XIX. Evidence against an accused can not be disregarded regardless of how it was obtained. If it was illegally obtained prosecute the offender of that crime, do not let the accused go free. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to try to set the Judicial branch back on the path for justice as much as legality, all evidence is evidence and shall be allowed in court; if laws were broken in obtaining that evidence then the persons that broke those laws shall be prosecuted in accordance to the law.
XX. All evidence available must be presented to the jury, not just what is convenient for one side or the other; this includes the past record of the accused and the investigators. Failing to do so will lead to prosecution for perjury. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to prevent the exclusion of evidence that might prove a person’s innocence or guilt. Both the prosecution and defense must present all evidence that it has pertaining to the case so the jurors can make a fair decision, failure to do so is to be considered perjury by omission and prosecuted.
XXI. The jurors have the right to ask questions of any witness through the judge and the judge must ask any question that is not blatantly off track or offensive. Purpose: Jurors must have a firm grasp on what has happened and may need clarification of certain facts to know the truth so that it is imperative that they be able to ask pertinent questions of all of those testifying and those questions are to be asked by the judge to protect the identity of which juror asked; that is the purpose of this amendment.
XXII. A person committing a crime has no right to the presumption of innocence while they are committing the crime and forfeit all rights during the act of committing the crime. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to protect the citizen from being sued or prosecuted for accidents or injuries happening to a criminal while they are committing a crime by letting it be known that any person committing a crime has given up all rights during the act of committing that crime, those rights are reinstated once the act is no longer happening.
XXIII. A lawyer has the responsibility to presume his client to be innocent. Once he knows that they are not innocent, any lawyer that helps to get their client freed of the charges is subject to prosecution as an accomplice in the crime. Purpose: A lawyer who gets a person out that they know is guilty has aided and abetted them just as surely as if they had provided them with money and knocked out the guard, so they should be punished accordingly. That is the purpose of this amendment.
XXIV. Any use of force on a civilian by any member of government or in employment thereof shall be subject to review by a board of five people, one from the police, one internal affairs officer, and three civilians selected at random from the juror’s pool. Any force used by any well armed and trained unit (such as the police) must be shown to be the least amount of force needed to contain the situation (Shooting a person that has a knife when a tazer was available is not the least amount of force). Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to prevent the use of excessive force by public servants which usually have greater numbers and deadlier weapons by setting up a system of review by a board of three civilians an two police to review all cases in which force was used and to make the results known to the public.
XXV. Any person having never been convicted of a violent crime has the right to own and have in their house firearms for self protection. Any person upon completing a gun safety, proficiency, and legal use class that does not have a felony conviction or is not at that time under felony indictment may carry a firearm with them. To draw a firearm in a menacing or reckless manner may lead to prosecution and the right to carry a firearm being revoked. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the second amendment and let it be known that citizens without felony arrest do have an avenue to be able to carry them with them outside of t
XXVI. No firearm with less than a fourteen inch barrel shall be legal if it can be or has been modified to become fully automatic. Carrying such a weapon shall be a felony. Purpose: Due to accuracy issues fully automatic weapons with short barrels can not be used safely with out risking death or injury to innocent people. This law pertains to Public servants, military, and civilians.
XXVII. No income tax shall ever be levied on individuals. Industries may be taxed on income up to fifteen percent based upon the profit it has made. Ten percent for profit margins over one hundred and ten percent of the average income of the citizens and more tax the higher the profit. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to set forth a control on revenue collection from individuals by the government, so that no income tax can be levied as it was originally written in the Constitution.
XXVIII. No law shall be passed to restrict or encourage religion within or outside of the government. The government has no authority to require or prohibit prayer or religious symbols anywhere other than in places where gatherings are prohibited anyway as long as the participants act within the law as far as volume and civil obedience. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that no religion may be forced upon or taught to the people, nor can one be persecuted. This does not however mean that those of one religion or of no religion can try to have the other religions discriminated against that no one religion shall be entitled to more benefits under the law than the rest.
XXIX. Unreasonable search and seizure is expanded to include tactics like using Game Wardens to do it, or making a person stay in their vehicle so that the authorities can say they saw something suspicious. If such incidents occur the evidence may be used but the offending authority must be prosecuted for false imprisonment inside the vehicle and/or breaking and entering for the illegal search. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to protect the right to not be subjected to unwarranted search by deceptive practices.
XXX. The President and the Vice President shall be listed separate on all ballots and no ballot shall have any reference to the party affiliation of any candidate. Purpose: To allow for the election of the candidate that the people want. Current system did not allow people to vote for who they want to succeed the President if anything happened to them and the purpose of this amendment is to give the people the choice.
