2024 Year End Summmary of Dead Article V Convention Applications
2024 YEAR-END SUMMARY
The graveyard visual below summarizes our 2024 wins (click on the image to enlarge). And/or you can CLICK HERE for more detail.
Mark Meckler, President of the deceptively named “Convention of States“ (COS) organizations, lost in all of the 21 States he tried to get to pass an application. 😄
The organization pushing for a convention ostensibly limited to passing a Balanced Budget Amendment (which was introduced in Florida, South Carolina, and Idaho) passed only in Florida. But Florida had already passed it during 2014, so the application passed during 2024 was redundant.
Wolf-PAC‘s application failed in the 5 States where it was introduced—all Democrat states, except for New Hampshire. There, it appeared that Wolf-PAC introduced their application to confuse legislators, in an attempt to defeat our Rescission resolution. The latter amazingly passed the NH House before dying in the Senate.
The US Term Limits organization (USTL) got applications passed in Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina. But all of the States which passed USTL’s application this year had previously passed other applications for Congress to call a Convention. So USTL’s new applications are also redundant [since Congress can count all of the applications together regardless of the particular Amendment asked for].
Rumor has it that USTL now has funding greater than that of COS—so it will most likely be a force to reckon with in 2025. In fact, their new false and absurd narrative, which contradicts 8 or 9 years of USTL testimony insisting Congress will never term-limit itself, gained traction in 2024. They now tell legislators that history proves that the chances of a convention are slim to none, but legislators’ “Yes” votes on applications are needed anyway—to scare Congress into proposing the Amendment themselves!
During March 2024, thanks to our liberal allies, we celebrated New York’s becoming the 9th State in as many years to rescind all their applications. That makes 13 states with no active applications. If four additional states rescind, there won’t be 17 States left for Congress to count to reach the 34-state threshold per Article V.
THANK YOU for your personal visits, remote and in-person testimony, letters, texts, and phone calls. Your results have been amazing—especially considering the tens of millions of dollars we’re up against. During 2024, we sent 87 blasts for 23 States (90% during Jan. thru May)—mostly on applications, but also rescission, rule changes, sunsets, delegate bills, & updates. New in 2024 were outrageous grant requests from the Phoenix Correspondence Commission asking various State Legislatures (i.e., taxpayers) to fund the CON Lobby’s attempts to shred our Constitution!
As to this coming year: applications have already been pre-filed for 2025.
Every letter & call counts—in fact all some legislators do is count how many people support or oppose the legislation! So please act on our blasts —even if you write only one sentence. Our Constitution depends upon it. We value your time and send alerts only when we’re fairly certain they can make a difference.
Thank you for defending our Constitution!
Camp Constitution Announces Its 17th Annual Family Camp
Camp Constitution will hold its 17th Annual Family Camp at the Singing Hills Christian Camp https://www.singinghills.net/ Plainfield, NH. from Sunday July 13 to Friday July 18, 2025
Returning instructors include Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Keith Hanson of Critical Dynamic, Professor Willie Soon, world renowned astrophysicist and climate realist, Catherine White of The Constitution Decoded, Alex Newman, author and host of the Sentinel Report, and Rev. Steve Craft, Camp Constitution’s chaplain.
Guest instructors include Mr. Kurt Hyde, retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Air Force, and election fraud expert. In addition to the classes, the camp will offer marksmanship courses, martial arts, hiking, basketball, volleyball, wiffleball, and optional field trip and swimming, chess, gaga and corn hole tournaments. Campers and staff end the day with an evening campfire.
Camp Constitution’s annual camp is a family camp open to entire families, unaccompanied minors, and adults. The cost for the week which includes lodging, meals and class handouts is $300 for those 13 and over. $200. For campers 12 and under, and three and under with parents are free. The camp offers an “Early Bird” discount of $50, per person by registering by May 1. A link to the camp registration: https://campconstitution.net/camp-registration/
For more information contact Hal Shurtleff (857) 498-1309 campconstitution1@gmail.com
Camp Constitution’s Annual Report for 2024, and Looking Into 2025
Camp Constitution started 2024 with a bang when Camp Constitution instructor Professor Willie Soon’s interview by Tucker Carlson aired early in the month. Towards the end of the interview, Professor Soon gave a 1 ½ minute-, unscripted, from the heart, “infomercial for Camp Constitution which led to 50,000+ new views of our website, $2,400. in unsolicited donations, a dozen new books orders, and approximately 30 new camp attendees some coming as far as Germany, and Texas.
https://youtu.be/s9-SqR7luKY?si=eu_mzKWZSovLb6cb
16th Annual Family Camp
Camp Constitution’s 16th annual family camp ran from Sunday July 14 to Friday July 19. For the fifth year in a row, the camp took place at the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH. This may have been our largest turnout in our camp’s history with attendees coming as far as Frankfurt, Germany, Cape Town, South Africa, Florida, Uganda Texas, and Wisconsin
Returning instructors included Professor Willie Soon, one of the world’s top atmospheric scientists, who attended with his family, Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Rev. Steve Craft who serves at the camp chaplain, Mrs. Catherine White of the Constitution Decoded, and author and host of the Liberty Sentinel program, Alex Newman.
Our guest instructors were Mrs. Julie Wilkerson who played the abortion nurse in the movie UnPlanned: The Abby Johnson Story and author Dr. Felecia Nace. Dr Nace attended out 2020 camp and was the guest speaker at this year’s Ladies “Spring Fling” . For the tenth year, Mr. Mert Melfa served as our videographer and uploaded videos of our classes and activities. A link to our 2024 Family Camp YouTube playlist: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PL7jnzBzBiNYBuAEivmEE9B-L1wy4ZKTEc/videos
We start our day with an optional run and/or swim at 6:30. Wake up is 7:00 and morning devotions and flag-raising at 7:50. Afterwards, there is a reading from the Bible. As he has for the past few years, veteran camper Franklin Soon plays “Reveille” on the trumpet followed by the firing of our cannon: https://youtu.be/vlj4Kz-TV3w?si=KqfpCG8-wvJYbGOz
After a hearty breakfast, the camp conducts three 45-minute classes.
