy Center:

  New developments for the upcoming Freedom Action National Conference

 

• Radio Row: Several national radio shows will be broadcasting live from the Conference, including Sam Bushman’s Liberty Round Table and Laurie Roth’s the Roth Show.  More will be announced shortly.

 

• Reception for Tom Woods: Friday night’s banquet speaker is best selling author Tom Woods (“Meltdown”, and his latest, “Nullification.” There will be a special reception in his honor, where conference attendees will have the chance to talk with him personally. Also present at the reception will be conference Keynote speaker Michael Badnarik, (2004 Libertarian presidential candidate and author of the book, “It’s Good to be King.”) and Sheriff Richard Mack (author of “From My Cold Dead Fingers”). There will be book signings from these and other authors throughout the Freedom Action National Conference.

 

• Special screening of the film “Don’t Tread on Me:” Film maker Gary Franchi is pleased to announce there will be a special screening of his new film, to take place on the first night (August 12^th) of the Freedom Action National Conference. Immediately following the screening, several spokesmen who are featured in the film will be on hand to discuss it and answer questions from the audience.

 

The Freedom Action National Conference is sponsored by the American Policy Center and The DeWeese Report and 23 co-sponsoring organizations. The conference will take place August 12 – 14, 2010, at the Dolce Hotel in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Local action, from strengthening State 10^th Amendment rights, to exposing the efforts of UN-based organizations in our local communities, like the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) will be the focus of the Freedom Action Conference.

 The Freedom Action National Conference will teach you several ways to do that.  

You will learn from leading spokesmen, legislators, and activists. And you will have a chance to learn in special work shops, and to network with leaders from around the nation.

You will focus on the vital issues of the day, including the dangerous policies like Sustainable Development; biometric surveillance and the growth of Fusion Centers; violations of Second Amendment rights; violations of Constitutionally-guaranteed state sovereignty; the growing government takeover of health care and the use of natural supplements and cures; the reasons why a Constitutional Convention now is the wrong solution at the wrong time; and how many of these bad policies are being enforced through the power and wealth of organized labor.

Tom DeWeese and Laurie Roth will serve as co-hosts for the event.  Featured speakers will begin with a keynote address by Constitution expert Michael Badnarik, followed by an extensive lineup of experts and national spokesmen, including: Sheriff Richard Mack; Washington State Rep. Matt Shea; Oklahoma State Rep. Charles Key; Pennsylvania St. Rep. Sam Rohrer; National Rights To Work Committee President Mark Mix; Gun Owners of America Director Larry Pratt; International ID expert Mark Lerner; Constitutional Convention experts Chuck Michaelis and Larry Greenley; IRS experts Steve Hempfling and Tom Cryer; Illegal Immigration expert Jeff Lewis;Global Warming expert Marc Morano; United Nations Expert William Jasper; Sustainable Development/Agenda 21 experts Dr. Michael Coffman, Tom DeWeese and Michael Shaw; Property Rights champion Dan Byfield; Health Freedom experts Dr. Jane Orient, Scott Tips and Dr. Jeff Marrongelle;  Education expert and author Beverly Eakman; grassroots activists Catherine Bleish and John Bush; and alternative media experts George Shepherd, Gary Franchi and radio personality Sam Bushman.

These experts will not only educate on the vital threats Americans are now facing, but will also focus on action all of us can use to fight back.

• The 10^th Amendment movement is catching fire as state legislators are finding ways to add “teeth” to law rather than mere resolutions.
• Rep. Matt Shea will explain how it’s being done.
• Sheriff Richard Mack is teaching local sheriffs that they have the power to say no to federal agents.
• Local communities are learning how to expel international provocateurs like ICLEI. Michael Shaw will explain how it’s done.
•  A new approach to fighting against federal and state intrusion called “Coordination,” is having tremendous success in helping regain local control. Expert Dan Byfield will not only tell of those victories but will also lead a workshop to teach how it’s done.
• Ron Mann will lead a training workshop to teach new activists how to run campaigns on very little money.
• And Beverly Eakman will train activists how to break up the outrageous consensus meetings that are being used in public forums to enforce policy without public discussion and debate. All of these processes lead to diminishing the power of the Federal Government – all based on local action – just like the Constitution intends.

The Freedom Action National Conference is shaping up to be the finest lineup of speakers and leaders assembled for any conference of this size anywhere in America.      

Be there!

