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Happy 4th of July
Barbecue dead animals. Read the Declaration of Independence. Ignore the dipshits who hate us. Resist the petty tyrants trying to misrule us now.

  1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    Speak freely. Assemble as you damn well please. Go to the church, synagogue or even mosque of your choice, or don't if you don't feel like it.

  2. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

    Keep your guns and ammunition. Vote the poltroons who want to confiscate them or tax them out of existence out of office. Shooting deer, rabbits, squirrels, and hogs is just practice. No one has the right to tell you how many guns you can own. We achieved our free state because the people did keep and bear arms.

  3. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

    At least we're past the point where the government might try to quarter troops in our houses. It would be nice if the other amendments were so well accepted.

  4. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    The Feds starting with the Feebs, have no right to go snooping around your home or effects (that would seem to cover your online conversations, no matter how distasteful) without a warrant and that that a warrant is only issued on probable cause. Should Feds, starting with the Feebs, violate this provision there should be heavy penalties applied. No more Elian Gonzales incidents. No more Ruby Ridges. The organization's existence should be hostage for its own good behavior.

  5. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

    You and your ham sandwich have the right for your case to go to a grand jury. The idea is for the jury to act as the tribune of the people, tossing frivolous or politically motivated prosecutions. It's not up to the Soros-owned DA to make the decision. That's working well, huh?

    Nor should a federal charge be brought for a charge that's been heard in a state court or vice-versa. You have the right to keep yer mouth shut, Buggsy, and let them prove the case against you. And if your car's confiscated because it smells like somebody smoked weed in it, you oughta sue the pants off the crooks who're trying to keep it.

  6. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

    A "speedy and public trial" shouldn't last more than a week, at the outside. Motions, counter-motions, quibbles, and plea bargains should all be punished by contempt of court citations. I know they never will, but they moved a lot faster than today even in the heady days of my youth, when a traffic citation went to a justice of the peace the same night. In India there were instance of court cases being handed down for generations.

  7. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

    You have the right to call a jury if your case involves more than twenty bucks, which was a substantial sum back in those days. Still, twenty bucks is twenty bucks, even if it is inconvenient for the DA to call a jury. That also sez that a higher court can't overturn a finding of fact by a jury, only a point of law. Maybe the glove didn't fit because it shrunk and they still acquitted; The higher court can't toss that piece of silliness.

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

    That doesn't say "no bail." There are bail bondsmen who make a good living guaranteeing your presence in court. Current practice also includes putting child molesters among the general population, resulting in a short life expectancy for Uncle Teddy, punctuated by periodic thumpings and falls down the stairs.

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

    Just because they're not listed doesn't mean there aren't any more rights. This is where they find the ephemerae and and penumbrae and emanations and such to make the Constitution a "living document" that sometimes violates its own provisions.

  10. 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.

    That doesn't take a lot of interpretation, does it? Misinterpretation led to the Civil War. Prima faciae, it means Texas can build its own border wall, Florida can send police to help control the border, and Georgia can write its own damned voting laws.


Posted by: Fred 2021-07-04
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