Happy Birthday George Washington. Camp Constitution Will Always Honor Your Legacy

Published February 21, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

     February 22, 2022 marks the 290th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, who, in this writer’s opinion, was the greatest man born in America.  As the Cultural Marxists denigrate him, we at Camp Constitution will always honor his memory and legacy.   While there are numerous biographies written about this great and good man, I recommend two short books and his “Farewell Address”

“Washington’s 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior”

He wrote these 110 rules when he was 16 years old from a set of rules established by French Jesuits in 1595.  Here is a sampling of those rules:

“When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.”
     “Show Nothing to your Friend that may affright him.”
“In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.”

“The Bullet Proof George Washington”:

An account of George Washington’s part in the July 9th, 1755, battle during the French and Indian War.

During the two-hour battle, the 23-year-old Colonel Washington had ridden on the battlefield, delivering the general’s orders to other officers and troops. The officers had been a special target for the Indians. Of the eighty-six British and American officers, sixty-three were casualties. Washington was the only officer on horseback not shot down.

Following the battle, Washington wrote a letter to his brother in which he readily and openly acknowledged:

     “By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!”

Fifteen years later, an old, respected Indian chief sought out Washington. The chief, explaining that he had led the Indians against them in the battle fifteen years earlier, revealed to Washington what had occurred behind the scenes during the conflict:

     “I called to my young men and said, mark yon tall and daring warrior. Quick, let your aim be certain, and he dies. Our rifles were leveled, rifles which, but for you, knew not how to miss–’twas all in vain, a power mightier far than we shielded you. Seeing you were under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit, we immediately ceased to fire at you…I am come to pay homage to the man who is the particular favorite of Heaven, and who can never die in battle.”

 His “Farewell Address”:

Washington’s plan to retire from office would come to be known as his “Farewell Address.”  In 1792, when Washington considered leaving office, he had James Madison write a draft. In 1796, Alexander Hamilton did a rewrite and Washington edited it.  The “American Daily Advertiser,” a paper in Philadelphia, the seat of the nation’s capital at the time, published it on September 19, 1796.  Here are a few of the points that have stood the test of time:

“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.  In vain, would man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness”

“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding the exercise of the power of one department to encroach upon another.  The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments into one, and thus create whatever the form of government, a real despotism” and

“The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.”

May this generation of Americans endeavor to keep George Washington’s legacy alive for generations yet unborn.

A link to The Writings of George Washington:    https://campconstitution.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Writings-of-George-Washington.pdf

 

 

Young Women for America: An Interview of Annabelle Rutledge

Published February 18, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

We recently had the opportunity to interview Annabelle Rutledge, National Director for Young Women for America   Young Women    on Camp Constitution Radio.  Annabelle led a group of her members at Liberty Counsel’s “Let Freedom Fly” Rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building prior to oral argument of our lawsuit where she addressed the attendees.

  Annabelle Rutledge is the National Director of Young Women for America. In this role, she oversees CWA’s collegiate department which seeks to train and equip female college and high school leaders. Prior to this position, Annabelle worked as CWA’s Communications Coordinator for nearly two years, during which time she helped plan and execute CWA’s Women for Kavanaugh effort. Annabelle recently spent a year working as Deputy Social Secretary for Mrs. Karen Pence on the Vice President’s team where she planned events at the Vice President’s residence and did advance for Mrs. Pence from Hawaii to Ireland and many places in between. Annabelle grew up just outside of Sacramento, California, and graduated from Grove City College with a bachelor’s degree in history.  ( A link to an audio version of the interview:  https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-17T07_44_44-08_00

 

Impeach and Expel Under the U.S. Constitution

Published February 15, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

Recently, I was speaking to a group in Aroostook County, Maine and the subject of impeachment came up. I said that each house can expel its members, but members of Congress cannot be impeached. My friend and fellow Patriot Jack McCarthy said that it was not true. So, let us investigate the subject.

The United States Constitution mentions impeachment in several places:

Article 1, Section 2 last clause “…and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment

Article 1, Section 3 Clause 6:

 “The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside. And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.”