 

I was watching C-SPAN2 today, as Members of the U.S. Sentate debated extending unemployment benefits. It is astonishing to watch Senators like Dick Durbin  and Patty Murray from Washington step to the podium, and give sob stories about Americans out of work.

Senator Durbin had the audacity to use "bankers" as his examples of why we should extend unemployment benefits. Senatos Durbin and Murray were two of the promoters of the Dream Act, and amnesty for millions of illegals. How can they with any credibility, argue for unemployment benefit extensions when they themselves are part of the reason so many Americans are out of work.

Today they may be listening to their constituents, but their aiding and abetting illegal aliens has been a driving motivator for more foreign nationals to illegally enter the United States and steal identities and jobs from Americans.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not suggesting they do or don't extend benefits to help previously hard-working Americans get by, but let us look at the big picture, and the real hypocrisy of these Senators.

If they care so much about the American worker, WHY are they still allowing over 1 Million foreigners to enter the United States each year? 

Why have they done NOTHING to stop the largest invasion in world history?

If they really care about American jobs, they will secure our borders and ports of entry, put a moretorium on foreign worker visas, end the VISA-Waiver Program, and enforce the immigration laws already on the books to rid our landscape of the tens of millions of illegal alien foreign nationals stealing jobs from Americans.

It makes me sick to see these sappy-eyed politicians pretending to give a damn about the American worker when everybody who's honest with themselves KNOWS these Members of Congress don't give a crap about America, the American worker, or the future or your children.

We the People must hold our elected officials accountable, and retire those Members of Congress who, like Durbin and Murray, have betrayed their oath of allegiance, their oath of office, and that have failed to exercise a wholesome discretion in their public service.

Extending unemployment benefits for un-employed Americans might be necessary, and it might be a good idea, but if we don't get a grip on legal and illegal immigration, this will only be more money thrown down the rabbit hole, further indebting your children and grandchildren.

With six workers competing for every available job, does it make any sense whatsoever to continue to allow millions of illegal alien foreign nationals to stay in the United States, or to import over 1.4 million foreign workers this year? Any sense at all? 

UPDATE: Presidents' Day, Feb. 21, 2011

Denver Post Article:

BILL ALLOWING IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN COLORADO CLEARS EDUCATION PANEL

* * * Deja Vu, all over again. Two years ago, Colorado Attorney General Suthers failed to hold rogue members of the Colorado Legislature accountable for their seditious and/or insurrectious activities against the U.S. Constitution and the federal laws written to enforce the Constitution, and failed to inform the public's discretion, as Thomas Jefferson advised.

Usurpers within the Colorado Legislature are once again violating their oaths of office, ignoring federal law, and committing misprision of a felony, if not misprision of treason by attempting to aid-and-abet illegal aliens with in-state tuition.

Attorney General Suthers, in 2006 "instructed" illegal alien sympathizers how to get around federal law, under the pretense of telling the CCHE they could NOT, by policy, grant illegal aliens in-state tuition. What he told them in reality, was how to go about it.

If the citizens of Colorado don't want to keep having to fight this battle every couple of years, they need to stop electing scoundrels and scalawags to office.

 

Friday the 13th, March, 2009

Attorney General Suthers,

Your office sent the following to my staff in Colorado yesterday under the premise that you had already properly addressed attempts in Colorado to give in-state tuition to illegal aliens.

“As you can see, we addressed this issue in a 2006 Attorney General opinion: http://firecoalition.com/docs/COLORADOAGO06-1.pdf” 

(Note: 2/21/11, The AG's office removed his opinion from the original location they provided the FIRE Coalition in 2009. Were you to click on the link they provided in 2009, it would simply take you to the AG's homepage. This is not uncommon, when we expose illegal or un-Constitutional behavior by government officials with "their own words and documents." We anticipated this, and saved the document in case they scrubbed the document from their site.)

Your 2006 Formal Opinion as Colorado’s Attorney General does not address the real issue, nor does it give the proper guidance to citizens or elected officials, or efforts in 2009 on both sides of the issue would not be necessary. Your sworn duty in upholding the U.S. Constitution is to the legal citizens of Colorado, and of the United States and our posterity, and NOT to illegal aliens and their posterity. From your January 23, 2006 formal opinion as Colorado Attorney General:

"This opinion, requested by Executive Director Rick O’Donnell, concerns the authority of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (“CCHE”) to grant in-state tuition status to undocumented aliens. 1 1 For purposes of this memorandum, the term “undocumented alien” means an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States. See generally 8 U.S.C. § 1623; Equal Access Education v. Merten, 305 F.Supp. 2d 585, 592 (E.D.Va. 2004) (referring to “aliens with undocumented status”). QUESTION PRESENTED AND CONCLUSION Question: Whether CCHE has the statutory authority to, by policy or regulation, grant in-state tuition status to undocumented aliens. Answer: No. CCHE lacks statutory authority to establish a policy or regulation granting in-state tuition status to undocumented aliens.”