During the first class, Head Counselor Chris Kalis conducts room inspection where both cleanliness, and a Patriotic theme will give those in the room points towards the room inspection contest where the occupants of the winning room get treated to free pizza on Thursday after campfire. The Girls of Room 11 in Mountain View were the winners. The daily inspection results are posted in the camp’s daily newspaper, “Camp Constitution Journal” distributed in the evening. The paper, edited Mark Affleck, also has articles written by campers about the daily activities and classes. A link to PDF versions of the paper: https://s3.amazonaws.com/camppictures/CampArchive/index.html
Monday afternoon, we offered an optional martial arts training class taught by Mr. George Dewhurst of Alton, NH.
Over the years, we have been blessed with talented campers and staff and this year was no exception. From Mrs. Paulie Heath, our campfire director who is a Christian recording artist to the Soons-Emily, Ben, and Franklin to Josh Viliniskis, to Mrs. Catherine White to new campers Elayna, Alise, and Christie Uhl from Milwaukee to Jonathan Cohler, a world-renowned clarinetist, our ears were treated to some incredible music. These talents are highlighted at our evening campfires, where in addition to music and signing, attendees tell “Dad” jokes, skits, and recite poetry. Campfire ends with a devotion and the playing of “Taps”
Our junior campers -ages 5-12- also attend classes taught by Mrs. Edith Craft, Mrs. Kathy Mickel who also serves as our nurse, Mrs. Jessica Whitworth, and Mrs. Roberta Stewart. On Thursday, the Junior Campers have a parade through camp:
For the second year, Mr. Keith Hanson and his team at Critical Dynamics taught the optional firearms training on Tuesday afternoon. We had a number of first-time marksmen on hand.
Mr. Chris Kalis, who drives all the way from Michigan, serves as both our head counselor and recreational director. He runs the afternoon program which includes volleyball, basketball, “steal the bacon” a chess tournament, and our annual wiffleball game between “The Shurtleff All Stars” and “The Kalis Barnstormers.”
Wednesday afternoon, we had an optional field trip to the Precision Museum in nearby Windsor, Vermont where we learned about our nation’s role in the Industrial Revolution.
On Thursday afternoon, Alan “Spunky” Bellanger entertained Junior campers.
The camp has both a pond and a pool which are popular with the campers:
On Thursday evening, the camp held its closing ceremony where the Super Camper and Super Staffer awards along with and our new “Willie Soon” Award for Instructional Excellence. are presented. Mrs. Jessica Whitworth was awarded the Super Staffer award, Professor Willie Soon was awarded the first “Wille Soon Award.” Ben Soon and Elisabeth Krutov were the Super Campers, and Jonathan Larson and first time camper Alise Uhl were the runner ups. Super Campers win a free tuition for next year’s camp. Junior camper program director Mrs. Edith Craft presented certificates of completion to our junior camper camp program.
(Ben Soon, Jonathan Larson, Elisabeth Krutov and Alise Uhl)
Here is a link to pictures and videos of activities of our camp:
Next year’s camp will run from Sunday July 13 to Friday July 18 and returns to Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH.
Camp Constitution in the News
Our lawsuit “Shurtleff v Boston” continues to be mentioned in the news around the United States. Our case was cited in defense of the recently passed law in Louisiana that calls for the placing of the Ten Commandments in the state’s public school classrooms. Cities and towns across the United States cited our case when passing ordinances banning all third-party flags including Lockhaven, PA, Enfield, CT and LaRue, TX. While other towns and cities, due to our case, have allowed the flying of Christian, and Pro-Life flags including Waltham, MA, Hartford, CT and Nashua, NH. We write a monthly article that runs in the “Weirs Times” based in Laconia, NH. The article is usually carried in “The Boston Broadside” and the on-line Granite Grok.
Camp Constitution on the Air
While at our annual family camp. Alex Newman did a live show on Frank Speech where he interviewed a number of our instructors. We had two appearances on the Duke Pesta Show, and three appearances on the Tamara Scott Show which airs on Frank Speech, two appearances on the Pro-America Report hosted by Ed Martin of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, an appearance on the Chris McCarthy Show on WBSM New Bedford, an appearance on Red Pill Politics which airs on Republic Radio, and for the first time, an appearance on the George Hale–Ric Tyler Show on WVOM FM Maine, and an appearance on the Liberty Sentinel Show with Alex Newman. We also appeared as a guest on Chattin with Jeanine- TV Show which airs on Merrimac, NH’s cable station, and hosted by New Hampshire State Rep Jeanine Notter. We also co-hosted a show on the newly rebooted Catching Fire News. And, mentioned above, an interview of Professor Willie Soon with Tucker Carlson.
Tamara Scott
Special Projects
We recently joined forces with New Hampshire Patriot Hub https://www.nhpatriothub.org/about-us/ in their campaign to get schools across New Hampshire to teach their students about the Matrix of Liberty-the meaning behind the Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, MA. We had a float, for the fourth year in row, at the Alton, NH Old Home Day Parade where we distributed over 300 pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution. We hosted info tables at the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival, information tables at the Mass HOPE and Homeschoolers of Maine annual conventions. We participate in a flag raising ceremony of Resurrection Sunday in front of Nashua, NH’s City Hall. We had our Spring and Fall Clean Ups at our two miles of road on Alton, NH, and an information tables the Education Options Expo held in Newport, in late August, and Manchester, and Peterborough in December. In early August, we co-sponsored a day camp in Maine for children ages 5-12.
Camp Constitution Press
With our trusty video camera, we recorded a number of presentations and events. and upload them on our YouTube and Rumble channels. These presentations included Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies in Alton, NH, Wreaths Across American Stop Ceremony in Gardner, MA, speeches by Vince Ellison, Phil Zohiates, and speakers at our week-long and weekend camps.