XXXI. A panel of people selected at random from juror’s pools, one from each state, shall be convened and paid and treated the same as Legislators. It is their duty to review all questionable acts by the government and hand down decisions to the public about them. They are to also review any ‘political’ maneuvering like ‘filibustering’ done by the legislature and if a majority consensus is reached that it is wrong for it to have happened, it will be passed to the Ethics Committee for handling, this record and a record of the committees response shall be released to the public and media weekly. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to set up a system to check on and control the activities of public servants and that the system shall be set to have one participant from each state chosen at random.
XXXII. Any public employee or official, rather elected or hired, by seeking or accepting that position has by ‘implied consent’ and by placing themselves as an example of the law; voluntarily placed themselves in a position where any infraction of those laws will be dealt with harshly, the offender must suffer at least twice the penalty of any regular citizen. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to provide for punishment of public servants that use their title or authority wrong and to make sure that they receive punishment for breaking their oath to the people as well as breaking the law.
XXXIII. Cruel and unusual shall be defined as anything that purposefully draws out the death in a painful manner or amounts to torture of a convicted criminal. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to define the statement cruel and unusual so that it will stop arguments about laws on the books.
XXXIV. Certain crimes are heinous enough to warrant the death penalty even though nobody physically died during the commission of the crime. Rape of a child under twelve, especially a baby meets this criterion. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to reverse a decision made by the Supreme Court and allow the death sentence for particularly bad crimes.
XXXV. No person convicted of a felony shall be entitled to anymore than we guarantee every citizen, with the exception that we are obligated to give them enough to survive. Work programs shall be set up to give them a way to earn more food or something else, but they will have to earn it. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to stop the coddling of inmates with services while civilians suffer, but also to set up a work system where they can earn extras if they work for them, the same as in civilian life.
XXXVI. Any social program will be set up as an account where a person can get out of it what they put into it and no more. Any person that is on a social program shall be required to work for the help that they receive. No person shall be able to increase the number of dependence while on a social program unless they were pregnant when they joined and then only by the child or children born of that pregnancy. Any unused funds shall be distributed to those in need that have not established an account, but it is to be done in the form of a loan. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to prevent abuse of social programs by a few and to set a method of funding such programs.
XXXVII. Divorce shall no longer be granted except in proved cases of adultery, abuse (physical or emotional), or abandonment and the person causing the divorce will be entitled to nothing except the clothes on their body as they walk away, all properties go the remaining spouse. Purpose: Children need two parents whenever possible. If people are not sure that they will try to stay together they should not get married. This punishes those that break their word and the contract of marriage. That is the purpose of this amendment.
XXXVIII. Any government subsidies given to any industry is to be considered a loan and will be paid back as soon as possible and failure to do so will warrant the forfeiture of all processions of the company. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to stop handouts to rich moneymaking industries at the expense of civilians.
XXXIX. Any industry exporting jobs shall be subject to large import taxes on their product or service. Any company wishing to move completely out of the country is subject to have all of its processions here in the States seized. Purpose: American companies should benefit American people; if they will not do it willingly they can pay for it with taxes. The purpose of this amendment is set forth the ground rules on that.
XL. Any industry leader that ignores known health risk in selling a product is personally held responsible as well as the industry and may be prosecuted under the law. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to assure that those that make the decision to put people at risk are held responsible and can not hide behind the cloak of being an industry.
XLI. All seizures for breaking federal laws shall be auctioned to the public. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to help eliminate corruption of officials that use seizure laws to profit themselves.
XLII. When the internet is running again any law violations on it shall be punishable by death due to the anonymity and ease of concealment of the perpetrator. Purpose: The purpose of this amendment is to set punishment for crimes done on the internet to a high enough standard to compensate for the difficulty in tracking down the perpetrators.
DISPOSABLE:
The Constitution was written to set down the guidelines for operation of the government and for the protection of the citizens from that government. We are aware that it is an adjustable document and was designed that way so that it could be adjusted to fit the changing times in which we live. It was written by patriots and statesmen who risk life and liberty to secure the right of self-rule for this country. I do not think that these people who toiled so hard over the wording and meaning of their work could have foreseen the day when the government was run by career politicians. The major problem is that most politicians are so far removed from the general public that they really have no idea what their concerns and needs are. How can a person that lives on more than five times the income of their constituents and can vote themselves a raise understand the daily concerns of the people? At this point in time we have a government that is run by politicians where the majority will not vote to get rid of lobbyist pandering and earmarking of funds to serve their own desires. A justice department that is so far removed from the search for justice that we now refer to it as the legal system ; in view of it’s pursuit of what the letter of the law says instead of what is just and fair. The executive branch also has been corrupted, if by no other means than that of the election process where only the rich and a member of the two major parties can have a chance of securing the presidency. While the executive branch changes from one President to another, some of the abuses of power like pardons for friends and supporters seem to be becoming a trend.