With all due respect Mr. Suthers, you should have put an end to this absurdity three years ago by “informing their discretion” as the author of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson advised. It is not too late for you to inform all concerned what the Constitution says about aiding and abetting illegal aliens, and what it says about the citizens of the United States being guaranteed protection against invasion. You have the opportunity to do what countless officials across the country have failed to do for decades; you can lead by example and show them all what having a backbone looks like; what upholding your oath with due diligence and a wholesome discretion entails.

Correct Answer: No, The mere framing of the question violates the 14th Amendment, Section 3, if posed by an elected official. There is no such thing as an “undocumented alien” in the context of this question. Since elected and public officials in Colorado have already identified the demographic they are pandering to as non-citizens who are not here lawfully, then by definition they are ILLEGAL aliens. To call them “undocumented” is inaccurate, if not an outright diversion. The whole purpose of the CCHE request revolved around their desire to grant privileges to foreign nationals who are “documented” as being here illegally. How then can we call them “undocumented?” Is it an attempt to blur the line between legal alien and illegal alien; between citizen and resident? Citizens of foreign countries who are in the United States illegally and those that pander to them don’t like it when We the People correctly identify them as “illegal aliens.”

Regrettably, many of We the People’s “employees” (elected officials) are aiding and abetting illegal aliens. Elected officials that succumb to their pleas to be referred to as “undocumented aliens,” have also failed to take the advice of President George Washington, who warned us of the dangers of foreign influence, and the threat it posed to our Constitutional Republic in his farewell address. State government officials, who are also “employees” of We the People, have failed to exercise their authority to rein in the federal government. The 10th Amendment to the “employee handbook,” (the U.S. Constitution) clearly states the limitations of the authority of the federal and state governments. Your 2006 opinion as Colorado’s Attorney General cites in part U.S. Code, Title 8, as your reasoning for referring to illegal aliens as “undocumented” as if the federal government’s failure to uphold the Constitution grants you the right to do the same. Their failure makes your responsibility that much more important and urgent. The federal government exists to serve the states and the People, not the other way around. This cycle of perpetual folly and tom-foolery must end.

A state government which will not exercise a wholesome discretion to enforce the 10th Amendment by allowing the federal government to overstep its bounds is itself in violation of its own pact with the People, and that states’ sovereignty is in grave jeopardy. Citizens of the United States who conspire to pressure elected officials to refer to illegal aliens as “undocumented aliens” in an attempt to circumvent the letter and intent of the Constitution are courting with acts of sedition.

CCHE shouldn’t even be asking the question.

You shouldn’t be citing bogus, un-Constitutional federal laws as justification for CCHE not having the authority it seeks. To suggest that the reason CCHE can’t give illegal aliens in-state tuition unless the state approves it first, or because it might violate the equal protection clause has no merit, and is perpetuating the ignorance of some, and the lies of others. What message did you send the Colorado Legislature, and anyone else who was listening? You told them they couldn’t give aid and comfort to enemies of our Constitution via the methods they were trying to employ. You should have told them what they wanted to do required changing the U.S. Constitution, and that any other conspiracy to attempt to give illegal aliens the privileges of citizens violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution.

You should have told them you would defend the Constitution. You should have told them after having informed their discretion, that there would be consequences if you caught them conspiring to aid and abet illegal aliens in the future. By what Constitutional authority do you suggest that illegal aliens fall under the jurisdiction of the United States in the context of the civil rights and privileges guaranteed to citizens?

The 14th Amendment, Section 1 clearly states:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

According to the 14th Amendment, Section 1, to be a citizen of the United States, and of the state in which you reside you have to meet two basic qualifications:

1) Be a person born or naturalized in the United States, AND

2) Be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

It doesn’t say one or the other. It requires both.