Thanks to two generous donors, we were able to run radio spots promoting the Sam Blumenfeld Archive, and Ladies Weekend Retreat on WRKO, the most popular AM talk radio show in New England, and WORD Radio WSEW in Rochester. The spots also ran free on New Hampshire Gospel Radio WVNH, WANH, and WJNHA link to the radio spot: https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=3wzZlG6P49CQ6NU6
YouTube, and Rumble
We received 460,000 views in 2024 and two million, seven thousand since the channel’s inception and as well as doubling our subscribers with 8,820 new subscribers giving us close to 17,000 subscribers. Our Rumble channel had 15000 views, 1,500 likes, and 290 followers. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to these two channels and share the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7ME18Q1xiqcrPEn5h5FbA
https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all
Camp Constitution Report on Podomatic and Other Platforms
We have received 1,000 plays and 2,500 downloads of our shows. We continue to be in the top ten for the category of conservative-right. In addition to our weekly show, we have uploaded some classic interviews and speeches by Dan Smoot, Gary Allen, and E. Merrill Root. A link to our show: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal
Camp Constitution Press
We published The Racist Roots of Planned Parenthood and Its Legacy of Death and Art and Revolution, and we had another printing of Alpha-Phonics, and The 1928 U.S. Army Manual. Thanks to the efforts of Bill McNally and his daughter, Barbara, who edited an unpublished manuscript on the JFK assassination written by Sam Blumenfeld in 1965, we will be publishing Sam’s work titled Did the KGB Kill Kennedy? Bill and Barbara are also working on a more difficult edit of Sam’s Did the Communists Create the Neo-Nazi Movement in America
Speakers Bureau
We had 38 speaking engagements including five engagements by best-selling author Vince Ellison, and two for Williamm Brown and Phil Zodhiates of Save the Persecuted Christians.
Website
87,000 views and published 178 articles on the blog. We requested permission from World Net Daily to report their articles. Within a few hours, we received this:
Dear Hal, that would be fine. And by the way, WND has been covering your Christian flag case for many years.
Consider this email your license to republish WND News Center content, providing you adhere to the provisions noted on the WND News Center site https://www.wndnewscenter.org/ in the Terms of Use: https://www.wndnewscenter.org/terms-of-use/
David Kupelian, Editor in Chief, WND News Center
Sam Blumenfeld Archives
735,000 hits with over 2,000 Alpha Phonics workbooks downloaded. As mentioned above, we reprinted 200 copies of Alpha Phonics and ran 30-second promotional spots on several radio stations including WRKO, and WORD Radio in Rochester, NH:
https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=Hh2QeYh7qOP0buV7
The Blumenfeld Archives
Facebook Page
We have close to 4,000 likes and over 3,600 following our page. We also manage six other groups and one other page-all of them growing in members
Stopping An Article V Convention
Between our camp blogs, resources from our website, and YouTube channels, we helped stop many resolutions for an Article V Convention. We testified against HCR 8 a resolution introduced by the far-left group Wolf PAC in New Hampshire’s House and it was soundly defeated, and we testified in favor of HCR 9, a resolution to rescind New Hampshire’s only Article V application. It passed the House by a voice vote which surprised many pundits but was not taken up in the Senate. In Maine, we helped defeat a resolution for an Article V Convention. On the morning before the vote, we appeared as a guest on WVOM-the Voice of Maine to discuss the issue. A link to the interview: https://youtu.be/g72_f6vk1ts?si=7R8Mg2aog5ZRFBVr
Ladies Spring Fling
We held our 5th annual ladies “Spring Fling” in early May held at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center. Guest speaker was Dr. Felecia Nace.
Third Annual Weekend Family Retreat
Camp Constitution held its 3rd annual family retreat up at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro, NH this past weekend and it was chock full of information, encouragement, and activities!
Friday evening, Reverend Steven Craft gave a presentation on Race Worship. He likened the race debate to the “Golden Calf of the 21st Century”, encouraging attendees to be modern day Davids up against a Goliath of racialized ideology. While some have weaponized race, we must remember that Jesus shed his blood for ALL of us, which makes us equal in the eyes of God. Kin folk, not “skin” folk!
We also had a Constitution 101 presentation by Camp Constitution Co-Founder, Hal Shurtleff! He recommended watching “A More Perfect Union” and reading “Christianity and the Constitution” by John Eidsmoe as well as The Federalist Papers. He reminded us that the amendments in the Bill of Rights PROTECT our rights – not grant them.
Saturday was a full day of activities and crafts for the kids, and speeches for the adults in the morning, starting with Michael King of Massachusetts Family Institution. He shared some concerning slides and papers put out in schools, like the ‘Gingerbread Person’ for elementary/middle schoolers, ‘Gender Unicorn’ for kids as young as 4, and the Trever Project for teens; since they have begun making things like this widely known, they have managed to make Sex Ed an opt-in program and more than 7000 children have chosen to skip those classes, making it a home education topic instead. They have in fact had many victories regarding this topic and others in schools, have several National partners, and are paving the way in church-based education alternatives in MA!
A link to Mr. King’s presentation: https://youtu.be/GsP843c_6zc?si=-j3BDfEIzdwNMA73
Michael King of the Mass Family Institute Junior Campers taught by Mrs. Jessica Whitworth
We also got to hear some information and watch some videos from the Chandler family about the Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls programs. They operate for boys and girls, respectively, from ages 5 to 18+ and are a Christ-based alternative to Scouts. They are both Nationwide programs that can be joined here in New England, or parents can sign up to lead a new chapter if there isn’t one nearby.
After lunch there was a break with options to do recreational activities, go apple picking or shopping, or even visit the WW2 Museum in Wolfeboro. Our family opted into the WW2 Museum which had a few interactive exhibits for the kids, a vast number of artifacts, and a great hall of ages where you got an in-depth look at the years from 1939 to 1945. It ended with an up-close look at tanks and other military vehicles from the time. Though the word “democracy” was thrown around a little too often for my taste, it was definitely a worthwhile visit – make sure to check out their used book rack in the gift shop for some hidden treasures!
The film “Monumental” was being shown when we returned to camp – a great watch for the whole family! Camp Sentinel, where this retreat was held, was very accommodating with a warm fire all day, comfortable couches, and plenty of drinks and snacks!
