Camp Constitution Adds On-Line Bookstore to its Website
Camp Constitution is pleased to announce the creation of an on line bookstore featuring products published by Camp Constitution Press including timeless classics like “Sockdolager” The Not Yours to Give story of Davey Crockett, “America’s Dynamic Duo Morality and Freedom…Camp Constitution’s Dynamic Duo Rev. Garrett Lear and Rev. Steve Craft.” and “Execute the Laws to Restore the Republic.” Camp Constitution Press is in the process of publishing a book by Peter Boyce on the dangers of an Article V Convention, and a collection of essays by the Guardians of Education in Maine.
All proceeds go to support Camp Constitution’s annual family summer camp and its various outreach activities.
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Our Great Constitution: “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization” v. Executive Order Fraud & Unconstitutional Amnesty
By Daniel Vincent McGonigle III
November 20, 2014 [This commentary was originally published as a “Note” on Facebook, November 6, 2014]
Specific powers granted, and the separation of powers, are enumerated in the Constitution.
Presidential Executive Orders/Actions apply within the federal Executive branch of government; and do not apply to the Congress, the Judiciary, the States, or We the People. Executive Orders are not Laws, which are made by Congress.
Orders signed and executed by past Presidents, and the absence of judicial determination, are irrelevant to determining the constitutionality of Executive Orders. The Constitution means what it says.
The People have superseding power:
[Declaration]: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ”.
[Preamble]: “We the People *** do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Article I Congressional power:
Art I Section 1: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, . .”
Art I Sec 8 Clause 4: “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . .”
Art I Sec 8 Clause 15: “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”
The purpose of the 435 U.S. Representatives is to represent We the People.
The purpose of the 100 U.S. Senators is to represent the States. The 17th Amendment of 1913 was and is repugnant to the original intent of the Constitution, and removed power of the States over their U.S. Senators; thereby unbalancing the separation of powers between the States and federal government, in favor of federal government and more centralized power.
Nowhere in the Constitution is there any remote suggestion that law-making be in the sole hands of a single person.
One of the purposes and powers of “the Militia of the several States [Art II Sec 2 Cl 1] *** composed of the body of the People ” [Virginia Const Decl of Rights Sec 13] is “to execute the Laws“, including per Art VI Clause 2: “This Constitution *** the supreme Law “, when it is “[being] necessary to the security of a free State ” [2ndAmendment]; and, additionally confirmed by “The powers *** reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” [10thAmendment].
A necessity for emergency execution would include when the everyday constitutional execution of the Laws is not being performed, such as the current state of affairs.
Article II Presidential power:
Art II Sec 1 Clause 1: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America . .”
Art II Sec 3: “He *** shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, . .”
When a bill passes Congress and then goes to the President’s desk: the POTUS can sign it and it immediately becomes Law; the POTUS can refuse to sign it and it becomes Law in 10 days; or, the POTUS can Veto it, which would require a 2/3 vote passage by Congress to override the Veto for it to become Law. The Veto power is an additional constitutional check that is available on a majority vote in Congress.
Only a constitutional ignoramus, pretending to have advanced constitutional knowledge, would assert that–when it is said “the President signed a bill into Law ” means that the President made Law.
Congress is enumerated to make [constitutional] “Laws *** made in Pursuance” of “This Constitution”; the President and officials underneath the President execute [constitutional] Laws; and the People through the Militia are enumerated “to execute the [constitutional] Laws ” in an emergency or when “necessary to the security of a free State “.
Powers are granted or “vested ” under separate Articles, to prevent any one branch of government from becoming dictatorial or too powerful over other branches.
Orders signed and executed by by the President must be within the powers constitutionally granted and within the Laws existing: “This Constitution, and the Laws *** made in Pursuance thereof ” [Art VI Clause 2].
When the President said after the election that he would do whatever he could do through executive action, the alleged “lawful” action he meant was signing an Executive Action that would pretend to make new immigration “Law ”, which would in fact not be “lawful” because only Congress has enumerated power to make “Laws“.
The President is pretending that his predicted executive action would be constitutional and lawful, despite his lack of law-making authority and the separation of powers, despite his lack of authority to give Orders affecting society outside of the federal executive branch, and despite the constitutional mandate and restriction of Art I Sec 8 Clause 4.
“To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization ” means the same single line and same Law for everyone seeking USA citizenship; which means no exceptions, and certainly no special “amnesty” for millions of illegals.
So, it strongly appears that the proposed “amnesty”, if permitted to be done, would violate multiple Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Who will enforce our Constitution, when “necessary “?
At the time that the Constitution was approved in Convention in Philadelphia, and then ratified by the States in their Conventions, the body of the People were enumerated to compose the Militia by State Constitutions and Statutes: “That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state . .” [Virginia Constitution Decl of Rights Sec 13].