Illegal alien foreign nationals are not citizens, and since their children fall under the jurisdiction of the nation of their parents’ citizenship, they are not U.S. citizens either. Anchor-baby citizenship is a further perpetuation of the bastardization of the interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Their civil rights reside within the boundaries of their home country. The citizens of the United States are granted “equal protection” across the several states.

The Framers of the Constitution were not so arrogant or stupid as to assume they could grant that protection to the entire planet. By what authority do elected officials in Colorado and in the United States government ignore the Constitution in attempting to give the “equal protection” of citizenship to non-citizens? Legislators have no authority, right, or privilege to introduce legislation whose passage into law would undermine or circumvent the U.S. Constitution. The Colorado State Government lacks the statutory or Constitutional authority to grant in-state tuition to illegal aliens, period!

Aiding and abetting illegal aliens is a felony. Title 8, U.S. Code

Specifically, attempting to aid and abet illegal aliens by conspiring to implement legislation, policy, or regulatory changes to authorize granting illegal alien foreign national invaders of our sovereignty in-state tuition violates the intent, if not also the letter of the U.S. Constitution’s Article IV, Section 4, the 14th Amendment, Sections 3 and 4, as well as parts of U.S. Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, 1324, Section (A)(v)(I & II), and Section (B), clauses (iii & iv), as authorized by the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, Section 5, which was ratified on July 9, 1868. This is not a news flash. It has been in effect 140 years! According to the Framers, the Constitution was written such that the common man would not need a constitutional lawyer to interpret it. Any man who spoke English, and was blessed with common sense, could interpret it on his own. The laws written to enforce the Constitution are also supposed to be written for the common man, devoid of double-speak and fancy rhetoric. We as citizens are often told “Ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Well, if that is true, then ignorance of the Constitution those laws are supposed to be written in compliance with is certainly no excuse! The complexity of Title 8 is indicative of the slick-tongued vernacular of barristers who failed to exercise their “wholesome discretion” as Thomas Jefferson advised.

Fortunately, the defining contractual agreement the states entered into in the founding of our Republican government, namely the U.S. Constitution, is quite clear.

Federal or state legislators who conspire to introduce legislation that is contrary to the contractual agreement between the states in forming a federal government are in act and effect undermining the Constitution, and our sovereignty as a nation of laws is jeopardized. If We the People don’t like what the Constitution says, the remedy is to amend it, not ignore or subvert it.

When elected officials, (federal, or state) attempt to grant in-state tuition, or any other “aid or comfort” to illegal aliens, they are committing a felony, to say the least. Human rights, yes. Civil rights, no! Equal rights? Never! In the case of elected officials who have taken an oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution, there are even more penalties.

Elected officials who aid and abet illegal aliens, or conspire to aid and abet illegal aliens in their insurrection and rebellion against the Constitution should be removed from office, forfeit the right to vote for President or Vice-President, and suffer a lifetime ban from ever holding public office again, in accordance with: Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which plainly states: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a two-thirds vote of each House remove such disability."

The “Background” and “Discussion” sections of your January, 2006 formal opinion are riddled with examples of attempts and conspiracies to attempt to undermine, ignore, subvert, and render the U.S. Constitution irrelevant.

Repeated attempts by enemies, (foreign and domestic) over the years to make a lie a truth, and references to fraudulent legal precedent (as if it trumps Constitutional precedent) do not negate the supremacy of the Constitution, nor relieve you or any other elected official of your oath and duty to uphold and defend the Constitution.

In the “Conclusion” section of your January, 2006 formal opinion, you state:

“In sum, federal law requires that, in order for states to grant in-state tuition status to undocumented aliens, they must first affirmatively provide for such eligibility, and do so on a residency-neutral basis. Currently, state law provides in-state tuition status based on residency. Several bills have been introduced in the General Assembly that would eliminate residency classification and determine in-state tuition status based on residency-neutral criteria, but none has passed. The question posed by CCHE is whether it has the authority to make such a change, by policy or regulation. As set forth above, CCHE’s authority under the Tuition Classification Act is quite limited, and does not encompass authority to change the criteria by which in-state tuition status is granted. For this reason, I conclude that CCHE lacks statutory authority to establish a policy or regulation granting in-state tuition status to undocumented aliens. Rather, such a determination would require an amendment to the Tuition Classification Act by the General Assembly.”