Article 1 Section 3, Clause 7:

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. And:

Article 2, Section 4

The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

There is some misunderstanding of the term “impeachment.”  It is akin to an indictment or a formal accusation but not a declaration of guilt. The House of Representatives, with a simple majority, votes to impeach and then the case is heard by the U.S. Senate. The first federal official to be impeached was William Blount, a U.S. Senator from Tennessee who was one of the signers of the U.S. Constitution. It took place on July 7, 1797. The next day, the Senate voted to expel him. Blount engaged in a plot to give land to England.

Congress has the power to expel members:

Article 1, Section 5:    Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

Portrait of Blount

The Senate never tried the impeachment case against Blount because he had already been expelled. A resolution introduced in the Senate saying that Blount was a civil officer and subject to impeachment was defeated by a 14-11 vote. Since then, not one member of Congress has been impeached but five members of the House and 15 Senators have been expelled. Seventeen of them were expelled for supporting the Confederacy, and only two since the Civil War:  Mike Myers of Pennsylvania and Jim Traficant of Ohio. Myers was recently indicted for voter fraud.

There have been three presidents impeached:   Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump. All were acquitted by the Senate. Trump was impeached twice. The second impeachment was such a sham that Chief Justice Roberts refused to participate. Richard Nixon resigned before articles of impeachment were brought against him.

 Federal Judges

Article 3, Section 1, The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.

There have been fifteen federal judges including Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase, who was acquitted, that were impeached and only eight were convicted by the Senate and removed from office. The first being John Pickering of New Hampshire in 1804 for mental instability, and intoxication while on the bench.  In 1989, Judge Alcee Hastings of the Southern District of Florida was impeached and removed for accepting bribes, but the Senate did not disqualify him from office. He was a member of Congress from 1993 until his death last year.

 

Alcee Hastings

So, I was wrong to say that members of Congress cannot be impeached, and my friend Jack McCarthy was right. But only one member of Congress has been impeached.  While nineteen states-Rhode Island being the only one in New England-have provisions to recall state elected officials, they cannot recall members of Congress. However, the founders gave us frequent elections. While impeachments, expulsions and recalls are rare, we can fire and replace our employees at all levels of government at the ballot box.

Roe V. Wade The Movie: An Interview with Stacey Dash

Published February 13, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

We recently had the opportunity to interview Stacey Dash who played our late friend Dr. Mildred Jefferson:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-31T14_09_53-08_00

 

Dr. Jefferson was a pioneer in the Pro-Life Movement.  She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, but  she told people “I didn’t go to Harvard Medical School to be the first black woman to graduate from it.  I went there because it was the best medical school in the country”   She spoke at Camp Constitution’s 2010 annual family camp which may have been her last speaking event:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PutGqzRIHMo&t=305s

To view or order a DVD of “Roe V. Wade, please visit https://www.roevwademovie.com/