The U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights, and then federal Militia Statutes, maintained and strengthened the pre-existing State-County-Local Militia command structures. It makes perfect, logical sense that the superseding constitutional authority is enumerated to enforce our Constitution in any emergency or when necessary.
The alleged “liberty movement” and alleged “constitutionalists” need to get with the program, or get out of the way. The un-American factions must be and will be prevented in their facilitation of destruction of America from either without or within. When factions resort to baseless name-calling [e.g. “extremist”; “potential domestic terrorist”] in their talking-points, they reveal their own lack of legitimate argument. America can and will be constitutionally restored to her intended greatness; when “the People” get on board with our own superseding authority, 2nd only to “the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God “.
It is job #1 of the 7,300+ State Legislators to restore and re-organize the disbanded command structures, and then ensure performance of enumerated State-County-Local institutions composed of We the People that have the ultimate constitutional authority “to execute the Laws of the Union“, including enforcing “This Constitution *** the supreme Law” when it is “necessary to the security of a free State” [Art I Sec 8 Clause 15; Art VI Clause 2; 2nd Amendment].
We the People in re-organized re-authorized command structures as mandated, will enforce our Constitution when “necessary”, as intended. Proper performance of these mandated State-County-Local command structures, includes the constitutional means to truly secure our borders, and to fully deter tyranny, as “necessary“.
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November 6, 2014 — https://www.facebook.com/notes/daniel-vincent-mcgonigle-iii/our-great-constitution-to-establish-an-uniform-rule-of-naturalization-v-executiv/1559633277605476
© 2014 Daniel Vincent McGonigle III
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See: Sheriffs standing up:
See: OBAMA IMMIGRATION ACTION IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, J.B. Williams, November 25, 2014 http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams294.htm
See: Q – Where are Executive Orders authorized in the U.S. Constitution?, November 18, 2014, The American View http://www.theamericanview.com/q-where-are-executive-orders-authorized-in-the-u-s-constitution-2/
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Mr. McGonigle is expert on the Security-Militia Clauses in the Constitution & Bill of Rights, and is author-editor of “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic (2013) Camp Constitution Press. He publishes brief commentaries here and at the blog EnforceOurConstitution.com, and is a regular instructor at the annual Camp Constitution. Mr. McGonigle, through published posts, commentaries, interviews and speaking tours, is promoting the formation of official Committees of Correspondence and official Committees of Safety, first at the local level and based on historical precedent. Since 2010, and following in the footsteps of the nation’s top constitutional scholar–Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Mr. McGonigle has been promoting necessary revitalization of enumerated well regulated Militia of the several States, that will peacefully facilitate restoration of constitutional security, constitutional money and constitutional enforcement.
“Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic (2013) — https://campconstitution.net/store/products/execute-the-laws
Happy Constitution Day: How Well Do Know Your “Freedom Manual?”
Today we celebrate the 227th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Sadly, most Americans know little to nothing about this great document. Camp Constitution mans information tables at various venues the year and offers those who stop by our tables to take a simple 10 question quiz. We challenge you to take it.
Constitution Quiz:
1, Which amendment protects the right to keep and bear arm
2, What is the age requirement for the U.S. Senate?
3, Which amendment reads “From each according to his abilities, to
each according to his needs?”
4, Lawmaking abilities are vested in which branch of government?
5, How many amendments does the Constitution have?
6, Which branch of government has the power to regulate education?
7, Where in the Constitution is foreign aid mentioned?
4, Congress- Article One, Section One.
5, Twenty-seven
6, None. The U.S. Constitution does not grant any power regarding education in the Constitution.
7, It isn’t mentioned. The Constitution never gave the federal government any power to give taxpayer money to foreign countries. A treaty may include financial arrangements but this wouldn’t be foreign aid.