To some this may sound like the ravings of an anarchist madman who is out to destroy the government; I assure you that this is not the case. I along with many other Americans would be on the shores with my rifle to defend it from being overthrown, but it would be naive to think we do not have problems and can not do better. While there are very obvious problems with the way things are being done, this government is still one of the best ever. Should we settle for “good enough†or “it is still working� Settling for this could prove to be a catastrophe. History has shown that once a government is on its way out, it will fall. I believe we need to make adjustments to the government now to protect the future for our children, waiting can leave them in the hands of a tyrant, either through the revolution of people feeling oppressed and outcast or through the suppression efforts of those trying to hold on to power.
The following are things that I think should be addressed and suggestions on how to address them. I am in no way trying to say that I have all the answers, in fact I am sure that I do not. There may be unforeseen consequences to some of my ideas or even gaps in logic; due to my own prides and prejudices. The purpose here is to get the discussion started so that we may find the answers and save this government.
Education
My views on education are my most radical ideas and I know that many will disagree with them, but hopefully it will get some conversation going. I do hope that you will think about the logic of what I say before you dismiss it. I do believe that math and science are very important and are also survival tools for many situations (ask McGyver, ha ha). Many other subjects also should be taught that are not even considered. A course in logic can help anybody throughout their life if they apply it. Philosophy can also help a person to see problems and people from other perspectives; this can prove invaluable in life. Health is also important, but should be
taught as a science. Physical Education seems to be a thing of the past, but should be taught without making some students feel inferior because they do not excel in some areas. Self defense should be taught as part of phys. ed. especially in light of the 9-11 incidences. If the people on the plane over Pennsylvania had known how to defend themselves it probably would have had a much happier ending. The rise in gang activity and crime also shows reason to teach people how to defend themselves. Languages are also important, but I would like to see Latin starting to be taught at an early stage, while it is a dead language; most of the modern European languages stem from it. Knowing Latin would help anyone learn most of the European languages much easier.
Survival skills in the wild should be taught, everything from building shelter to gutting a deer. I once read a story about a small plane that crashed in the Rockies enroute from NYC to LA. All survived the landing but none made it out alive, if only one of them had some survival knowledge they all might have been saved. The point is that all of them were city dwellers and figured they would never need to know wilderness survival, they were wrong. The primary job of parents as teachers is to teach our children what they need to know to survive, since the schools are taking over that job; I feel they should do it well. The skills of fishing, hunting, archery, marksmanship, firearm safety, fire pit cooking, shelter building, navigation, and cleaning game can save lives in an uncertain future. Even if a person never uses them, they will also help teach confidence and self reliance. I have had people get upset about teaching marksmanship and firearm safety and have often been asked if I really wanted the gang members to be good marksmen. My answer is definitely. It is ignorance (lack of knowledge) that is most likely to get somebody accidentally killed with a firearm. Even if you do not want your children to touch a gun, they have learned about them from movies and video games; the problem is that most of that is a lie. Better they know the right way in case they ever find one or somebody else has one. As far as marksmanship, I feel that all should be proficient with a firearm in case they ever did have to defend their life or family. If gang members were good marksmen when they set out to kill a rival member they would be much less likely to shoot some little girl standing on the street instead of their real target. Personally, I do not mind if they kill each other off, it is the life they chose let them die with it, but that little girl should not have to die because they were such bad shots that they used an Uzi instead of an accurate revolver. Equipped with these lessons the children of this country would be much better equipped to survive.
INCOME TAX--- I believe we should do away with this tax and institute a sales tax, I have suggested this for years and recently heard it mentioned in the primaries.
This tax should be on everything except basic foods, exceptions could be made for clothing sold by non-profit organizations.
This would assure that the drug dealers and all others that do not declare their income would pay their share if they wanted to buy something. There would still be those that would not pay their fair share, like those buying stolen property or drugs, but at least they would have to pay when they bought a new car or whatever. If a corporation wanted to spend a few million on a yacht for their executive, they could, but they would still have to pay the tax and not have it as a write-off. The biggest corporations and the wealthiest people are often the ones that pay the lowest percentage of their income in taxes. This would go a long way toward leveling the playing field.