Stacey Dash’s website:  https://officialstaceydash.com/

Convention of States – Behind the Hype & Hot Air Phony Petitions & Polls

Published February 7, 2022 | By Judi Caler
 Phony Petitions. Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States
(COS), hypes the thousands of online petitions COS provides to
legislators nationwide; he touts them as evidence of widespread
support from constituents for the COS application asking Congress
to call an Article V convention (A5C). But wait!
 In 2018, two Idaho legislators reported that the COS petitions they
received, were digitally “signed” by some constituents who, when contacted, said they never
signed. Representative Priscilla Giddings (R) called this practice “hi-tech fraud.” Representative
Dorothy Moon (R) called it “dirty tricks.” Moreover, COS apparently accumulates signatures
for life (or longer). In 2016, a South Dakota state senator received a COS petition from his dead
neighbor!
At a contentious IDAHO MEETING, Meckler, in justifying the illegitimate
petitions, admitted, “I can’t tell you whether…it is plausible that at some point, somebody typed
in somebody else’s name and address. I can’t stop that, obviously…It’s possible…they forget
that they [signed], because sometimes—say it’s 2 years ago…and they don’t remember filling
these things out; some of them have changed their minds.” What does this say about the
supposed army of millions that Meckler boasts about?!
Meckler denied any suggestion of COS’s fabricating signatures as “outrageous, and frankly
offensive.” He invited Rep. Moon to meet with his technology people, conduct her own security
investigation, and “determine if [COS is] doing the best we possibly can”!
Meckler added, “I will not claim [the COS system] is perfect. Because people from the outside
always, somebody could fill out somebody else’s name and information…There’s no
identification system on the internet.”
 If Meckler can’t guarantee that any particular digital signatures are valid, he can’t guarantee any
of his numbers are real. Fraud or no fraud—the system is inherently flawed; and it doesn’t matter
whether or not the COS technology team is doing “the best [they] possibly can”! Meckler is
delivering nothing more than raw, unverified, and thus worthless data to legislators in a
shameless attempt to influence their votes.
  Meckler has testified before numerous legislative committees and said that roughly
2/3 of their states’ voters across party
lines, as polled, support the COS application asking Congress to
call an Article V convention (A5C). He added that this is
consistent with COS polling nationwide. But wait!
How can a short robocall made up of a few superficial questions
measure real opinion on a complicated, unknown issue like an
Article V convention? Polls paid for by clients with agendas and published as NEWS
yield the results the client wants. Outcomes can be manipulated
by the questions asked.
 HERE is the script for the Robopoll conducted in Iowa; only questions #8 through #11
addressed an A5C. And here are the same questions and responses from MICHIGAN a month
later (emphasis added):
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of whether Michigan should join other states in calling
for a convention to propose constitutional amendments that limit federal power? [45%
favor/24% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of a constitutional amendment to limit federal
spending? [54% favor/23% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of placing term limits on members of Congress and/or
federal judges? [71% favor/19% oppose]
 ✓ What best describes your opinion of Michigan calling for a convention of states to propose
constitutional amendments that limit federal spending, limit federal power, and establish
term limits for members of Congress and/or federal judges? [64% favor/22% oppose]
 But these are trick questions! Respondents’ attention is focused on the subject of the proposed
amendments, while ignoring the real danger—triggering an Article V convention where
Delegates can’t be controlled, and our Constitution is up for grabs. Obviously, what was
measured by this survey was the popularity of various constitutional amendments—not support
for a convention!
 Would COS’s poll results have flipped if the risks of an A5C had been included in the survey?
Clearly the poll, as is, is a thinly veiled attempt to influence public policy and sway legislators’
votes, rather than an honest attempt to measure where voters stand on this complex and
controversial issue.

The Weekly Sam: The Revolution in Education

Published February 6, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

Homeschool pioneer and author Sam Blumenfeld gives a lecture on how socialists took over government schools in the United States and, why parents need to remove their children from government schools:    https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-02-06T11_05_19-08_00

Sam was a generation ahead of his time.  He started warning parents about the dangers of government schools back in the 1970s.  Many parents-like me-took his advice, but many either didn’t know or didn’t care.  Thankfully, that is changing but it shouldn’t have taken so long.   Please visit the Blumenfeld Archives where you can find most of the writings, and lectures of Sam:

https://campconstitution.net/sam-blumenfeld-archive/

Defend our Constitution From All Enemies, both Foreign and Domestic

Published February 4, 2022 | By Dominique Uhl

“You will never know how much it has cost my generation

to preserve your freedom.

I hope you will make good use of it.”

— John Adams, 220 years ago
The world still believes in the American experiment in self-governance. The Davos oligarchs [World Economic Forum] have demonstrated their gross incompetence to all the world over the last 2 years. They have neither right nor ability to govern America and Americans. We are a free people. And we have governed ourselves for almost 250 years now based on a Constitution developed by self-reliant farmers, tradesmen, shop owners, and landholders. These forefathers rejected a foreign monarchy and oligarchy and instead created and fought for a political structure which remains an inspiration for the world… a shining city on the hill…This is OUR country. We own this amazing gift. But we must defend it if we wish to keep it.
– Dr. Robert Malone speech at the DC Rally on Jan 23, 2022, 10 days ago
Our Founding Fathers gave their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to ensure the blessings of liberty for countless generations.
 