8, 2/3 of those present (Article II, Section, II, Paragraph II)
9, The House of Representatives (Article I, Section II, Paragraph 5
10, Congress (Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 11
Thank you for taking the quiz. We hope that this will challenge you to both learn more, and help others learn about this incredible document. We also hope that you will take an important role in the freedom movement. If you would like more information about Camp Constitution, please visit our web site www.campconstitution.net
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Camp Constitution Announces its 2015 Annual Family Camp
Mark your calendars: Camp Constitution’s 2015 Annual Family camp will be held at Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center in Rindge, NH from Sunday July 12 to Sunday July 19. While we haven’t finalized all of the activities, Mrs. KrisAnne Hall will return to camp next year. Camp applications, and promotional brochures will be available soon. Check out our 2014 camp videos http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpEjsw7jX68&index=17&list=PL7jnzBzBiNYDdeZnCmuy5kQGVfwPW8J6t
Camp Constitution 2014
Camp Constitution’s 2014 annual family camp held at the Toah Nipi Christian Retreat Center in Rindge, NH ended last week. This year’s camp drew attendees as far as Florida and Michigan. Mrs. KrisAnne Hall, attending for the first time, was a bit hit with staffers and campers alike. Along with her inspirational, and motivational classes, she did several radio shows while at camp featuring interviews of campers. Instructor, Garret Lear, “The Patriot Pastor,” added a class on the use of a musket and several campers had the opportunity to fire the musket. Campers also heard from Mr. Larry Cleveland, a life-long Rindge resident who organized a successful attempt to stop Agenda 21 type programs from being implemented in the town. He demonstrated how informed citizens can indeed fight “city hall.” Leadership workshops conducted by Earl Wallace, author of “The Three Dimensional Leader” motivated the camp’s junior counselors to start an on-line monthly magazine, and produce a promotional DVD which should be available shortly. On the last full day of camp, senior campers did a distribution of U.S. Constitution to members of the business community in nearby Jaffrey, NH.
The all-day field trip to Old Ironsides and Bunker Hill ws complimented by classes about the famous battleship by a former crew member, and camp instructor, Norman Tregenza. Campers also visited the boyhood home of Uncle Sam in nearby Mason, NH. Owner Jean-Pierre Mouraux travelled from Sonoma, CA to open the house for the campers.
Super campers were awarded to veteran campers Jillian Kalis and Ben Leveillee. They were awarded a free tuition for next year’s camp. Runner-ups were first time campers Dominic and Madeleine Girard. Super counselor went to Mr. Chris Kalis who travels all theway from Michigan with his family to attend. Dates for next year’s camp will be announced soon.
Videos of classes and activities can be found on Youtube and camp photos are available on the camp’s facebook pages.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7jnzBzBiNYDdeZnCmuy5kQGVfwPW8J6t
The Law[s], Organized Common Defense of Liberty, and The Militia of The Constitution
By Daniel Vincent McGonigle III
July 4, 2014
Anarchist, secessionist and neo-con anti-constitutionalists contaminate the liberty movement with an un-American intellectual disease, and have a penchant for quoting 20th century philosopher Friedrich Hayek in their bogus attempts to back up their promotion of anarchist, secessionist, anti-constitutionalist philosophy.
These promoters of un-American anti-constitutionalism who pretend to be pro-liberty, ignore a major western political philosophy principle: that the end or purpose of government is the common or collective defense of life, liberty and property. Obviously, that principle is pro-liberty. No less than Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Samuel Adams, Frederic Bastiat, and 21st century scholars Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr. and Pastor Garrett Lear, have confirmed the principle.
Samuel Adams in the 1772 Boston Committee of Correspondence Report, proclaimed that “the grand end of civil government” is the common defence of Rights, the principal of which being Life, Liberty and Property.
The U.S. Constitution enumerates in the Preamble, the purpose: “to provide for the common defence“, and enumerates at Art I Sec 8 Clause 1, the power: “to provide for the common Defence“.
French political economist Frederic Bastiat in his 1850 book The Law, asserted that “the Law” is the collective defense of life, liberty and property. The American Constitution was Bastiat’s favorite form of government.
Definition of the word mentioned 6 times in the Constitution & Bill of Rights:
“MILI’TIA, n. . . The body of soldiers [militiamen] in a state enrolled for discipline, but not engaged in actual service except in emergencies; as distinguished from regular troops, whose sole occupation is war or military service. The militia of a country are the able bodied men organized into companies, regiments and brigades, with officers of all grades, and required by law to attend military exercises on certain days only, but at other times left to pursue their usual occupations.” — Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary
The 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights: “Section 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.”
Enumerated in the U.S. Constitution at Art I Sec 8 Clause 16: “To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia “.
Hayek associates “liberty ” with “organization “:
“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.” ― Friedrich Hayek
Disbanding of the People began with the January 21, 1903 federal Militia Act: “the organized militia, to be known as the National Guard of the State “. The National Guard that claimed to be “the organized militia ” was later federalized, in violation of the Constitution’s confirmation that the Militia are State institutions, enumerated at Art II Sec 2 Clause 1: “the Militia of the several States ”. Today, anarchists-voluntaryists-secessionists support the “Unorganized Militia ” false principle of the 1916 National Defense Act, an oxymoron NOT enumerated in any of the federal or state constitutions, but along with “Reserve Militia ” of 1903, were and are both oxymorons stipulated only in repugnant federal and state statutes under color of law since 1903. That disbanding of the People from the Militia may be the greatest anti-liberty example of “exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization ” that Hayek spoke of.