The evening rounded off with Representative Paul Terry sharing how to Influence Elected Officials. He provided a packet of information to each attendee full of valuable information, tips, and action item checklists! One of the main points made was how blessed we are to live in NH where we have the largest number of representatives in the Nation! Each member of the House only has about 2,200 citizens they represent, which makes them incredibly accessible. Those of us who wish to see change need to take advantage of this fact – not just when we want something, but also to thank them or even just get to know them. A link to Rev. Terry’s presentation: https://youtu.be/rPXu954Q9So?si=sPY6Lc-qi7TOx8DA
Rounding off the evening, Jack McCarthy, a representative for Tactical Civics, spoke about the organization. They believe that the solution to the problems we are facing today include establishing County Grand Juries and Constitutional Militias. He also noted that learning your state constitution is just as (if not more) important as learning your US constitution.
Each morning of the retreat started with a flag raising ceremony overlooking the mountains, and every evening ended with a campfire accompanied by singing, poetry, readings, skits, and music. There were also a few tables available all weekend full of the different organizations’ information, sign-ups, books, and more.
Sunday consisted of worship led by Rev. Craft. After some singing, the children were led out for more crafts as the sermon began. This all centered somewhat around the race debate, but also dove into the division we bring on ourselves in politics and religion. Why do we focus on denominations, when we are all brothers and sisters of Christ, seeking Him in all things? We need to unify and strengthen ourselves in this fight between good and evil – because that is truly what we are facing now.
Finally, I spoke about the topic of my book “The Racists Roots of Planned Parenthood And Its Legacy of Death.” Did You know that over $500 Million in federal funds goes to Planned Parenthood? Or that Martin Luther King Junior was the first recipient of the Margaret Sanger award? Have you ever heard Sanger’s quote that seeing shrieking children in schoolyards made her feel her mission had failed? Did you know that one of Margaret Sangers collaborators was none other than Ernst Rudin, president of the International Federation of Eugenics organizations and later, Nazi director of sterilization and founder of the Nazi Society for Racial Hygiene? A link to a free download of the book:
It was a wonderful weekend full of education, building connections, sharing God’s word, and having new experiences as a family. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to support a worthy cause and check out the awesome library available through Camp Constitution. Check out their website (campconstitution.net) for more resources, and to learn how to sign up for the next Camp Constitution event!
Co-Sponsoring Texas Leadership Conference and a Visit to Carthage, Texas
In early October, my wife Maura and manned an info table at the annual Texas Leadership Conference attended by Riley Gaines, Coach Joe Kennedy, and Pastor Paul Blair to name just a few. We also conducted a presentation on how to start your own camp, and we visited the statue of our late friend and Camp Constitution instructor Dr. Mildred Jeferson.
Camp Constitution mourned the passing of long-time supporter Linda Bean, instructor and mentor John McManus, and co-founder of Camp Constitution and its manager Charlie Everett.
Looking into 2025
We have several events scheduled for January including teaching a class on the U.S. Constitution to a homeschool group.
We were invited to have a float in the Patriot’s Day Parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington April 19. We will also host our 3rd annual homeschool overnight at the Lane House on April 18th. We will have info tables at the Mass HOPE and Homeschoolers of Maine Homeschool Convention. Our 5th annual ‘Spring Fling” and our 17th Annual Family Camp.
How You Can Help
Pray for our nation.
Attend our 17th annual family camp.
Host a Camp Constitution speaker.
Subscribe to our YouTube and Rumble channels and follow us on Podomatic.
View and share our videos, podcasts, and downloads on our web site.
Make a monthly donation or a one-time donation. Donations may be made via our PayPal account accessed from our website’s homepage https://www.campconstitution.net
If you own a business or are involved with a non-profit, consider a sponsorship for a minimum of $100. A year.
Blessings.
Hal Shurtleff, Director
Camp Constitution
Alton, NH
Charlie Kirk Wrong About Jimmy Carter
Charlie Kirk recently praised the late Jimmy Carter. In a recent post he wrote:
“Jimmy Carter represents a type of Democrat that no longer exists. Christian, loving husband and a true patriot. He was objectively an awful president, but he loved America and never intentionally tried to do it harm. America could use more Democrats like him.”
While he was a loving husband, and an awful president, everything else Charlie Kirk said about him is wrong. I agree with Charlie on many issues, appreciate his work in college campuses, and the role he took in getting young people to the polls, but he got this wrong. He is not alone; however, many conservatives have expressed similar sentiments. They look at his work with Habitat for Humanity while overlooking his record and his unwavering support for the globalists and the Democrat Party.
During the Carter Administration, I was a soldier in the U.S Army. After my basic training at Fort Dix NJ, and advanced training at Fort Lee, VA,* I did a tour of duty in Augsburg, West Germany in a field artillery unit with nuclear capabilities followed by a tour of duty at Fort Campbell, KY in the 101st Airbourne Division. While they didn’t call it DEI back then, we had a mandatory 40-hour race relations class. The men conducting the class were vile, and anti-White. A Green Beret officer, forced to attend, walked out in disgust. In the wake of these classes, race relations deteriorated. As a 19-year-old, I concluded that destroying race relations was the goal. During a battalion formation, we had to listen to a delegation from the Defense Department explaining how vastly inferior we were to the Soviets and Eastern Bloc nations. I asked why they don’t tell this to Congress and the President.” My question was never answered, but a senior NCO said to me “Shurtleff, why don’t you chase German, girls, drink beer, do your time, and don’t worry about these things.” Years later I learned that Carter’s National Security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski-the father of Mika-advised Carter that if the Soviets attack NATO, let them have half. I was in that half of NATO that he was happy to give the Soviets.