The Elite oligarchs are sacrificing other people’s lives in medical genocide, obliterating other people’s fortunes while amassing unimaginable wealth for themselves. They have no integrity, no honor, and do conspire to enslave humanity under the chains of tyranny for countless generations.
Standing between We the People and tyranny is the United States Constitution that protects us.
If we protect her.
Prov 22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
This article is about that very battle. PLEASE make the time to read this and watch the video for the sake of our Constitution. I’m not going to lie to you, this will take less than 2 hrs of your time to read and watch everything. Where do you rate a mere 2 hrs with the sacrifices of our Founding Fathers?  Please prioritize this. Time is of the essence. We are possibly only two states away.
Constitutional Conventions movements are raging in their dangerous deception and passage all across America (there are several types of convention movements: Article V, COS, BBA, USTL, SCOTUS 9, etc). One of those Convention applications, COS, passed last Tuesday in WI by only ONE vote and will be sent to Congress. Friday it passed in Nebraska as well (on the bright side, these particular states already have other convention applications into Congress, so they aren’t a new win. Rescind them all together).
The convention movement takes advantage of good people who are rightly frustrated with federal overreach to make them feel they are doing something to save our Country. As for the legislators, there are some who just vote along party lines and don’t read the Constitution (for shame), but there are others who are really drunk with promised power/positions/control at Convention, compliments of the lobbyists. The snake oil salesman (aka lobbyists) use flagrant flattery and outright lies to do that, and they also hoodwink the voters (because they have to have a “grassroots” constituent base to convince some legislators to vote in favor of convention). Here are only 3 of the many lies (COS is one of the Convention movements to use as an example) you may have heard presented as truth:
Lobbyist Lie #1
“When we get to a Convention of States, Congress will be forced to obey our amendments and we will limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.”
TRUTH:
I find this one SHOULD be a hard sell. If we think about it for 2 seconds we say “Yeah, right. They aren’t obeying the Constitution that ALREADY limits the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.”
Our 11 yr old child once asked the legislature in a public hearing if the convention was going to sprinkle magic dust to make Congress obey their new amendments? They didn’t answer.
Seriously, there should be no convention movement on that point alone, because even if it wasn’t dangerous, it won’t work.
Lobbyist Lie #2
“Convention of States”
TRUTH:
Terminology is very important, it deceptively implies the States have power in Convention. How far would the COS movement have gotten if they called it what it really is, “Convention of Congress”? (keep reading and all will be explained)
Lobbyist Lie #3
“The Founders placed STATE POWER in Article 5 to use the Constitution to save the Constitution”.
TRUTH:
The Founders placed state power in Article 6 and the 10th Amendment (nullification, where states ignore or resist unconstitutional federal dictates, which automatically and quickly reins in the power and jurisdiction of the federal government). We’ve recently seen some great states nullifying against unconstitutional federal mandates.
The Founders most certainly DID NOT place state power in Article 5 with a Convention of Congress. That’s where states will lose their power — and our Constitution. 
Why would the convention lobbyists intentionally LIE to their followers about where the Founders placed state power?
Why did Hitler lie that the Jews were a health hazard to the rest of the country? Why does Fauci lie?
Because they have something sinister to gain by deception.
Let’s keep reading…
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The lobbyists shysters also use something called “The Power of First Impressions”.
In general, people will be either wary or susceptible to a false leader’s sales pitch. Depending on a person’s prior knowledge of the source document — whether it is the Bible for a religious group, or the Constitution for a political group (both of which are rarely – if ever – taught in government schools and this is one of the consequences) — that person will either recognize the lie as a lie – or accept it as their truth. If a follower embraces the lie as truth, it is difficult, even when showing him the truth in black and white (like Article V in the Constitution) – for him to accept the truth and reject the lie that he already believes, because of the power of first impression (and spiritual warfare).
New research reveals that first impressions are hard to dislodge. And wow, would we agree. From our experience, even when we read the Constitution to the legislature, some still walk away droning the lobbyist’s narrative. Proof that adults can believe the fairytales spun by the Big Bad Wolf will end in “happily ever after.”
I’m sorry to be so blunt, but I’ve seen these committees vote in favor of 3 separate convention resolutions; so, they are legislating on Article 5 and some of them don’t even know what Article 5 says! But they sure CAN QUOTE the fraudulent, empty promises of the out-of-state paid lobbyists. And THAT is what they risk our Constitution for.