The disbanding of the Militia and disbanding the whole body of the People who composed the Militia in the early 20th century, contradicted Art I Sec 8 Clause 16, contradicted Webster’s American definition of “Militia”, and contradicted 300 years of pre-Constitution and post-Constitution statutes mandating involvement of the body of the People. In 1774, the People in Militia command structures took control of government operations throughout the colonies, without firing a shot.
Enumerated at Art I Sec 8 Clause 15: “To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions “.
The Second Amendment: “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.”
The Tenth Amendment: “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.”
The 1776 Declaration of Independence and the 1787 Constitution Preamble confirm the supreme authority of the People. The statutory un-organizing of the body of the People who compose the Militia, in effect, dis-empowered We the People and repugnantly removed our organized ability to execute supreme authority when necessary. That organized authority “to execute [Clause 15] .. This Constitution, and the Laws .. made in Pursuance thereof ” [Art VI Clause 2], must be restored.
Revitalizing the State-County-Local Militia institutions through the passing of a single statute in the States, and thereby restoring performance of the enforcement and security Clauses of the Constitution, is in fact THE urgent necessity that We the people and state legislators must pursue.
© 2014 Daniel Vincent McGonigle III
Mr. McGonigle is author-editor of “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic (2013) Camp Constitution Press, he publishes brief commentaries here and at the blog EnforceOurConstitution.com, and is an instructor at the annual Camp Constitution.
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/670307.Friedrich_Hayek
How Agenda 21 was Kicked out of a Small New Hampshire Town
Rindge, NH is a small rural town in the Southwest part of the state. It has a population of 4,000-5,000 and is 50 square miles. The town traces its history to the Colonial era; its militia answered the Concord alarm. It is also the location of Camp Constitution’s annual summer camp. In the Spring of 2012, a man visited Rindge’s town hall to hand deliver information about Agenda 21 to its selectmen, and town manager.. It was there that he found a copy of the Plan NH Rindge Charette that took place earlier in the year. He wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper warning the folks in Rindge that an element of Agenda 21 was being introduced into the town via HUD. The letter was also pasted on the Town of Rindge facebook page. Within a few hours of the facebook posting, certain Rindge residents that were either listed as participants in the Charette, or who supported the Charette’s goals, attacked and denounced the letter writer. It backfired. A number of residents investigated the information produced by the letter writer, and came to the same conclusion including the man who became the founder of Save Our Town, Larry Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland, whose family has lived in Rindge for generations, didn’t like the idea that his neighborhood in West Rindge was slated for rezoning into a “smart growth” area which would have led, among other things,to so-called mixed-used housing funded in part by HUD. In October of 2013, he sponsored a public meeting renting out space in a town facility. He invited two New Hampshire state representatives that had success in defeating these HUD programs in their towns. Well over 200 folks showed up to hear the presentation. In the wake of that meeting “Save Our Town” was created. Now the town’s so-called progressives have to content with hundreds of informed residents. These progressives started a smear campaign making unfounded accusations against Save Our Town, and the letter writer who first discovered the Charette. Flyers announcing the public meeting were torn down, and threats of boycotts of business where the flyers were posted were issued by the town’s so-called progressives. But their “fear and smear” tactics failed. Save Our Town members started attending selectmen and planning board meeting. In March of this year, Save Our Town put a warrant article on the ballot with three items: Removing the Charette from the town’s master plan, quitting its membership in the Southwest Regional Planning Commission and calling for a vote of the people before the town accepts money from HUD. All three items were approved by an overwhelming margin. In addition, several liberty-minded candidates were elected to town offices. In the wake of this upset, the town’s progressives renewed their smears calling members of Save Our Town “racists” and have made the ridiculous accusation that The John Birch Society has stolen the town using a blog to promote their smear and hatred.
Save our Town demonstrates quite clearly that you can indeed fight city hall. In just a few short months, it overturned the plans of Agenda 21 supporters. Today, Save our Town’s members attend various town meetings, write letters to the editor, and help inform their neighbors of issues important to the town’s future. As the result of a short Youtube interview of Save Our Town’s founder Larry Cleveland, Tom Deweese of American Policy Center has asked him to participate in his national teleconfrences. Save Our Town is both an inspiration, and a model for the rest of the country. Save Our Town has a page on facebook.
Camp Constitution Conducts a Presentation to a Public Elementary School
Last week, Tom Moor and I were invited by the Windemere School PTO in Ellington, CT to give presentations to its fifth and sixth grade classes. This was the first time that Camp Constitution had the opportunity to give classes in a public school. There were over 400 students that got a lesson on the U.S. Constitution from an Americanist perspective. Mr. Moor started the classes with his rendition of “The Preamble Song,” and an overview of our week long family camp. I conducted a power point presentation on the Constitution which included a refutation of some of the myths that the students will or have heard including the misguided notion that the Constitution is outdated, and that it promoted slavery. The students heard, many for the first time, that rights come from God, that the U.S. Constitution does not give rights but protects them, and that the United States is a republic. We asked the students and teachers on hand if they could name their member of the U.S. House of Represenatives. Only one teacher knew. Mr. Moor and I were very well received by both students and teachers.