You should have said, “In sum, despite the federal law that fails the burden of Constitutional adherence, Colorado will not aid and abet illegal aliens, and will not conspire to aid and abet corrupt or unscrupulous federal officials that are attempting to subvert the Constitution. It doesn’t matter whether tuition rates are “residency-neutral” or not, in respect to illegal aliens, since they can’t possibly have a legal residency in ANY state, and be an illegal alien at the same time. Illegal alien foreign nationals become insurgents when they conspire to undermine the laws of the country they have invaded. We have spent billions of dollars fighting illegal alien insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Why on God’s green Earth should we encourage such behavior on American soil when our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters are risking their lives abroad under the guise of protecting our freedoms as U.S. Citizens? You should put every public official in Colorado on notice that you will uphold your oath and not tolerate any further nibbling of the Constitution. I remind you sir of the words of yet another of our Founding Fathers, our first Ambassador,

Benjamin Franklin, who said,

“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”

Take back Colorado, and put America and Americans FIRST! Uphold the Constitution, and stand firm against pandering jackals who are putting the jobs and lives of Americans at risk. Godspeed to you in your efforts to protect the citizens and lawful residents of Colorado.

Jeff Lewis

National Director

FIRE Coalition

Jeff@firecoalition.com

Phone: 252-876-9489

 

http://firecoalition.com

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http://VOIAC.org

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter needs to read his "employee handbook." Patriotic Americans more readily refer it as the U.S. Constitution, but in the case of Governor Ritter, he apparently needs to be reminded of the employer/employee relationship that exists between We the People, and the people we elect.

According to Tim Hoover of the Denver Post, in an article published Friday the 13th of March, 2009 titled "Ritter would sign in-state tuition bill for illegal immigrants". Governor Ritter says he will sign Senate Bill 170 into law if Senator Chris Romer's bill passes as is.

What I find incredulous is that Governor Ritter is basing his decision on the popularity of a policy that he claims is "supported by prominent Colorado business leaders."

In Governor Ritter's "employee handbook," and the oath he took to uphold and defend that "handbook," Governor Ritter acknowledged that Colorado was part of a Constitutional Republic, whose laws and governance were to be guided by the U.S. Constitution, NOT the popularity of a policy, or even in an effort to provide "tuition equity as a matter of principle."

What Governor Ritter needs to be reminded is that we are a "nation of laws," not a nation of men, whim, or policy based on popularity.

Governor Ritter needs also to be reminded that granting in-state tuition to illegal aliens is "aiding and abetting" illegal immigration, which is a felony.

If Employee Ritter wants to hold office after his term as governor, he might consider reading the 14th Amendment, Section 3, in his "employee handbook."

Any elected official who has ever taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, who then proceeds to aid and abet, or conspires to aid and abet insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution (or laws written in adherence to it) are inelligble to EVER hold public office again.

I didn't write the Constitution, and neither did Governor Ritter, or Senator Romer, but we did all take an oath at one time or another to uphold and defend the Constitution. While my active duty service has been honorably discharged, their active commitment to We the People has not expired.  Governor Ritter has no right to ignore the Constitution he took an oath to God and Country to uphold.

Some refer to such actions of conspiring to undermine the Constitution by aiding and abetting illegal alien invaders and their illegal alien children, especially in a time of war, as TREASON!

If the good Senator Romer, and the good Governor Ritter want their terms of office to end "honorably" some day instead of in a cloud of shame and betrayal to the people that elected them to uphold and defend the Constitution, then they need to re-think the methods of their madness. I know the air is thin in Denver, but some of the excuses I'm hearing for betraying the citizens of Colorado coming out of the Governor's mouth and several Colorado legislators gives "Rocky Mountain High" a whole new meaning.

There is certainly a legal and moral venue Governor Ritter, Senator Romer and others might take instead of the felonious, un-Constitutional, and unethical criminal activity of "conspiracy to aid and abet" that they are currently engaged in.

Amend the Constitution. You can't ignore the parts you don't agree with, in the hopes that others will honor the parts that you do agree with, without marginalizing the entire fabric of our country.

As leaders, Governor Ritter and Senator Romer should be setting the example of what honorable statesmen do. It starts with keeping their oath. America is in the midst of the largest invasion in world history. Colorado's unemployment rate is nothing to brag about. Why would Governor Ritter think illegal aliens deserve the jobs Colorado has to offer more than the legal citizens and legal aliens?

Who does Governor Ritter represent? YOU or the illegal aliens, the "prominent" business leaders who profit from flooding a job market with excessive amounts of job seekers in a downturned economy? Who wins?