PART 1: WATCH THE VIDEO “Defending our Constitution” public hearing on AJR 77 (SCOTUS 9 Convention)
 I’ve posted the whole video this time,
  1. Because it’s only an hour and 17 min long (instead of hours and hours, thankfully the snake oil salesmen were not there to flatter & bolster the legislature). Also missing were the lobbyist’s followers. I can only go from what I have personally seen at these many public hearings. Lobbyist followers often fill their speeches with their life histories, what they had for breakfast, or the problems in our country (which we already know) and then at the end of their speech, add “the solution is a convention”. The really dedicated followers repeat the talking points of the lobbyists, some verbatim. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t heard one convention supporter’s speech have substance on the Constitution, and I feel they are truly deceived. Sincere, but deceived. And it furthermore makes me wonder, how many followers would the convention movement have if it was an honest movement?
  2. Unlike the lobbyists, those testifying in this video are not out-of-state, nor paid – and are actual individual Americans who live in WI and have investigated the situation, read the Constitution, and are concerned that their elected employees will not protect our Constitution. Thus this hearing took less time and it is quite powerful.
  3. It’s so very eye opening. Most intriguing of all, for the first time, we got some questions that seemed to indicate some of our points were penetrating. Perhaps it is because of the faith of a child expressed in prayer…
TIPS to consider as you watch:
  • Although it is stated that they adjourn part way through, stay with us and it will continue immediately after only a few seconds, and it’s worth watching, believe me.
  • Let’s remember representatives are not royalty, they are actually our elected employees.
  • Months ago, both the Assembly & Senate committees emphatically assured members of our family in the public hearings that there was NO WAY they would be in favor of a Constitutional Convention, but that an Article V convention was completely different from a con-con (because the lobbyists told them that). For all of you who saw our 15 yr old grilled for 10 min by the senate committee months ago on this topic, to which our child held her ground and read the Constitution to the committee (Sen Bradley included), proving that there is only one type of convention, we DO seem to be making progress. Because now in this hearing, several Reps, including this Senator Bradley (the author of this SCOTUS 9 bill), and legis counsel refer to this convention bill AJR 77 as calling for a “Constitutional Convention”. Unfortunately, these same Reps (apparently) have no more aversions to a con-con and are supporting it openly. At least they are calling it what it really is in this bill.
  • Thank the Lord for Rep Dave Murphy (R) who consistently defends the Constitution and votes each time against convention bills in committee and on the floor.
  • For clarity as you watch, the unmasked people are Republicans, the masked people are Democrats, but we must remember this is not about party, it’s really about who is a Constitutionalist that will defend and preserve the Constitution (and thus our individual freedoms) from all enemies, both foreigh and domestic – and who is not. I think the answer may surprise you as you watch the legislative dialogue that occurs before your very eyes.
  • I did disagree with anyone who said that the state legislatures were for sure going to ratify it. Even if the delegates do NOT rewrite the ratification rules as they with the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution gives 2 methods of ratification. One is state legislatures, but the other is conventions in states, and the choice is up to CONGRESS. The ratifying delegates may be the same delegates that Congress selected from each state when they called the Convention in the first place. The state legislatures may be completely shut out of the ratification process. He who chooses the delegates, chooses the outcome of the convention.
  • Of course, you can cherry pick if you like and only watch certain sections of the video, but I highly HIGHLY recommend watching this in its entirety, not only because each live testimony from a homegrown WI constituent contributed to the whole, but because of the very constitutional message they portrayed. And in the different facets of that knowledge expressed in each of their speeches, it is especially intriguing to see the questions that this legislative committee started to ask about Article V (and mind you, this is after their voting in favor of numerous other Article V Convention resolutions). It is also dumbfounding and mind blowing some of the conclusions the Chair came to.
As my husband says, some of them are willingly ignorant of Article V, VI, and the 10th amendment and choose to remain so. You have to see it to believe it:
“Defending our Constitution” 1 hr 17 min video (AJR 77 SCOTUS 9 Convention)
PART 2: READ THE REST OF MY ANSWER IN A  FOLLOW UP LETTER TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE:
This is a continuation of what happened in the room that day, captured in the video, so PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST before reading the rest of the answer:
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Dear Representative,
Representative Theisfeldt asked me at the public hearing on AJR 77,
“How is it a violation of our Oath of Office to use a legitimate provision within the Constitution?”
