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    For using the full force of the federal government's Department of Homeland Security to politically disable and ostracize all traditional conservative groups and individuals, such as veterans, those who support the Second Amendment, those who embrace religion, those who espouse the values of the Founding Fathers, etc, by labeling them officially as "domestic terrorists' (those most likely to radicalize and become violent). See the Report directed by President Barack Obama and issued on April 7, 2009 by Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano - "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."

    For engaging in retribution against American citizens (using the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security, and the IRS, just to name a few) who are critical of the federal government and/or who hold different political views or a different political philosophy.

    For instituting an era of "fear of government" such that today's "good (conservative) patriot" is afraid to do anything other than write articles, go on conservative talk radio, and otherwise protest and march on Washington DC in order to protect the republic that our Founders created and the individual States acceded to. They are seemingly afraid to do anything meaningfully to help their fellow citizens now living under oppressive dictatorships. They are afraid to do anything meaningful to undermine the government's tyranny because they believe they have no other options other than their free speech (now in question) and their power at the ballot box (also now seriously undermined and in question). They believe to do so would bring the wrath of the federal government (thank you President Abraham Lincoln), which means the government has destroyed the spirit and the historic civic duty and responsibility of every American patriot.

    For colluding with the main stream media to control the message that the American people receive on behalf of the government, the Democratic Party, political elites, and other political movers and shakers. I think we all have come to understand the power of the media to brainwash the average American under-educated citizen.

    For pursing an extensive policy of lies to the American people and to the media (to spread out in order to monopolize the news) for purely political ambitions. First and foremost, the lies have been meant to tarnish the conservative groups in America (specifically to curtail or prevent conservatives' ability to promote their views and ideas), and second, to further curtail civil liberties, thereby allowing government to further control the People.

    For treating Americans totally different, depending on the political party they associate with and vote, and in fact, at times showing absolute contempt for members of the American citizenry who don't "tow the same party line." For example, Antifa and BLM are referred to as "freedom fighters" and have been exempt by the Democrat-controlled House members for criticism, investigation, or prosecution while peaceful, law-abiding conservative Patriots are called by these same Democratic House members "domestic terrorists." As another example, Joe Biden called all Trump supporters "Domestic Terrorists" for daring to protest and exercise their First Amendment rights of speech and expression, as well as the right to seek redress from their government. And furthermore, Alexandria Acasio-Cortez called all conservatives "lazy." Obviously, their hope is that these conservatives will be seen as dangerous, as traitors and as enemies of the state. Members of "the Peoples' House" (Congress) should never ever show contempt for the people - all people - of the country that they are ultimately legislating for.

    For pushing issues and politics of fear so forcefully that we have watched as America has reluctantly accepted the rationally and morally indefensible physical and economic lockdown of the country. It is apathy in the face of tyranny.


    For creating and using unconstitutional offices and agencies to over-regulate and use aggressive tactics, forcing tens of millions of Americans to accept irrational, unconstitutional and unprecedented police state-type restrictions on their freedoms, including even the freedom to make a living.

    For weaponizing the government and its agencies for criminal and political ambition purposes. (Examples: IRS (to prevent TEA Party groups from raising money to meaningfully influence the 2012 presidential election; that is, to support Obama's opponent Mitt Romney as well as to invest in political adds against Obama),

    For pursuing and investing in the knowingly-fabricated Steele dossier which the DOJ paid for in order to initiate an investigation of Trump for the express purpose of taking focus off Hillary and her personal email server scandal,

    For going to the secret FISA courts and obtaining FISA warrants, using the knowingly-fabricated Steele dossier and making intentional and critical omissions, for the direct purpose of not only spying illegally on an American citizen but a presidential candidate as well (Donald Trump).

    For planting evidence (coerced false testimony) against an honest, decent, and highly competent Supreme Court nominee (Brett Kavanaugh).

    For hate-filled liberal/progressive/Democratic members in Congress not only creating a false premise to bring charges of impeachment against President Donald Trump for the sole purpose of trying to get him out of office and undoing the will of the people, but conducting planning and strategy meetings in secret and denying access to any Republican representative. It was a clear case of denying Trump his due process right.

    For making a "gender" issue against the immutable laws of nature (biology) for transgenders and others who make it their own choice of which gender to identify with (regardless of biological gender - solidified by DNA) for the purposes of federal discrimination laws, even though the core curriculum in our children's education is to study the laws of nature and especially to study life in Biology

    For showing hostility to religion. Only by characterizing religious tenets as discriminatory can the government expanding and progress their progressive agenda.

    For showing hostility to those who embrace the Second Amendment ("those who cling to their guns and their religion")

    For refusing to investigate a presidential election, and other federal elections as well, when there has clearly been election tampering, election irregularities, election defrauding schemes, and voter fraud, especially by an overly ambitious and unscrupulous political party or candidate (involving collusion). The government has shown no interest or concern that it is a government "for the people" and is guided not only by a framework laid out in the Constitution and in the Declaration of Independence, but by common sense and decency as well, and therefore has denied the people their rightful expectation that elections are fair, honest, a product of "one person, one vote" (popular referendum), and transparent. The government has allowed the American people to lose faith in their federal election system and in some cases, has denied them the candidate they rightfully chose.

    For making secret deals with foreign adversaries (Russia, Iran), for covering up a terrorist attack and assassination of American Ambassador Christopher Stevens and other American government personnel (Benghazi)


    For proving to the American people that there is a "two-track" justice system by refusing to indict and/or otherwise investigate and punish those in government (like James Comey) other political elites (like Hillary) while aggressively going after American citizens who break federal law (dual set of standards)

    For putting the interests of illegal aliens before the well-being of law-abiding and documented American citizens. Even the thought of such misplaced interest and allegiance should shock the conscience of every American citizen.

    For allowing illegal and harmful drugs and other potentially deadly controlled substances to cross our borders to flood our streets and kill our children and/or lure them into gangs or addiction. Also, even though there is plenty of resources to patrol the borders and even to build a protective wall, the government has ignored such responsibility to allow uncontrolled illegal entry by aliens, including potential terrorists, into our country. It has allowed the unsecured borders to be a source of increasing human trafficking as well. Border control and patrol is a task delegated to the federal government by the Constitution for the primary purposes of national safety and security and for controlling who enters the country. It has the authority over immigration and naturalization.

    For denying the States their inherent and natural sovereign right of secession. Abraham Lincoln ambitiously and masterfully re-interpreted the Constitution to mean that the States had meant the Constitution to create a perpetual union (unbreakable and forcing the States to give up their right to ever secede. Nothing was farther from the truth). Secession is not mentioned at all in the Constitution. That is because it is a sovereign - a natural - right belonging to every state. It is inalienable which means that no state can ever be permanently denied of that right. It is tied with the natural right of self-determination and self-preservation. If it is not mentioned in the Constitution, then it is a right superseding the document. The right to life is not mentioned per se in the Constitution, and yet we know that it is a right that supersedes it. Anything not mentioned in the Constitution is not subject to federal legislation or to federal policy. Such action is outwardly abusive, unconstitutional, and subject to non-enforcement (nullification by the States or the People).

    VIOLATIONS SPECIFICALLY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS -

    While the abuses of power and acts of out-right tyranny above are outrageous enough and certainly enough to warrant abolishing the current federal government, there have been abuses and violations of the Bill of Rights, a listing of human rights and re-declarations of our government philosophy and system for which the federal government was primarily tasked with protecting. In other words, the Bill of Rights was a "hands off" notice to the federal government.

    The following summary is taken directly from the article "The Bill of Rights Violated," written by Joel Killion, in 2014:

    The Constitution of the United States, which includes the Bill of Rights, is one of the most abused documents in American history. It was designed to provide a solid foundation for liberty by limiting the size and scope of the federal government in a way that has never been seen in the history of mankind, but it is the Bill of Rights which makes it especially unique. Contrary to what many may think, the Bill of Rights "is not a declaration of rights at all. It is a declaration of prohibitions against the federal government," setting clear boundaries that were not to be crossed (Skousen 674). However, as you will see, these delineations have been sullied. The following essay presents each amendment in the Bill of Rights, provides a summary of each amendment, and shows how they have been violated by the federal government.

    FIRST AMENDMENT -

    "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."

    The first part of the First Amendment deals with freedom of religion, which in many cases forms the basis for and guides one's conscience and actions. It contains the "Establishment" clause and the "Free Exercise" clause. Essentially what this provision states is that the government can never establish a state-sponsored religion (usually to the discrimination of others, like England had), it can not show favoritism toward one religion over another or even prefer religion over non-religion (a person can be religious, an atheist or an agnostic and all are equal in the eyes of the government), and it cannot show cannot prohibit anyone or any group of people from freely practicing their faith.

    Examples of how the Founders' original intention of this provision has been violated by the federal government:

    "In the case of Gitlow v. New York [1925], the Supreme Court used certain provisions in the federal Bill of Rights and applied them to the states. The court justified this action on the basis of the Fourteenth Amendment, which provides that 'no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' The opponents of traditional theistic religion and morality saw the Gitlow case as an opportunity to invoke the power of the federal courts to build a wall between each of the states and any form of religious encouragement, even though it was provided indirectly. In other words they would reverse the Founders' original policy" (Skousen 685). The first provision of the First Amendment prohibits the federal government from interfering in religious matters, leaving this jurisdiction to the states; yet, in the case, the Supreme Court violated this prohibition.


    "The case of Cantwell v. Connecticut [1940] was the first ruling of the Supreme Court in which the "Gitlow doctrine" was applied to religious liberty..." (Skousen 685), followed by McCollum v. Board of Education [1948] where the Supreme Court "...used the Gitlow doctrine to tell a state board of education that it would not allow children, even with their parents' consent, to take religion classes in school" (Skousen 686).