All of the students and teachers received a pocket size copy of the Constitution and a camp brochure. There is still time to register for our 2014 week-long summer camp which runs from July 13-20.
Some Factions Allege That True Constitutional Militia Exist, Despite the Absence of Actual Proof.—–Here’s the Straight Dope
[ This commentary was originally posted at EnforceOurConstitution.com. http://enforceourconstitution.com/some-factions-allege-that-true-constitutional-militia-exist-despite-the-absence-of-actual-proof-heres-the-straight-dope/ From just a single re-post by Oath Keepers at their facebook page, it has received to date 524 Likes and been Shared 209 times. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oath-Keepers/182483688451972 ]
By Daniel Vincent McGonigle III [Camp Constitution instructor]
May 7, 2014
Here’s some of the straight dope from true American history, and analysis.
Alleged “Laws” that were not “made in Pursuance thereof” do not qualify as legitimate proof; e.g. such as the repugnant federal and state Militia statutes passed into “Law” since the 1903 Militia Act, currently codified at 10 USC 311 and the 50 State Militia Acts.
The April 29, 2014 commentary “The States and The Sovereign’s . .” posted here re-asserts some previously asserted legitimate proofs that stand un-rebutted, and that same commentary asserts some new proofs (current status of the May 8, 1792 Militia Act), through analysis of historical and constitutional language in American documents and publications, and specific statutory analysis such as of the repugnant 1916 National Defense Act oxymoron “Unorganized Militia”, a phrase that had no historical or constitutional basis whatsoever.
By constitutional enumeration and definition, Militia are State institutions only, to be composed of county and local command structures per State statute; structures which are in turn composed of the whole body of the People. After reading and studying the following key words, phrases, and clauses in American documents, ask yourselves—DO the ALLEGATIONS of State Militia institutions current existence (that must meet the requirements and mandates confirmed by the language in these American documents) CONTAIN ANY TRUTH WHATSOEVER? What will your legitimate answers to the posed questions reveal about alleged Militia existence? (Upper case emphasis added by DVM3)
“A WELL REGULATED MILITIA, COMPOSED of THE BODY of THE PEOPLE, TRAINED TO ARMS ..” – Virginia Constitution, Decl of Rights, Sec 13
“.. EVERY STATE SHALL ALWAYS KEEP UP A WELL-REGULATED and DISCIPLINED MILITIA ..” – Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, Art VI Clause 4
“.. THE MILITIA TO EXECUTE THE LAWS ..” – Constitution for the United States of America, Art I Sec 8 Clause 15
“This CONSTITUTION, and THE LAWS of the United States WHICH SHALL BE MADE IN PURSUANCE THEREOF .. SHALL BE the SUPREME LAW ..” – Art VI Clause 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.” – Second Amendment
“MILI’TIA, n. .. The body of soldiers in a state enrolled for discipline, but not engaged in actual service except in emergencies; as distinguished from regular troops, whose sole occupation is war or military service. The militia of a country are the able bodied men organized into companies, regiments and brigades, with officers of all grades, and required by law to attend military exercises on certain days only, but at other times left to pursue their usual occupations.” – Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language
Story on the 2nd: “§ 1890. The importance of this article will scarcely be doubted by any persons, who have duly reflected upon the subject. The militia is the natural defence of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them. ..” – Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833) Joseph Story. First part of Sec 1890 on the Second Amendment
Short list of questions:
1. Do the alleged Militia—the National Guard, the State Defense Forces, or the private groups, meet all the requirements of Militia existence, Militia duty and execution of enumerated Militia powers in any emergency? Are they composed of the whole body of the People, as required? (Determine your own legitimate answers to the questions after analyzing all document quotes.)
2. Did any true constitutional Militia composed of the People provide all the security necessary before, during and after Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Sandy? How about before, during and after western wildfires? How about before, during and after central tornadoes?
3. Are there any Militia, governed by State and federal statutes, in the four southern border States that have been called forth to guard and protect the southern border, on a rotation basis?
4. Are there any Militia in the country that have been called forth to actively execute the Laws?—i.e. taken lawful actions to enforce the Constitution, Bill of Rights and State Constitutions, or taken lawful actions to stop unlawful actions?
5. Have all able-bodied 17/18 year olds in any local, county or state jurisdiction, been automatically enrolled and reported to their first Militia muster on the town green?
6. What federal or state statutes are the alleged Militia citing as authority, that enumerate the body of the People, each able-bodied person with rank in organized governmental command structures, or that enumerate the body of the People to execute the Laws and enforce the Constitution and Laws made in Pursuance thereof?
7. Are alleged Militia activities limited to domestic activity on American soil?
8. Do alleged Militia members keep their Arms and accoutrements required for Militia duty?
9. Have any alleged Militia units or members made lawful arrests of tyrants, usurpers or criminals?
10. Have any alleged Militia provided lawful security at elections, both outside and inside polling places?
11. Have any alleged Militia secured the health and safety of the food supply, the water supply?
12. Have any alleged local, county, or state Militia units representing the People, the Sovereign, decided the unconstitutionality of alleged “Laws” not “made in Pursuance thereof”, and taken lawful action against said unconstitutional “Laws”?
13. What is the Second Amendment about in its totality? (Few seem to know.) Have any of the recent Second Amendment rallies been true Second Amendment rallies, or just RTKBA rallies?
14. Are alleged Militia (NG, SDF) under local-county-state control, pre-1903 state & federal statutes, and Clauses 15/16/2nd Am per constitutional requirements, or are they under Clause 12 “Armies” federal control through the State Adjutant-General?
(Clauses 11 “ declare War”/12 “raise and support Armies”, and Clauses 15/16 “Militia”, were never intended to all meet and work together, except against a foreign military invasion on American soil.)
Authority sources and quotes from American documents:
“The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence . . . all the parts of this Confederation .. bring a true account and number of all their males .. from sixteen years old to threescore ..” – The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England, May 19, 1643
“That the lieutenant, or in his absence the chief officer of the militia, in every county, .. shall list all male persons above the age of eighteen years, and under the age of sixty years, within this colony .. under the command of such captain as he shall think fit . . . That every person so as aforesaid inlisted .. shall be armed in the manner following, . .” – Virginia Militia Acts, April, 1757
“Government was instituted for the purposes of common defence .. the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property.” — Samuel Adams, Boston Committee of Correspondence Report, November 20, 1772
“.. a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; .. that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.” – Virginia Constitution, Decl of Rights, Sec 13
“.. every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, ..” – Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, Art VI Clause 4
“The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence. .. the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.” – Massachusetts Constitution, Decl of Rights, Art XVII
“That all free male persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, . . shall be inrolled or formed into companies, of three serjeants, three corporals, a drummer and fifer, and not less than forty, nor more than sixty-five, rank and file; and these companies shall again be formed into regiments of not more than one thousand, nor less than five hundred men, if there be so many in the county. Each company shall be commanded by a captain, lieutenant, and an ensign; each regiment by a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major; and the whole by a county-lieutenant. . .” – Virginia Militia Act, October 17, 1785
“To .. provide for the common Defence ..” – Constitution for the United States of America, Art I Sec 8 Clause 1
“To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;” – Art I Sec 8 Clause 15
“To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;” – Art I Sec 8 Clause 16
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; .. shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ..” – Art VI Clause 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.” – Second Amendment
“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.” – Tenth Amendment
Around the same time that President Andrew Jackson was routing out the international banksters, a warning was issued by Justice Joseph Story in his 1833 Commentaries:
“§ 1890. … And yet, though this truth would seem so clear, and the importance of a well regulated militia would seem so undeniable, it cannot be disguised, that among the American people there is a growing indifference to any system of militia discipline, and a strong disposition, from a sense of its burthens, to be rid of all regulations. How it is practicable to keep the people duly armed without some organization, it is difficult to see. There is certainly no small danger, that indifference may lead to disgust, and disgust to contempt; and thus gradually undermine all the protection intended by this clause of our national bill of rights.”
– Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Joseph Story. Last part of Sec 1890 on the Second Amendment
From the 1903 Militia Act:
“.. the organized militia, to be known as the National Guard … and the remainder to be known as the Reserve Militia.” — An Act To promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes, U.S. Statutes at Large, January 21, 1903. Pertinent parts of the original Act are re-printed in “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic.
Some private factions allege the right or power to form Militia themselves without superseding civil authority, statutes and regulations, because in their words the government at all levels has failed to adhere to the Constitution. Usurpation is allowed to occur due to lack of political vigilance by the People. Is it just a coincidence that the same private factions never wanted any part of pursuit of political action or remedy? The defeat of the 2009 Mass. “Pandemic Bill” after passing the Senate 36-0, proves the potential of political success by the People when pursued. According to State Constitutions (2 cited above), military power must always be subordinate to the civil power or authority. Civil authority must be politically adjusted or changed first in order then to adjust or change the military power. State legislators now have the duty and power to revitalize the Militia power (“execute the Laws .. suppress Insurrections .. repel Invasions”) with one statute. If legislators continue abdication upon a major emergency, the Sovereign would have the duty and authority, in order to protect life, liberty and property, to make necessary emergency adjustments to restore lawful civil authority in order to restore the Sovereign People’s enumerated Militia powers and duties in “the common Defence” of natural rights.
What do the enumerations, requirements, and your own legitimate answers reveal? What is revealed—of the restorative action necessary to be executed by State legislators? Is the necessity revealed of what must be done by statute?—To bring the mandated State Militia institutions back into proven constitutional compliance, including satisfying the mandate “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State”, and including satisfying the mandated duty and power of the States and the People to Enforce Our Constitution through execution of the Laws.
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Dan McGonigle spent almost thirty years in the building and construction industry, from carpenter to project superintendent, and held numerous licenses, certifications and registrations related to expertise, supervision, safety and instruction in the industry. He has a B.S. in Construction Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology. He was active in politics and ran for State Representative in 1994. From May through October, 2009, Mr. McGonigle wrote a constitutional analysis of, and instructed and led citizens inside the Massachusetts State House in instructing their legislators in the House of Representatives on—the dangers of public health emergency bill S.2028 which had passed the Senate unanimously 36-0 in April, just after the false world-wide swine flu scare. After several months of lobbying and instructions, the House passed a different version in October, and the draconian S.2028 died in conference committee. After Mr. McGonigle witnessed a speech by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr. at the Boston Tea Party event at Faneuil Hall in December, 2008, and after finishing his State House work on “The Pandemic Bill” in 2009, he immersed his studies in the works of Dr. Vieira and the constitutional history and principles of the power of the sword. Mr. McGonigle wrote his first book “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic, Vol. 1 in 2013. He publishes short commentaries regularly at EnforceOurConstitution.com and in the blog section of CampConstitution.net, he posts regularly on Facebook, and he’s a regular instructor at Camp Constitution—the week-long family camp held annually in mid-July.
Sources of Pertinent Information:
http://EnforceOurConstitution.com
http://CampConstitution.net — Camp blog
True Vs. False Militia & Why the Difference Matters, Parts 1 to 3, Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., July 30, 2007 — http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin61.htm
http://ConstitutionalMilitia.org
“On A Militia Mission”, The New American, January 6, 2014, by Joe Wolverton II, JD — http://www.scribd.com/doc/200991264/On-a-Militia-Mission
“No Militia Means More Intrusive Law Enforcement: Our Framers didn’t envision a free State with the current level of government control”, USAToday, March 9, 2014, Columnist Opinion by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, JD — http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/09/second-amendment-militia-guns-military-swat-constitution-column/6230769
Edwin Vieira, Jr., PhD, JD—Archive of Commentaries, 2005 to Present — www.NewsWithViews.com/Vieira/edwinA.htm
The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord (2002) Ray Raphael. On the events of 1774. — http://www.amazon.com/The-First-American-Revolution-Lexington/dp/156584730X
Constitutional “Homeland Security” Vol. 1: The Nation In Arms (2007) Edwin Vieira, Jr. — http://www.amazon.com/Constitutional-Homeland-Security-Nation-Arms/dp/0967175925
The Sword and Sovereignty: The Constitutional Principles of “the Militia of the Several States” (2012) Edwin Vieira, Jr. CD: 2,300 pgs, 6,500 footnotes & endnotes. — http://www.amazon.com/The-Sword-Sovereignty-Constitutional-Principles/dp/0967175941
Molon Labe: How the Second Amendment Guarantees America’s Freedom (2013) Produced by Edwin Vieira, Jr. and Henrietta Jaeger. Written & Directed by James Jaeger — http://molon.us/dvd
Thirteen Words (2013) Edwin Vieira, Jr. — http://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Words-Jr-Edwin-Vieira/dp/096717595X — On the First Clause of the Second Amendment
“Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic, Vol. 1 (2013) Daniel Vincent McGonigle III, Camp Constitution Press — http://www.amazon.com/Execute-Restore-Republic-Nicholas-McGonigle/dp/0989670201
The Rights of the Colonists, aka The Boston Pamphlet, by Samuel Adams; The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, Nov. 20, 1772 – http://history.hanover.edu/texts/adamss.html — Excerpts re-printed in “Execute the Laws” To Restore the Republic, from the Report published in Boston Town Records and by The Old South Meeting House.
Virginia Militia Acts, 1757 – 1785. — http://www.virginia1774.org/MilitiaActs.html
Virginia Declaration of Rights — http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/virginia_declaration_of_rights.html
Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union — http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp
Declaration; Constitution; Bill of Rights — http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html
Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language — http://1828.mshaffer.com — http://webstersdictionary1828.com
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833) Joseph Story. Sec 1890 on the Second Amendment — http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendIIs10.html
© 2014 Daniel Vincent McGonigle III
Kris Anne Hall will be a guest speaker at Camp Connstitution’s 2014 Family Camp
Camp Constitution is pleased to announce that Mrs. Kris Anne Hall will be a guest speaker at Camp Constitution’s annual family camp which runs from Sunday July 13, to Sunday July 20.
KrisAnne Hall is an attorney and former prosecutor who travels the country teaching the Constitution and the history that gave us our founding documents. KrisAnne will connect the dots for you like no one else can! Host of The KrisAnne Hall Show, she pulls no punches,puts Liberty First and gives no quarter to those who hide behind party labels. Like no other host KrisAnne you will tell you what the founders had to say on today’s relevant issues . KrisAnne is a disabled Army veteran, a Russian linguist, a mother, a pastor’s wife and a patriot. Born and raised in St. Louis, MO. She received her undergraduate degree in Bio-Chemistry from Blackburn College in 1991 and her J.D. from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law and is a former Russian Linguist for the US Army. KrisAnne worked as a state prosecutor and with a prominent law firm defending religious liberty and first amendment rights. KrisAnne lives in North Florida with her husband JC (a pastor and former Russian instructor for the US Navy) and their adopted son Colton. – See more at: http://krisannehall.com/about-krisanne-hall/#sthash.rcyWKV2a.dpuf
Here she is in her own words:
“Right up front there are some things that I need to tell you about myself. I want you to know where I came from and how I got to where I am today. I don’t want to ever be accused of deception or dishonesty. So, in full disclosure:
I was not born a Constitutionalist. I did not live my life with an inherent understanding of Liberty and what is necessary to defend it. I was not raised a Christian. For some, these things will be a stumbling block, so you need to know from me.
I was raised a Democrat. The only thing more evil than Satan was a Republican in my home. There was no choices to be made in voting…straight Democrat party line was the only choice.
I was an environmentalist. An ardent environmentalist. Some of my best friends were members of Green Peace and I supported the WWF and PETA. I was a vegetarian by ideology, not for health reasons, for almost 15 years.
I believed in the “good” of scientific manipulations of food and the necessity of vaccines. Not only believed this, but helped create them when I was a biochemist for Monsanto.
I believed in Global Warming and defended it vigorously. I believed in the Big Bang and openly criticized those who believed in creationism as ignorant and misled.
I believed Government’s duty and purpose was to be a provider for the people. I supported programs that would give the government more control over the people. I even believed a One World Government was the best way to go to ensure “global peace.” I supported the principles of socialism, although I cannot claim to have known at the time it was socialism, per se, that I supported.
I supported abortion and often openly condemned others for being pro-life. I have argued with abortion protesters on street corners and called them names that I am not proud of.
I was not only not a Christian, but I practiced many other religions, including many occult versions. I was bitter against God and felt that only ignorant, weak people needed faith. I was too intelligent and too educated for such a feeble crutch.
I was not born with the knowledge that I have now. I did not wake up one morning with a divine epiphany. I traveled a long road. Learned some hard and painful lessons. My beliefs were challenged and I came to know the Truth.
I am able to stand firm on what I believe because I have discovered the difference between truth and lies. I am able to defend the truth because I walked the path. I can show you my path of discovery, and to be guaranteed it is not tied to any political motivation or personal gain…unless you call the liberation that comes from knowing the truth in the face of lies, a personal gain.
So when someone says to you…”Did you know that person used to be associated with this or that group or used to believe this… How can you possibly believe him now?” Remember this story.
It is good to question someone’s “transformation”. You SHOULD do that. If they cannot show you that path, step by step, you should question their motivations.
But do not discount someone’s current position just because of who they USED to be or who they USED to associate with or what they USED to believe. Sometimes it is NOT a selfish or deceptive motivation, but a path to enlightenment. We all had to wake up somehow.
Just so you know where I stand.” -KrisAnne Hall
Author of Not a Living Breathing Document: Reclaiming Our Constitution, and the DVD series The Roots of Liberty: The Historic Foundations of The Bill of Rights and Bedtime Stories for Budding Patriots and Essential Stories for Junior Patriots. Two books that inspired KrisAnne’s love for our history were Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis and 1776 by David McCollough.
Awarded the Freedom Fighter award by Americans for Prosperity, the Certificate of Achievement from the Sons of the Revolution for her defense of Liberty, and Congressman James Blair Award for Defending the Constitution.
KrisAnne is an incredibly passionate speaker – a true Patrick Henry of our time. She speaks to audiences all across the country on Constitutional History, American Exceptionalism, and the Fight for Liberty. Her passion and enthusiasm is contagious and she is able to inspire any group. A steadfast warrior in the Tea Party battle for freedom and liberty.