Here is the rest of my answer:
While technically, your application to Congress is a Constitutional procedure, you are misinterpreting – and misusing it. You believe that YOU, the State Legislature, will rein in the federal government through the Convention process and YOU will be in charge of every aspect of Convention AND the ratification process.
That. Is. Not. Article V.
You’ve constructed something in your mind that is not true, doubtless placed there by the lies and flattery of the lobbyists. It seems you have erected, so to speak, an Article V in your own image, your own likeness, to suit your own ideas of the states being in charge, under the pretense of invoking the Founding Fathers’ Constitutional provision.
Let me tell you what the REAL Article V state application says it is – the trigger to put Congress. In. Charge.
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Again, an Article V state application is the trigger to put Congress in charge of calling a Convention, who will doubtless form a new Constitution and a new government. That IS what it’s there for, the Founders recognized it is our right to alter or abolish and establish new government. None of us want THIS Congress or their handlers doing that.
If you go ahead and STILL vote in favor of AJR 77 or other Convention applications, which is the trigger to put Congress in charge, I’m not sure what your motives could possibly be, but by process of elimination, it can’t be to protect the Constitution, can it? Also interesting to note, every Wisconsinite from across our state registered AGAINST and spoke AGAINST AJR 77, you had not one in favor of AJR 77.
So yes, you are putting our Constitution in great peril. That is NOT protecting our Constitution, and I firmly believe that IS violating your oath of office, and that is why I CANNOT withdraw my statement.
My brother put it well when he talked about those of you voting in favor of convention resolutions,
“They are directly ignoring the indirect destruction of the Constitution.”
– Brian Bakash, WI
I continue,
Chair Wichgers brought up another point that I think needs to be addressed. Establishing “Intent”.
The State legislature is forever assuring us the Convention will be safe, limited, controlled, accountable because they are establishing INTENT with attorneys.
So what?
What good is establishing INTENT for the states to be in charge, when the rock of the Constitution clearly states Congress IS in charge?
At the Assembly hearing, legislative counsel admitted:
“There is legal uncertainty about whether those expressions
of the legislature’s intent from the state
would carry the day over, you know,
competing with a call by Congress stating something else.”
There’s nothing uncertain about it. Congress will carry the day.
Article 1, Section 1
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Article 1, Section 8
The Congress shall have power…
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the forgoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Article 5,
“The CONGRESS… shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which…shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by…legislatures of three-fourths of the several states OR by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the CONGRESS”
And Congress has been writing & holding hearings about how they would run a Constitutional Convention for 60 years  in the Congressional Research Report.  1378 pages.
They know they will be in charge. Make no mistake.
Please work to rescind the Convention applications Congress already has from WI and kill any future convention applications in committee.”
My name and address
 PART 3: “PRAISE THE LORD…”
 GREAT results on the 1 hr 17 min hearing “Defending our Constitution” video on AJR 77, SCOTUS 9 Convention:
  • Rep. Scott Allen (the one who asked if the instructions for how conventions for ratification are called was in Article V or a different Article), who has always voted in favor of Art V Convention bills, wrote back to me that he will not vote in favor of this one.
  • Rep. Timothy Ramthun (the one who asked for a copy of my speech, and who may be familiar to you because of his leadership on Election integrity in WI to the point that Robin Vos pulled Ramthun’s aid) also has always voted in favor of Convention bills. Thank you to all of you who prayed, as a miracle happened. The Lord moved through various people, and as was reported to me, on Jan 5th, 2022, the very morning of the executive session to vote on AJR 77, Rep Ramthun miraculously pulled his sponsorship of this bill in both the Assembly and Senate, as well as pulled his sponsorship of Convention of States in both the Assembly and Senate!!
  • Which led to them not having enough support to pass AJR 77 out of committee, and apparently, they do NOT want a convention bill to be voted down. Chair Wichgers declared during the executive voting session on Jan 5th that they would not vote on AJR 77. And if it doesn’t get out of committee, it doesn’t get on the floor.
  • This is the first time the tide changed, thank the Lord for the encouragement!!!  Thank you everyone who prayed, fasted, testified, wrote, called, educated others, etc!
PART 4: “…AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!”
We CAN still save our Constitution!!!
As an encouragement, through Constitutional education of the Representatives, New Hampshire recently voted 19-1 AGAINST Convention of States!! And New Jersey rescinded ALL their convention applications to Congress and so did Colorado!!! Woo-hoo!!