When I left Boston for my military service, the cost of renting a decent one-room bedroom apartment in my neighborhood was $125. to $175. When I left the Army in 1980 and returned home, the cost of a one-bedroom apartment tripled. While all the blame cannot be laid upon Carter, his economic policies had led to double digit inflation and economic stagnation. The term “stagflation” was popularized during Carter’s term. While the media convinced voters that Jimmy Carter was an outsider, he was a charter member of the Trilateral Commission, an organization dedicated to a global government, and an “America Last” policy. Carter filled his cabinet with both Trilateral Commission and Council of Foreign Relations members. Carter’s international policy led Zbigniew Brzezinski-the ultimate Deep Stater -was an unmitigated disaster for the U.S. and its allies. Brzezinski had a love affair with Marxism. He remarked that “Marxism is simultaneously a victory of the external, active man over the inner, passive man and a victory of reason over belief.”
Carter betrayed the Shah of Iran that led to a takeover by radical Islamists, and the taking of American hostages. We are still paying for that disaster. The Carter Administration supported sanctions against Rhodesia which helped communist terrorist Robert Mugabe into power. Carter betrayed Somoza of Nicaragua paving the way for the communist Sandinista takeover of that once vibrant nation. He cut formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of diplomatic relations with Communist China. Perhaps his most destructive foreign policy was the giving of the Panama Canal to dictator Omar Torrijos. A provision in the treaty gave Panama millions of dollars to take the canal build by U.S. taxpayer money. Panama used a good portion of that money to pay off loans to the U.S. based Marine Midland Bank.
While his administration was supporting our enemies, he slashed the U.S. Military budget, opposed the B-1 bomber, the MX missile, and the development of the neutron bomb. He supported the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union while acknowledging that the Soviets had violated the SALT I treaty. He also vetoed the construction of new aircraft carriers. As mentioned above, his military embraced an early version of D.E.I. with the mandatory race relations classes which helped to further erode morale
Carter’s domestic policies were not much better. His support of an increase in the minimum wage led to a high unemployment mainly for Blacks. While promising not to raise taxes for working families, he promptly supported tax policies that led to high inflation. His windfall profit tax on crude oil led to a huge increase in the cost of gasoline while discouraging domestic production. He supported a tax on imported oil and an tax increase on gasoline. These two measures were thankfully defeated.
While calling himself a “Born Again” Christian, he supported abortion while president and “same sex” marriage in later years. He, and all of the other ex-presidents came out in support of the job killing and unconstitutional NAFTA agreement. He was a diehard Democrat never wavering in his support for the destructive policies of the Democrat Party. His last political act was voting for Kamala Harris. The late Congressman Larry McDonald ran an open letter to Carter in the New York Times listing his disastrous policies and concluded “You either know what you are doing, or you don’t.” It is my opinion base on the facts that he did indeed know what he was doing. He wasn’t a patriot who loved America and never intentionally intended to harm America. Based on his support for abortion, “same-sex marriage, and the entire agenda of the Democrat Party, I would have to seriously question his commitment to Jesus Christ. I do, however, hope that he repented of his sins and is now in the presence of the Lord.
In 1980, Gary Allen authored a detailed article on Carter entitled “The Background and Record of Jimmy Carter:”
https://s3.amazonaws.com/camppictures/CampArchive/General/Carter%20Record.pdf
- The cultural Marxists under the Biden Admin changed the name of the fort. When I was there in 1977, the training units were predominately Black and, as far I knew, there was not any issue with the name of the fort.
Carl Sandburg “I see America not in the setting sun …The American Minute with Bill Federer
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The Weekly Sam: Looking Backward 123 Years Later By Samuel Blumenfeld
(The following article was written by Sam back in 2011. This article is part of the Sam Blumenfeld Archives: http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/main.htm
The year 2011 marks the 123rd year since the publication of Edward Bellamy’s famous
utopian novel, Looking Backward, in which the author depicted a happy, socialist
America in the year 2000. In Bellamy’s optimistic fantasy, greed and material want
ceased to exist, brotherly harmony prevailed, the arts and sciences flourished, and an
all-powerful and pervasive government and bureaucracy were efficient and fair.
The book became enormously popular, selling 371,000 copies in its first two years and a
million copies by 1900. Its influence on American progressive educators and
intellectuals was enormous. In fact, it became their vision of a future American paradise
in which human moral perfectibility could at last be attained.
The extent of the book’s influence can be measured by the fact that in 1935, when
Columbia University asked philosopher-educator John Dewey, historian Charles Beard,
and Atlantic Monthly editor Edward Weeks to prepare independently lists of the 25 most
influential books since 1885, Looking Backward ranked as second on each list after
Marx’s Das Kapital. In other words, Looking Backward was considered the most
influential American book in that 50-year period.
John Dewey characterized the book as “one of the greatest modern syntheses of humane
values.”
Even after the rise of Hitler’s National Socialism in Germany and
Marxist-Leninist communism in Russia, Dewey still clung to Bellamy’s vision of a
socialist America. In his 1934 essay, “The Great American Prophet,” Dewey wrote:
“I wish that those who conceive that the abolition of private capital and of energy
expended for profit signify complete regimenting of life and the abolition of all personal
choice and all emulation, would read with an open mind Bellamy’s picture of a socialized
economy. It is not merely that he exposes with extraordinary vigor and clarity the
restriction upon liberty that the present system imposes but that he pictures how
socialized industry and finance would release and further all of those personal and private
types of occupation and use of leisure that men and women actually most prize today….
“It is an American communism that he depicts, and his appeal comes largely from the
fact that he sees in it the necessary means of realizing the democratic ideal….
“The worth of Bellamy’s book in effecting a translation of the ideas of democracy into
economic terms is incalculable. What Uncle Tom’s Cabin was to the anti-slavery
movement Bellamy’s book may well be to the shaping of popular opinion for a new
social order.”
Bellamy envisaged America becoming socialist by way of consensus rather than
revolution. In turn, Dewey, who spent his professional life trying to transform
Bellamy’s vision into American reality, saw education as the principle means by which
this transformation could be achieved. He spent the years 1894 to 1904 at the University
of Chicago in his Laboratory School seeking to devise a new curriculum for the public
schools that would produce the kind of socialized youngsters who would bring about the
new socialist millennium.
The result, of course, is the education we have today–a minimal interest in the
development of intellectual, scientific, and literacy skills and a maximal effort to produce
socialized, politically correct, individuals who can barely read.
Today, many years later, the University of Chicago stands as an island of academic
tranquility in Chicago’s Southside, surrounded by a sea of social and urban devastation
caused by the philosophical emanations from Dewey’s laboratory and other departments.
Charles Judd, the university’s Wundtian professor of educational psychology, labored
mightily to organize the radical reform of the public-school curriculum to conform with
Dewey’s socialist plan.
According to Dewey, the philosophical underpinning of capitalism is individualism
sustained by an education that stressed the development of literacy skills. High literacy
encourages intellectual independence which produces strong individualism. It was
Dewey’s exhaustive analysis of individualism that led him to believe that the socialized
individual could only be produced by first getting rid of the traditional emphasis on
language and literacy in the primary grades and turning the children toward socialized
activities and behavior.
In 1898, he wrote a devastating critique of traditional Three R’s education, entitled “The
Primary-Education Fetich (sic),” in which he took to task the entire centuries-old
emphasis on literacy. He wrote:
“The plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the
great importance attaching to literature seems to me a perversion.”
He then mapped out a long-range, comprehensive strategy that would reorganize primary
education to serve the needs of socialization. “Change must come gradually,” he wrote.
“To force it unduly would compromise its final success by favoring a violent reaction.”
If what he was advocating was so beneficial, why would it favor a violent reaction?
The simple fact is that when parents send their children to school they want them to
become good readers. They don’t send them to school to become socialists.
Obviously, Dewey had learned a lot from the Fabian socialists in England whose motto
was Festina lente–”Make haste slowly.”
Part of the new primary curriculum was a new method of teaching reading, an
ideographic method that teaches children to read English as if it were Chinese, by simple
word recognition, as if each word were like a Chinese character. It was called the
“look-say or sight” method. In fact, it was at the University of Chicago that Charles
Judd’s protégé, William Scott Gray, developed the Dick and Jane reading program which
in the 1930’s became the standard method of teaching reading in American schools and
has caused the devastating epidemic of functional illiteracy in America.
By 1955, the reading problem had become so severe that Rudolf Flesch felt compelled to
write a book about it, Why Johnny Can’t Read. But it didn’t move the educators to
change anything. They were firmly committed to Dewey’s plan to create a socialist
America. Indeed, in 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts released a somber
report on the state of American literacy. Its chairman, Dana Gioia, stated: “This is a
massive social problem. We are losing the majority of the new generation. They will not
achieve anything close to their potential because of poor reading.”
False doctrines lead to tragic consequences. Chicago’s Southside, New York’s Harlem
and East Bronx, Boston’s Roxbury, and other such third-world type enclaves in American
cities, peopled by the new American underclass, all of whom have attended American
government schools, are the making of the arrogant eugenicist doctrines, policies, and
strategies of the progressive movement. Progressives, of course, will never admit
responsibility for the human wreckage they have created. In fact, they have deified Dewey,
attributing the failures of progressive education to everything but Dewey.
Meanwhile, Bellamy’s consensus utopia is far more remote today than it was in 1888.
The present economic mess created by the socialists in Washington–with, unfortunately,
some help from the Bush Administration–cannot possibly evolve into anything Bellamy
would have recognized. At least back then many intelligent people entertained the
delusion of human perfectibility and that utopia was possible.
Today, after the horrible events of the 20th century, we know that Bellamy’s basic
analysis of capitalism and human nature was false. But the fact that diehard socialists
still exist in America and occupy the highest ranks of power in Washington is proof that
man is indeed a fallen creature and capable of the kind of evil that destroys nations. We
survived John Dewey and Edward Bellamy. But will we survive Obama?
(Thankfully, we survived Obama and thanks to the efforts of people like Sam, the homeschool movement is flourishing as more and more parents realize how destructive government schools are to their children. Please join the Blumenfeld Archive-link above-and share it as widely as possible-Ed)
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Monument to the Forefathers – The Matrix of Liberty – Coming to NH
The NH Patriot Hub, a group of local activists, whose main goal is to educate, inspire, and call to action other local citizens, is launching an initiative to help educate church, school and town/city leaders on the importance of bringing the Matrix of Liberty into their communities, making it a part of their culture.
The Matrix of Liberty can be explained by understanding the meaning behind the Monument to the Forefathers, Click here to learn more.
The 5 individual monuments that make up the Monument to the Forefathers are essential. Faith, Morality, Law, Education and Liberty. If one falls, they all fall. It’s a snowball effect with liberty being the ultimate goal.
It is important to understand the difference between liberty and freedom. Liberty is a framework of government that promotes freedom, it’s external. It’s the reason America is the freest nation in the world. Freedom is the way in which each we live, it’s internal. If you do not have liberty, your people are not free.
Our Forefathers used the matrix of liberty to create a Constitution for us. It is a guidebook for us to follow. If we do not live it out, it is only words on paper. Our forefathers knew that in order for them to be free citizens, they needed to be self-governing citizens and in order to be self-governing citizens they needed to create a government that promoted liberty. It was so important to them that they sacrificed their lives, fortunes and sacred honors to create it. As a result, America is a place where you can be creative, dream big, think critically, and question, without fear of retribution by our government. Will you help us keep it this way for generations to come?
If you are a church leader, schoolteacher, principal, super-intendant, or a town or city clerk, or elected official, we want to hear from you. We will donate the tools needed to bring the Matrix of Liberty into your churches, schools and town/city offices. We will also assist in scheduling a group tour of this magnificent monument in Plymouth, MA. We are also looking for team leaders, in every county in NH, to help spread the word about our initiative. Please email us for more information action@
God bless, The NH Patriot Hub Team
Christmas Eve miracle caused German & American soldiers to lay down arms, sing Silent Night By James F. Linzey, Chaplain, Major, ARNG (Ret.) —
(This incredible story came out way via our friend Sevil Kalayci.)
One of the most inspiring stories of peace through Christ among ardent enemies unfolded in a potentially volatile setting. Here is the World War II story of a German mother, her 12-year-old son, three American soldiers, and four German soldiers — each of the three parties previously unknown to one another, and how they came together to celebrate Christmas in 1944 in the height of the Battle of the Bulge.
On December 16, 1944, the Germans initiated a massive campaign against the Allies in the Ardennes Forest, a mountainous region extending throughout Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front. Over 250,000 German troops mounted a blitzkrieg, attempting to divide the Allies in a major offensive. This set the stage for the Battle of the Bulge. Heavy snowstorms erupted unexpectedly, forever changing the course of this infamous battle and possibly World War II, along with the individual lives of millions of people, and particularly nine individuals one Christmas Eve.
The soldiers were fighting in trenches, on the plains, and on mountain sides. Supplies came to a devastating halt. In thousands of cases, there was no ammunition, no food, no medical help, no shelter, no jackets, no gloves, wet socks and wet worn out boots, no heat, and separation from their platoons! Soldiers were using newspapers and curtains from the wreckage of houses and cabins that were bombed to wrap their feet.
In the Ardennes Forest an American soldier was shot in the upper leg and was bleeding to death. Two fellow American soldiers tried to help him get behind the American line several miles away. Additionally, they were starving and freezing. There was deep snow on the ground, and a heavy snowstorm erupted. Disorientation set in. They wandered aimlessly in the Ardennes Forest for three days.
In the distance they saw a cabin and approached it. When they got close to the front door, the two lay their wounded soldier on the snow.
One of the soldiers knocked on the cabin door. Inside was a German mother named Elisabeth Vincken and her 12-year-old son Fritz. Because their home in a nearby city had been partially destroyed when Americans bombed the area, Mr. Vincken sent his wife, Elisabeth, and their son, Fritz, to their cabin.
Mr. Vincken remained behind to repair their house and business. His plan was to join them at the cabin when he completed the restoration of their home. He had hoped to be done by Christmas Eve and celebrate Christmas with his wife and son at the cabin. But he did not show up due to the severe snowstorm.
Mrs. Vincken heard the knock, opened the door and there stood two American soldiers with weapons, and a third laying in the snow. She did not know English, nor did the Americans know German. But one of the Americans spoke some French, as did Mrs. Vincken. So in broken French and with some sign language, they explained that they were lost, hungry, close to death, and that the soldier laying on the ground was shot and bleeding to death. The American soldiers asked for any assistance in terms of shelter and food for the night, so that they could start in the morning to find the American lines.
There was a German law forbidding German citizens from harboring enemy soldiers. Mrs. Vincken could be shot for providing any assistance. But it was a Holy Night—Christmas Eve. Mrs. Vincken was Lutheran. So Mrs. Vincken let them in. Had Mrs. Vincken turned them away, the American soldiers would not have forced their way in. They would have continued on and hoped to survive the night. Mrs. Vincken was not a sympathizer for the Allied forces at all. She was a Christian and would have assisted anyone needing humanitarian help.
Mrs. Vincken sent Fritz to get six more potatoes from the shed outside and to bring in the rooster. She was going to prepare a Christmas Eve supper for the American soldiers. She went to work in the kitchen preparing supper. Shortly thereafter, there was another knock at the door. So, she assumed more American soldiers had arrived needing help.
She opened the door and turned as white as a ghost. There stood four German soldiers with weapons. Mrs. Vincken greeted them. They had lost their way in the forest during the snowstorm. Separated from their unit with no food nor warmth for days, they were hungry and feared they might die in the sub-freezing weather with no help in sight. Mrs. Vincken stepped outside and shut the door to speak to the German soldiers privately.
She explained that three American soldiers came and that one was severely wounded and bleeding to death, and that they are inside. She said, “It is the Holy Night and there will be no shooting here.” And she told them that they could eat as much as they wished. She then asked them to give her their weapons. They agreed. She had them lean their weapons against the cabin outside.
She then went inside and shut the door and informed the American soldiers that they had guests, but that they would not be harmed. She explained that there were German soldiers who likewise needed help and that they will come inside for supper and stay the night. She then asked for their weapons, and they agreed. She took the American soldiers’ weapons outside and leaned them against the cabin with the German soldiers’ weapons. Then she invited the German soldiers to come inside.
So there they were. The German soldiers were on one side of the living room and the American soldiers on the other side, facing the opposing side while Mrs. Vincken prepared Christmas Eve supper. The silence was very apparent. Out of the silence emerged the voices of the German soldiers singing the German hymn “Silent Night” in Latin. “Silent Night” was renowned in both German and Latin. The Lutheran denomination in those days held mass in Latin. So German Lutherans often sang in Latin. Then their American brothers in Christ joined in in English. Tears came down the faces of the German and American soldiers as they sang ‘Silent Night.’
The German soldiers brought out of their supplies a flask of wine and a loaf of bread. They shared their wine and bread with the American soldiers. With tears running down their faces they had communion. Then one of the German soldiers began speaking in perfect English to the American soldiers and said he was a medical student. He offered to operate on the wounded American soldier.
For several hours this German soldier operated with no anesthesia. It was such a meticulous and intense operation that his forehead was perspiring. Finally, he got the bullet out and bandaged up the wounded American soldiers. He said that the cold weather prevented infection from spreading. Mrs. Vincken had finished preparing the Christmas Eve supper. She invited them to the table and prayed, “Komm, Herr Jesus, and be our guest.” They had Christian fellowship that Holy Night.
According to Fritz, in an interview in later years, “There were tears in her eyes and as I looked around the table, I saw that the battle-weary soldiers were filled with emotion.”
In the morning, Mrs. Vincken gave them back their weapons and said she would pray for their safety. The German corporal showed the Americans on their own map how to get back behind American lines and gave them his compass. The German soldiers and the American soldiers all shook hands and went in opposite directions. Fritz later recounted, “She asked them to be very careful and told them, “I hope someday you will return home safely to where you belong. May God bless and watch over you.’”
