State Rights, Federalism, and Constitutionalism!

State Rights- The individual States of the United States are supreme to the Federal government.

• The 10th Amendment of the Bill of Rights clearly describes the sovereignty of 50 State Governments.
• We are a nation that is currently in a compact, which means that States have voluntarily submitted to the Federal Government.
• The 50 States can leave voluntarily, and retain their sovereign powers.
• Returning to this will force the Federal government to keep its reputation in mind, and intact.
  
  

Federalism- The Federal Government should be considered the General government.

• The General government should maintain a strong National Defense,
• Large enough to maintain peace through strength.
• Through Treaties, and international trade deals.
  
  

Constitutionalism- The belief that the law should be written down.

• The Law is clear, and concise on a piece of paper.
• The Law can not be as easily twisted by lawyers, and judges.
• This allows the common person to read, and interpret the Constitution for themselves.
• The opposite of the British Constitution, which is called a living Constitution.
• This is our America tradition, and it has been mimicked all over the globe.

A Foreign Policy for Peace: for Marque and Reprisal!

The War on Terror- is real, and we must address this war differently.

• We must first acknowledge that our contemporary military strategy has been a failure.
• We must admit contemporary warfare has changed, therefore we need to change our tactics.
• It has changed due to fact Nation-States are not the enemy, but gorilla units.
• The United States should not use torture during war, due to the mercy of American values.
  

Marque and Reprisal- The best historic option.

• It is a Constitutional remedy, and has been used historically against privateers, who were attacking trade.
  
• It specifically is a bounty on the head of leaders running terrorist organizations.
• The bounty will give an incentive for other regional governments to fight the War on Terror.
• This will replace frivolous foreign aid, or in other words "bribery."
• It will keep our troops out of harms way, and it is a significantly cheaper.

We Must Defend the Entire Bill of Rights!

The 1st Amendment- The freedom of speech is one of our most precious freedoms. This amendment also guarantees the freedom to peacefully assemble, and the ability to petition the government freely.

• The Chilling Effect also must be resisted. Ending the domestic spying of NSA is the first step.
• The Chilling Effect is any government program, statement, or propaganda campaign that alters society's conscious.
• Often by silencing the persons that are in opposed to the government function. Ex: Tea Party, and the IRS.
  
  

The 2nd Amendment- Clearly, the right to bear arms shall not be infringed, and this definition does not just pertain to a militia. Arms are necessary for our personal, and national security.

• Violent criminals should be deprived the right to buy a gun.
• There should never be a list created of conceal carry person, or gun owners.
• If you pass a background check, then you ought to be able to buy a gun.
  
  

The 4th Amendment- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures; Is without a doubt the most battle weary amendment.

• The right to privacy absolutely extends to the internet, and contemporary technology.
• Eminent Domain should be reversed at every level of government, and in every form.
• We need to end the War on Drugs, due to excessive abuses of the 4th Amendment.

The 5th Amendment- These words give us the vital right to due process, disallows double jeopardy, guarantees us grand juries outside of the military, and we can choose not to be a witness against ourselves. 

• Due process more thoroughly defined; solidifies that a person's property, life, or freedom can not be taken away, without probable cause and representation in court.
  
• This amendment is part of the British tradition. Stemming from the Glorious Revolution in 1688, and the English Bill of Rights crafted in 1689.
  

The 6th Amendment- The right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime was committed.

• We are guaranteed the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.
• We are guaranteed the right to have witnesses in our favor.
• We are provided a lawyer in contemporary times.

The 7th Amendment- In lawsuits pertaining to common law, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States.

• This right empowers the jury, our peers, to be our ultimate judge. 
  
  

The 8th Amendment- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

• It is important to keep our morality when we punish people with the law.
• The United States should not use torture during war, due to the mercy of American values.

The 9th Amendment- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

• This amendment is describing how the Constitution is confined by the written language, our U.S. tradition.
• The General government has specific powers, and functions.
• The remaining freedoms are left to the people, in order to create institutions as they wish.
  
  

The 10th Amendment- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

• This is our cornerstone of Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism.
• This gives the States the ultimate authority, and all powers not in the Constitution are left to the States.
• The United States should return to a peaceful union of 50 diverse States all supporting each other through defense, trade, travel, and friendship.
• E pluribus unum- "Out of many, one"

Ending the IRS and Adopt the FairTax!

 The Fair Tax: 

A Common Sense Immigration Policy

Are Term Limits a Good Idea? Yes!