We MUST rescind ALL applications to Congress.

I know that this wholesale departure from logic and clear reading of the Constitution – to instead follow the piper of the lobbyist’s flattery and lies – is occurring in state after state after state. In fact, according to convention strategists who are asking Congress to count all these various conventions together, including 5 from long ago – ones to get us a Bill of Rights [1789], to avert the Civil War [1861], etc they claim 33 STATES have a Convention application sent to Congress!!!(Since NJ just rescinded at Christmas, they technically have32, not 33 by their count. See this excellent link by Judi Caler for more info, “Not the Limited Convention You Were Promised!”.)
2/3rds, or 34 state applications are required for Congress to call the convention, right? They possibly just need two more states. Then Congress can combine the convention requests at any time and can call the Convention. (remember “limited to one topic” is a lie the lobbyists tell the state legislatures in their “convention-can’t-runaway-spiel”)
TO SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION,
18 STATES MINIMUM MUST BE CONVENTION-FREE ZONES.
Not one bill in the works, not one application to Congress, whether it was from last year or 200 years ago. We need to rescind ALL applications in our individual states. Why a minimum of 18 and not 17 states? Then even if Washington DC becomes a state (51 states – 18 rescissions = 33 states left), and even if 33 states submit thousands of various Convention applications and Congress combines them together, they will not have 34 states to meet the 2/3 requirement to call a Convention!! Do not assume someone else will take the initiative in your state, please check with your state and see if you have convention applications in the works, or continuing applications on the books from hundreds of years ago, we are in a crucially DANGEROUS time.
Honestly, even though we’re trying, we may not be able to rescind them in WI in time, but maybe you can rescind in YOUR state and save our Constitution for all of us!!
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This is also one of the MOST important issues to ascertain where you will place your vote this year. Find out where a would-be candidate or your current rep stands concerning protecting our Constitution from an Art 5 Conv. We need to primary out the traitors who voted yes to convention bills, selling our beloved Birthright for a pot of lentils that the lobbyists offer. We need Constitutionalists to run incognito as Republicans and get the RINO’s OUT.
We need Constitutionalists who not only protect the whole of the Constitution (like Democrats who vote against con-con), but in part as well (like Republicans who vote to nullify mandates that violate our Bill of Rights, and vote to restore election integrity, etc).
I think it’s downright creepy how these Covid vaccines are being shoved down our throats – but it is also downright creepy how ANY and EVERY angle is being tried to get this Convention called.” Theresa Henderson, WI
PLEASE call your reps in your state and educate them on defending the Constitution from the dangers of Convention (see video in Part 1). Then tell them if they support any convention bills, and don’t work to rescind them they should consider a new line of work. Freedom is on the line, and if they don’t get that, they have failed in their most basic job description.
They cannot be molly-coddled, they need to be fired.
We need Founding Fathers, not Benedict Arnolds.
As one of my fellow defenders of the Constitution says,
“Storm the gates of Heaven with your prayers that the out-of-state bad actors don’t recruit all 34 States!”
We don’t just need states rescinding their applications to Congress, we need individual citizens to rescind their support and remove their names from the lists of the con artist convention lobbyists. For example in one of the convention groups, there are COS supporters listed who’ve actually been dead for years, there are duplicate people on the list, gracious, WE are even in one of their COS support videos and we’ve never supported them – in the picture, there were 8 of us AGAINST COS and 6 of them FOR COS, but they used the picture of all 14 in their video to make it look as though everyone in the room was a supporter. 14 surely looked better than 6 for their purposes.
Although we don’t have time to get into this, please be aware the convention strategists/lobbyists are not who they present themselves to be. Nor does their REAL funding come from the $25 donations of their followers.
If the convention followers only knew the truth, that this is primarily funded with dark money, darker connections, and the darkest agenda to destroy the Constitution, most of them would recoil in horror and do an about-face and work AGAINST the convention movement.  Like Holly in her passionate speech below. Holly was the final testimony at the Senate public hearing SJR 58 (companion bill to AJR 77) where some of us testified again only 5 days after AJR 77. Her testimony is too powerful not to include in this email for several reasons, PLEASE watch:
“I want to retract my support right here.” 4 min video
Listeners of Worldview Radio & Crosstalk may recognize her voice as one of our favorite callers.