In 1965, Mrs. Vincken passed away. Mr. Vincken had likewise passed away in the 1960s. Fritz Vincken and his wife moved to Hawaii and he opened up Fritz’s European Bakery in Kapalama, a neighborhood in Honolulu. For years he told the story of what happen that solemn Christmas Eve.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States, had heard the story and re-told it during a visit to Germany, saying, “The story needs to be told and retold because none of us can ever hear too much about building peace and reconciliation.” The story caught on like wildfire.
In March 1995, Unsolved Mysteries dramatized the event and put it on national television. The American soldier who had been shot was Ralph Blank. Ralph was residing at Northampton Manor Nursing Home in Frederick, Maryland. He had been telling the story the same way Fritz had been for decades. But when he saw it on Unsolved Mysteries, he went public with the story.
Fritz flew to Frederick, Maryland to become reunited with Ralph Blank. When Ralph saw Fritz again, he said, “Your mother saved my life.” Fritz was very pleased that his mother had received credit for saving the lives of seven American and German soldiers. Ralph told Fritz where one of the other American soldiers was located. So, Fritz went to see him as well.
None of the German soldiers came public with their stories. It could be that none of them were still alive and may have been killed during the war.
Fritz passed away in 2002. But the historical account of peace through Christ on that legendary Holy Night — Christmas Eve, 1944 — remains as a testimony of the peace that passes understanding which only comes from an abiding relationship with Jesus Christ. Paul the Apostle said, “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7, MEV).
The power of the cross of Christ brings peace through Christ no matter what your circumstance may be. — ASSIST News
About the writer: Chaplain, Major James F. Linsey, USA (Ret.) is the chief editor of the Modern English Version and the New Tyndale Version Bible translations. An ordained minister with the Southern Baptist Convention, he is the founding president of Military Bible Association, the mission of which is to raise funds to donate copies of The Military Bible and The Leadership Bible to the troops. He is a highly sought after speaker for conventions, seminars, and churches.
The Reason for the Season: The Birth of Christ
This is the time of year that we hear terms like “The Christmas Spirit,” “Seasons Greetings.” and “Happy Holidays.” For a Christian, the real meaning of Christmas and the reason for our happiness is the celebration of the Birth of the Savior of Mankind.
Pastor Jared Cassidy of the Community Church of Alton, NH gave what I thought, one of the best sermons on the Birth of Christ from the Biblical and historical perspective:
Luke Chapter 2:
2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
18And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.
19But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
Happy Bill of Rights Day Sunday December 15, 2024, by Hal Shurtleff
Sunday December 15 marks the 233rd anniversary of the first ten amendments U.S. Constitution known as the Bill of Rights. It is important to point out that the Bill of Rights did not grant or give rights to anyone. Rights come from God, and the main reason for government at any level is to protect the God given rights of its citizens. The Bill of Rights unenumerated some rights and basically said that the federal government cannot mess with them. The word “right” doesn’t appear in the original U.S. Constitution. So, we don’t have any Constitutional rights; we have God given rights protected by the Constitution.
While doing research on this article, I thought I would see of the Biden Administration had issued a proclamation to commemorate Bill of Rights Day, and to my surprise I discovered that it did back in 2023. This may have been due to the fact the closest date on the LGBTQ+++++ calendar is Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day celebrated on December 8, but I am sure that they will come up with another gender to celebrate on the 15th.
The first two paragraphs of the proclamation were good:
“On December 15, 1791, after years of debate and deliberation, our forebearers ratified the Bill of Rights. In doing so, they forever enshrined the fundamental rights and liberties we hold sacred as Americans and set in motion the greatest self-governance experiment in the history of the world.
The freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights — the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, privacy, and more — have helped define who we are as a people and served as our Nation’s enduring North Star. The 17 additional Amendments that have been ratified since have opened the doors of opportunity wider to each new generation. But time and again we have been reminded that progress is not linear, and freedom is never guaranteed; it requires constant vigilance.”
But it went downhill from there. It went on to denounce the Supreme Court for taking away the right of women to kill their unborn babies which is a lie. It simple left the issue of abortion to the states which was the case prior to the awful “Roe v Wade” decision. It also went on promote the conspiracy theory of voter suppression, advocated that Congress pass a law in order to strip the power of states to make their own election laws, and it denounced states that have passed or proposed laws against gender mutilation of children, and banning biological men from women’s sports and showers. Leave it to the Biden Administration to politicize everything it touches. Thankfully, we won’t be seeing many more proclamations by the Biden Administration which have done its utmost to trounce on many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
A Brief history of the Bill of Rights:
During the Constitutional Convention, there were some delegates who refused to support the proposed Constitution unless it contained a Bill of Rights; George Mason and Elbridge Gerry led the way. Delegates James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, was initially against a Bill of Rights believing that since the U.S. Constitution granted specific powers to the federal government, there was no need for a Bill of Rights. Mason and Gerry proposed a Bill of Rights on September 12, 1787, a few days before the Constitution was approved by the delegates. Roger Sherman of Connecticut rightfully contented that the proposed federal Constitution had no authority to repeal Bills of Rights enshrined in state constitutions. It was unanimously rejected by states each having one vote. James Wilson of Pennsylvania warned that by expressly listing rights, those that weren’t listed did not exist. This legitimate concerned was addressed by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.
James Madison changed his position, and he made the issue of proposing a Bill of Rights a key part of his Congressional campaign. One of the first things Madison did as a member of Congress was to propose a Bill of Rights. On September 25, 1789, Congress agreed to 12 Amendments and submitted them to the states for ratification needing 3/4ths for approval. On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified amendments three to twelve making them part of the Constitution. The second proposed amendment concerning Congressional pay raises was eventually ratified in 1992
The Bill of Rights:
Amendment I
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.
Amendment II
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.
Amendment III
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
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.
It is vitally important for American citizens learn about the Bill of Rights, and for that matter, the entire U.S. Constitution, and demand that elected officials adhere to their oaths to obey and uphold the U.S. Constitution. Here in New Hampshire, we have been doing a poor job of it since we have been sending those to Congress that routinely disobey their oaths. The best way to begin is to read the Constitution. Those who would like a free pocket copy of the Constitution may get one by E-mailing me at campconstitution1@gmail.com