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<DP:2.33333,1.5625,"Bill of Attainder">person cannot be declared an
outlaw or criminal and have their legal rights and property taken away
by a legislative act.<HR>'ATTAINED' means 'touched'; 'hit';
'disgraced'</DP>
<DP:3.79167,2.64583,"bill of rights">A bill of WHOSE rights? The
States and the People; that's who. <HR>This is actually a bill of
<BD+><IT+><FC:128,0,0>prohibition<BD><IT><FC> against the federal
government - because if Congress cannot pass a law concerning it, then
the Executive Branch can't create any 'executive orders', and the
Judicial Branch can't make judgements concerning it. <HR>The Founders
beleived the best level at which to preserve the Peoples' rights was at
the State level - and the Bill of Rights assigns those concepts in it
to the State level, prohibiting the federal level to touch
them.<HR>There were originally 189 suggested amendments to be included
in the BIll of Rights; it was narrowed down to 17 by James Madison, but
Congress only approved twelve for the States ot ratify.<HR>Read
<JL:Jump,"Quote on Rights">THIS QUOTE<EL> about 'rights'.</DP>
<DP:2.33333,1.5625,"capitation tax">a fixed and equal rate per person;
much like an addmitance/entrance fee; a per-capita or poll tax - see
Amendment 24.</DP>
<DP:6.30208,3.39583,"Congess / Powers">Jefferson and Madison summed up
the powers of Congress with this list:<HR>
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<RO><CE: MR:1;
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><JU:CN>Congress has the power
to -</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>1. tax</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>11. pass copyright
and patent laws</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>2. spend</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>12. establish
federal courts</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>3. borrow</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>13. punish crimes on
the high seas</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>4. regulate
commerce</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>14. declare war</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>5. establish rules
for citizenship</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>15. raise and
finance armed forces</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>6. establish
bankruptcy laws</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>16. establish rules
for the armed forces</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>7. coin and regulate
the vaule of money</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>17. call up state
militias</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>8. standardize
weights and measures</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>18. administer the
seat of government </CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>9. punicsh
counterfeiting</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><IN:FI:0>19. administer
federal lands</CE>
<RO><CE: BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192>10. establish a
postal system</CE><CE:
BR:AL:0.00972222,0.0298611,FC:192,192,192><BP:0.0131944><IN:FI:0>20.
pass laws to implement the above.</TA>
The Founding Fathers' intent was that this section contains ALL that
Congress can do; but the modern interpretation is that Congress can do
everything in Section Eight PLUS anything speficially denied them in
<JL:Jump,"article 1 section 9">Section Nine<EL>.<HR>Additionally, the
<JL:Jump,"bill of rights">Bill of Rights<EL> is actually a seies of
pohibitions against Congress - thereby a bill of prohibition against
the fedeal govenment. <JL:Jump,"Amendment 10">Amendment 10<EL> in the
BIll of Rights forbides Congress the use of any powers not speifically
outlined in the Constitution.</DP>
<DP:6.26042,1.5625,"Constitutional Convention">If the Congress does not
act on a proposed Amendment, state legislators or the Citizens of the
States can organize what are referred to as 'Contisitutional
Conventions' and enact changes to the Constitution:<HR>(1) The state
legislators can call for aconvention to consider only a specific
amendment. Or, states conventions comprised of common sitizens can
call upon other states to join them in this process if state
legislators will not act.<HR>(2) Anything else the convention considers
could be ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court - only one thing at a
time, here!<HR>(3) Whatever the convention recommended would have to be
approved by three-fourths of the state legistlators - or the satte
conventions made up of common citizens in three-forths of the
States.<HR>Amendment 17 came close to being brought in by this means,
but the Congress did an about-face and voted it in - probably to save
face and ensure favorable re-elections.<HR>President Reagan continually
called upon the People to call such conventions to amend the
Consitution in favor of protecting the right to life of Unborn
Children. He also called for such conventions to vote on Prayer in
School. and the return of teaching public morals in school.</DP>
<DP:2.33333,1.5625,Delivered>SInce governors are seponsible for the
safety and well-being of all persons within their state, they may
refuse to extrdite a fugitive if they feel the fugitive would not
receive fair, humane treatement - like a mobbing or a lynching - and
the Supreme Court has ruled that the federal courts cannot intervine;
it has also reused to examine the basis for thses decisions because the
matter is one of discretional judgement and therefore final.</DP>
<DP:2.34375,1.5625,disparage>'belittle'; 'reduce'</DP>
<DP:2.34375,1.5625,"due process">"Due process" means a full hearing as
provided by law. Due process does not necessarily require a jury unless
that is the established process for the type of problem involved. Nor
is a formal trial necessary for due process, if there is a full and
fair hearing and an opportunity for the determination of the merits of
the case.</DP>
<DP:4.95833,2.14583,"Electorial College">CLICK HERE to search this file
for information on Electors.<HR>Electors have to be the most unique
thing in the Constitution! The Founders did not trust the Legislators
to elect the President and Vice-President because then they would
control them - they also feared that the people, in a popular voite,
could be swayed by ignorace, lies, faulty reporting, hollow promises,
and flashy campaigns... (hmmm...). So, they came up with an 'indirect
popular vote' wherein an impromtu body of legislature is created every
four years to cast the official votes. The idea was to choose wise,
mature persons who fully understood 'the big picture' better than the
general population - which at that time were mostly farmers and others
who worked 16 hours a day and did not have the tmie and, in those days,
the ability to keep up on corrent events... many could not even read.
These chosen Electors would met in their respective states at a place
chosen by the sate to cast their votes - this way they didn't even meet
as a group, making lobbying even harder. They would, of course, be
influenced by the popular vote of those they were representing, but it
they knew things about the canidates the general population did not
take into account, they are free to vote accordingly.</DP>
<DP:2.34375,1.5625,emolument>profit arising from office or employement;
compensation for services; salary of fees; gainn; profit. There are
those who interpret this to mean that a person who was retired from the
military could not even collect their retirement pay while serving as
President as it would be a Conflict of Interest.</DP>