The legal workforce loses because wages fall as the supply of potential workers goes up. Big business benefits from paying lower wages. Illegal aliens send a good bit of their income out of the country. That doesn't help the economy of Colorado or the United States.

In addition, if you think you have an illegal alien crime problem now, just wait till (God forbid) SB 170 becomes law. Colorado's magnetism as a sanctuary for illegal alien activity will increase not just the studious who Governor Ritter claims he wants to help, but the drug cartels, the violent criminals from countries around the world will flood to Colorado.

Waving the white flag of surrender, betraying one's oath, allegiance, and debt to the tens of thousands of Americans who fought and died over the past few centuries securing his "liberty and freedom" shouldn't be Governor Ritter's first choice.

Another Senator who supports the bill, Senator Miklosi argues that it will costs too much to deport 15 million illegal aliens. Senator Miklosi suggests the costs to be in the range of $387 billion. Considering the costs of keeping them here is estimated at around $346 billion EACH YEAR, then our net costs the first year would be around $40 billion, and by year two, when the multi-trillion dollar stimulus hoax money kicks in, we'll see a net savings of $300 billion dollars in year two alone.

Add to that the 10 million Americans and legal migrant workers who could then find work, and even that extreme option starts to sound fiscally sound. Talk about stimulating the economy. Whew! 

I can have fun with numbers too, Senators, Governor, ...but let's look at this from the pragmatic view that you both claim are driving your decision-making processes.

Both of these gentlemen "inherited" their current positions from a body politic that often ignored the Constitution, states' rights, and individual rights for decades. The decisions of their predessors put them in the awkward position they find themselves in now. I feel their pain, but adding more un-Constitutional laws, or implementing policy based on personal views is just adding fuel to a fire that is burning up our freedoms, liberties, and Constitutional Republic.

"Attrition through enforcement" works. Remove the incentives that draw illegal aliens to the United States, and remove the rewards of aiding and abetting that invasion, and most illegal aliens will self-deport. Law enforcement will deal with the criminal element that decides to stay behind.

Governor Ritter needs to know that if he will support law enforcement through programs such as 287(g), and business by reducing taxes, and the children of Colorado's legal population, that school costs will fall, crime will fall, unemployment will fall, and he will be adored by all as a champion of the people... We the People.

Which will it be Governor? Will you betray everything you swore you would defend, spit on the graves of our fallen soldiers, and kick sand in the face of Colorado's posterity?

There are many more absurd rationales coming from pro-illegal alien sympathizers as to why they intend to betray their oath of office, but I haven't heard one yet that is justified. NOT ONE! Considering we lose EIGHT TIMES as many citizens at the hands of illegal aliens on American soil each year than we are losing to illegal aliens in Iraq and Afghanistan, I see elected officials who subvert the Constitution in favor of aiding and abetting foreign and domestic enemies of the Constitution as traitors.

30 Pieces of Silver donated to Governor Ritter's campaigns by illegal alien sympathizers and opportunistic business or globalists scalawags won't wash the blood off of his hands that is there because of the men, women, and children who died at the hands of illegal aliens he encourages to come to Colorado.

With rare exception, every citizen of Colorado that the FIRE Coalition state and national leadership are hearing from about this are OUTRAGED!!

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and Founding Father of our country said two things Governor Ritter should consider:

Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe founded the State Legislators for Legal Immigration Coalition. At a Dec. 07, 2007  press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. I asked Rep. Metcalfe was he aware of, and how he felt about pending legislation in Congress that was un-Constitutional. Rep. Metcalfe is an honorable man whom I respect greatly. He personifies what a true statesman looks like. Rep. Metcalfe answered my question with the following unscripted words of wisdom, and I quote,

“I don’t believe there’s any legislator that’s involved with our coalition that would allow or be supportive of allowing the law to allow any American to aid and abet a criminal or an illegal alien invader, which is what they are. They’ve come here uninvited. They’ve come here unauthorized, and we should not allow any individual residing in this country to aid and abet someone who’s committing an act of invading our country.”  -Pennsylvania Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, Butler, Pennsylvania

These are not partisan issues. No matter which side of the aisle we find ourselves on, or neither, we must stand united in defense of the Constitution, our sovereignty, and as Rep. Metcalfe says, National Security Begins at Home! Bring it home Colorado, and Godspeed!!

Contact Governor Ritter at:

Mail
Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792

Phone
(303) 866-2471

Fax
(303) 866-2003

Contacting the Governor is easier than ever!

