Category: The Constitution

Ted Nugent says,

 “I don’t need a gun permit because my right of self-protection in inalienable and is my natural right”. 

The founders of our constitution believed that government as best was corrupt and at worst was tyrannical.  Our constitution was written to keep government at bay and afford the utmost protections and liberty to the citizenry.  The initial writing of the constitution did not have the bill of rights.  But the inventive George Mason had them amended into the constitution so those natural rights were in written form so that the citizens have rights that the government cannot infringe upon or take away.

Mason’s belief in the freedoms of speech, of religion, and of assembly became the cornerstone of not only our Bill of rights but our society’s conception of what having rights means in America.

When it comes to our GOD GIVEN RIGHTS, or natural law, I think Frederic Bastiat (The Law-1848) says it best.  Below are excerpts from his book “THE LAW”.

“We hold from God the gift which includes all others.  This gift is life-physical, intellectual, and moral life.”

“The creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it.”

“Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man.  And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, theses three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.”

“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws.  On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed for all time that moved men to make laws in the first place.”  

So “What is Law”

“It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.”

“Each of us has the natural right to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.  These are the three basic requirements of life.”

“If every person has the right to defend – even by force-his person, his liberty, and his property, then if follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly.”

“Force has been given to us to defend our own individual rights.”

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party sued their own – bringing a lawsuit against the Democratic Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Kathy Boockvar.

State Democrats sought a three-day extension for mail-in ballots, making valid all ballots postmarked by November 3 and received by November 6 at 5:00 p.m.

In addition to allowing for the mail ballot extension, the Keystone State’s high court nearly bastardized the need for a postmark, ruling that ballots “received within this period that lack a postmark or other proof of mailing, or for which the postmark or other proof of mailing is illegible, will be presumed to have been mailed by Election Day unless a preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that it was mailed after Election Day.”

Section 12. Power of Suspending Laws
No power of suspending laws shall be exercised unless by the Legislature or by its authority.

AMENDMENTS

15. HOW CAN THE CONSTITUTION BE AMENDED?

Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution may be proposed in either the Senate or the House of Representatives but must pass in both by a majority vote of the members elected.

Three months before the next general election, the proposed amendment is published in at least two newspapers in every county. After the election, the amendment must again be approved through a majority vote of the members of the General Assembly. The amendment is again published and voted on by the entire electorate. If passed by a majority vote, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

No individual amendment can be submitted more often than once in five years, and when two or more amendments are submitted at once, they are voted on separately (see Article XI, Section 1 ).

16. WHAT ABOUT IN AN EMERGENCY?

The procedure to amend the Constitution is simplified somewhat when a major emergency threatens the safety and welfare of the Commonwealth. An emergency amendment can be proposed in the Senate or the House of Representatives at any regular or special session and must be passed by at least two-thirds of the members of both legislative bodies. The proposed amendment is then published in at least two newspapers in every county and is then voted upon by the electorate at least one month after being agreed to by the General Assembly. If there are two or more emergency amendments, they are voted on separately (see Article XI, Section 1).

The case for the repeal of the 17th ammendment

The 17^th amendment was passed to allowed the states PEOPLE to vote for their senators.  Prior to the 17^th the States Legislators voted and appointed them to congress.  You can thank the Democrat, Liberal, Progressive Woodrow Wilson for this.

Does everyone understand why Woodrow Wilson pushed and signed the 17^th.  He knew it was easier to influence the constituents (voters) of the State in leu of the State Legislators.  Just like what happened in GA.  Vote them in and you will get your $2,000.00 check!  It further moved the power from the state to the centralized government through direct influence from the lobbyist.  As you can see how powerful the Senate majority and minority leaders are.  They control the funds for re-election.  When the state legislator votes and appoints, there is not a senatorial campaign.   No pressure on the state from Washington.   The legislator votes and appoints.

So, here is the lesson.   If the 17^th never passed this is what the Senate would look like today in 2021.

Currently in the year 2021, of the 50 states in the union, 29 of the state’s LEGISLATORS have a Republican majority.  19 have a Democrat majority.  2 states have a split legislator.  Therefore, it is understandable that if you have a majority in the state legislator you would appoint said senators based on that majority.

Therefore, if 29 states have a republican majority that would be 58 republican senators and 19 states have a democrat majority that would be 38 democrat senators.  The split legislator would then allow 1 of each party in those two states.  That would be 2 republican and 2 democrat senators for the split legislator.

That means the current makeup of the Senate, TODAY, if the 17^th never passed would be

60 Republican

40 Democrat

The current issue in Georgia would be MOOT!!!!!!

AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY!