We live in the greatest country in the world ~ the problem is there are too many laws, rules and regulations that are not legal. 

There are some elected officials that do not understand their oath of office. 

Our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are heading to a disaster.  People need to be involved.  For example:

A.  Sign up for different boards (planning, zoning, conservation, etc.)

B.  Stay focused on what your politicians are doing.

The following are a few cases that show the constitution is alive

"All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void." according to the Supreme Court in Marbury vs Madison 5 US (2 Cranch) 137, 174, 176,

A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the Federal Constitution.” according to the Supreme Court in Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105, at 113.

"No State shall convert a liberty into a privilege, license it, and charge a fee therefore." according to the Supreme Court in Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 US 105:

"Where rights (liberty) secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no legislation which would abrogate (abolish) them." according to the Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 US 436:

There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of this exercise of constitutional rights." according to the Supreme Court in Sherer v. Cullen, 481 F 946

"If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and engage in the right (liberty) with impunity." according to the Supreme Court in Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham Alabama, 373 US 262:

"An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no right; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed” according to the Supreme Court in Norton vs Shelby County 118 US 425 According to the 16th American Jurisprudence 2d, Section 177 late 2nd, Section 256:

No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." {Emphasis added} "The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and the name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it.

When a government acts beyond its limited {legal} scope of operational {read Constitutional} duties the court, in United States v. Classic, 313 US 299, 326 states: "Misuse of power, possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed with the authority of state law, is action taken 'under color of' state law." - this, however, does not make the action ‘legal’. To paraphrase US v. Minker, 350 US 179 at page 187 the court warns:

Because of what appears to be a lawful command on the surface, many citizens, because of their respect for what only appears to be a law, are cunningly coerced into waiving their rights, due to ignorance.

Since our Law requires they swear to “bear faith and true allegiance to the United States of America and the state of New Hampshire, and will support the constitution thereof” before taking office and then they come under the provisions of Title VI,

Chapter 92 of our RSAs which states “any such person who violates said oath after taking the same shall be forthwith dismissed from the office or position involved.

 

Remember

The country belongs to the people!

 

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