Write to the Governor here

Contact Senator Romer here:Chris.Romer.senate@state.co.us

Contact Senator Miklosi here: Joe@JoeMiklosi.com

Contact the Colorado Legislators who are also Members of the State Legislators for Legal Immigration Coalition here:

 

There are many articles expressing what happened while we were all watching the budget balloon to a size that if stacked one atop the other in dollars, would reach the Moon, and this is one of them.

61 Senators voted for an un-Constitutional bill this week. The Reuters article below explains it. "Senate agrees to give D.C. residents a vote"

http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE51P7R720090226

Now, one can argue that it might be fair to give them two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, or that it is a good idea. One might argue with some validity that cows should be able to jump over the Moon, but the laws of physics preclude that from happening, and the Constitution each of them swore an oath to should have precluded them from voting for this bill.

The argument that the United States is the only country that does not allow such representation in its capitol doesn't hold water. We do a lot of things differently than the rest of the world. The American Way of doing things is different for a reason. It is better.

The rules of engagement require that the laws pass a constitutional litmus test for them to be valid. After all, we are a nation of laws, written in adherence to a constitution, not to whim, or it being simply a good idea.

The people who live in the District of Columbia live there by choice. I don't recall any of them being dragged there kicking and screaming, and forced to live outside the normal protections of a state. Washington, D.C. is not a state. The protections granted it manifest in the self-serving considerations and decisions made by the elected officials from the many states that comprise our Union.

The Founding Fathers were very wise in their analysis and gave due diligence to the ramifications of such a system of government. Giving the District of Columbia no states' rights was by design intended to also be a reminder that the rights of the states, and the people in those states was superior, if not ultimate.

They did not intend for the residents of the District of Columbia to become a ruling class, or to have equal footing with the states. Keep in mind that the states are sovereign. Columbia is merely a district, constructed to give the representatives of the many states a place to gather and do the People's business, and nothing else.

Will the District of Columbia next want two U.S. Senator seats? Will they want statehood? Where does it end? Does D.C. deserve twice as many Congressmen as Alaska?

The creation of a power the Constitution does not authorize sets dangerous precedents. Lawyers frequently argue precedent in their furthering the demise of the meaning of the Constitution because its the easy way to get what their clients desire.

In this case, the citizens of the District of Columbia want the privileges and representation equal to citizens of states. The Constitution says no.

61 Senators should have voted no. The Founding Fathers were not cold or indifferent. They were wise beyond OUR years.

The Founding Fathers provided us with mechanisms to address situations that might arise over time. In this case, a Constitutional Amendment is the legal and lawful method by which to garner such representation in the House of Representatives.

Lucky for us, we have a President who taught Constitutional law. One would hope that he has not forgotten what it says about representation, or amending the Constitution. Regrettably, according to this article and others, the former Constitutional lawyer sitting in the Oval Office will shrug his shoulders, disregard the Constitution and his oath he took twice for the job, and will sign it into law.

The outrage is not directed at the citizens of the District of Columbia. Since their informed discretion did not change their full court press to get two Congressman of their own, We the People should have been able to trust the Senators representing the several states in this Union to honor their marching orders.

I would encourage every patriotic American to remind 61 Senators they have an "Employee Handbook," usually found in a pocket version on the coffee tables that litter their offices. It is easily identified and recognized by the name on the cover, which reads:

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Please counsel your "employees" in the House and the Senate, and their shop steward, the former constitutional law attorney their performance evaluations will reflect this egregious usurpation and violation of the employee handbook.

See you in court fellas, and during your next employee evaluation period which We the People refer to as "election day."

This isn't a Republican or Democrat issue. It is a We the People issue, and when it comes to upholding and defending the Constitution, we should ALL have the memory of an elephant and stubbornness of an ass.

2008 went by so fast I'm not sure I didn't just dream it all. I must admit though that in as many ways as it seemed like a nightmare, it was also very promising and rewarding. Everyone in the fight against illegal immigration should be encouraged by our accomplishments. Millions of people now know that 287(g) exists. This law has been on the books since 1996. In the past two years scores of law enforcement agencies have signed up for the program.

I can tell you from personal experience that when I began polling law enforcement officers across the country in 2006, 95% or higher had never even heard of 287(g). The FIRE Coalition and countless other groups and individuals across the country worked together, shared information, strategies, and wisdoms gained about real solutions to our nation's problems. That included ways to spread the word about solutions within our grasps. Attrition through enforcement works. 

Now, in the beginning of 2009, my best estimate is that well over 70% of law enforcement officers are aware of the 287(g) program. That didn't happen because the government decided to do its job. It changed because "We the People" informed their discretion as Thomas Jefferson advised we do. Millions more Americans are aware of this program because patriotic Americans made conscious efforts to educate themselves, their families, neighbors, and co-workers. They sacrificed their time, money, and even their sanity at times to bring the real change we need: education.

Directly as a result of patriotic Americans doing their civic duty, state and local governments accelerated doing the job Uncle Sam won't: protecting their citizenry from the poison to our country that the largest invasion in world history has wrought. Don't worry too much about what you hear or don't hear in the mainstream media. If you believe in our constitutional republic, believe in protecting the Constitution and those inalienable rights bestowed by your Creator, then you are NOT in the minority of American citizens. Rest assured your efforts are making historical, measurable differences.

In the grand scheme of things, the truth will set us free from the insanity ignorance has shackled us with. And while we may feel our objectives are monumental and incredibly complex, they are noble. Look in the faces of your children and grandchildren. You will find both the questions and the answers to all that is worrying you. Don't let them down.

2009 will challenge us in ways we never thought existed, and we have a lot of hard work ahead of us. I tell people often that we didn't get in this mess overnight, and we won't get out of it overnight either.

It snowed this week in eastern North Carolina, the most we've had in years. So much for global warming, eh?

Working from home on numerous FIRE Coalition projects this past week, I occasionally would find myself passing by a window and realizing all over again that there was a healthy blanket of snow on the ground. It reminded me of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Eve." Google it if you haven't read it. It's a classic.

I paused each time for a few moments, reflecting on a lifetime of moments in time when a healthy snow on the ground meant exploration, snowmen, and the like. Just as suddenly I would snap back into 2009 and back to my desk I would go, thinking on my way those words made famous by Robert Frost:

"And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep."

As an afterthought: In case being the youngest NFL coach to take his team to the Superbowl wasn't enough, or giving my favorite team the opportunity to be the first team with six Lombardi trophies, Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin, in the locker room after winning the AFC Championship told his players, despite their success,

"And miles to go before we sleep. And miles to go before we sleep."

I knew I liked this guy. Go Steelers!!

In speaking with Jeff Lewis, our National Director, the other day, we were just talking about how many fronts the FIRE Coalition and her partners are fighting to end the invasion of illegal aliens into the United States.

It never ceases to amaze me what a coalition of determined and fiercely patriotic American citizens can do when they set their mind to it, and then it struck me: we've never really shared what an average month is like on the front lines.

For that, please accept my apologies and allow me to rectify it now.

This is an excerpt of recent emails depicting a recent week for ONLY one volunteer on our national staff:

"Just within the past 30 days I have been to D.C. three times, [educating our elected officials], one speaking engagement on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol with Congressman Ron Paul and Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin, amongst others, met with Members of Congress, the Immigration Reform Caucus, had meetings in Richmond, Chicago, oversaw the negotiations with a college president that resulted in the prevention of the Mexican Consulate from giving out Matricula Consular cards on his campus, oversaw a workshop with local elected officials and the chamber of commerce in South Carolina that will result in new ordinances to go after employers of illegal aliens, set the stage for new crime-free housing agreements in two states, spoke to a Republican Party group about several of our projects they requested, gave a workshop in Kentucky attended by our state leadership there and attended by local leaders, as well as our Tennessee leadership, am currently in Chicago working with our partners and leadership there, will leave for South Carolina over the weekend to have meetings with a local participating 287(g) sheriff's department prior to making a presentation to a county council there, only to get on a plane to head to Denver the next day to participate in the 3-day national security convention we are holding in Colorado with federal, state, and local officials, including the American Legion, the Concerned Women for America, (both the largest groups of their kind in the country, and strong FIRE Coalition partners), and THEN my schedule gets busy."

This is the kind of efforts, cooperation, and results you get when you put together the best leadership team in the nation that is willing to place mission ahead of ego, principle over partisanship, and patriotism ahead of profiteering. This is all possible because of your support both with your time (by volunteering through our Citizen's Network) and your donations.

I am extremely proud of our leadership team at the National, State, and Local levels (find out who they are at http://www.FIRECoalition.com/fireteams). When you get a chance, please reach out to them and thank them as well!

Keep up the fight!