Conclusion

I can tell you from personal experience of all that I have seen, all that we have experienced in testifying with new speeches in public hearings for 6 con-con bills in only 7 months, communicating personally with these legislators, writing these Convention updates/sending out the videos, that the oppression and variety of trials we and others have undergone is spiritual warfare.
There is no doubt in my mind that the powers of darkness
are tenaciously raging to get access to our Constitution. 
Historian James MacGregor Burns said of the Framers of our Constitution:
Let us face reality.
The Framers have simply been too shrewd for us.
They have outwitted us.
They designed separate institutions that
cannot be unified by mechanical linkages and frail bridge tinkering.
If we are to turn the Founders upside down
we must directly confront
the Constitutional structure they erected.“
Some of the Founders warned that those who would want to replace our Constitution in the future would do it under the guise of “amendments”. And sure enough…
[Council on Foreign Relations] Robert P. George, a Member of [Mark Meckler’s] Convention of States Legal Advisory Board, has co-authored a new “conservative” Constitutionwhich grants massive powers to a new federal government and imposes gun control!” – Publius Huldah https://www.thestandardsc.org/joanna-r-martin/cos-board-member-drafted-new-constitution-that-imposes-gun-control/
 Not to mention all the other drafted constitutions that all sides are writing, 3 of them:
  • Constitution for the Newstates of America,
  • Constitution for The New Socialist Republic in North America,
  • George Soros’s Progressive Constitution, etc.
“And since any new Constitution will have its own new mode of ratification (such as a national referendum), it’s sure to be approved.” – Publius Huldah
Article V convention (which has NEVER been activated, because it’s the nuclear option) is the opportunity of a lifetime for the Elite Globalists (and some have waited that long). A5C, or con-con, is the access door to replace our Constitution. The time is ripe: the people are worked into a panic, and the globalists are deceptively funneling them down into their planned “solution”: convention. Masquerading as a “conservative” movement (2 Cor 11:14) serves the globalist’s purposes — for now. You watch how quickly this becomes a liberal movement once the conservatives wake up. The globalists don’t care HOW they get access to our Constitution, so long as they get access. The ONLY thing the Globalist Elite need the states to do – Republican or Democrat, makes no difference – is to be one of a number that reaches 34. That’s it. Just a number. And freedom dies.
 Prov 22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Defend our Constitution in your state “from all enemies, both foreign and domestic, so help me God.”
Join us.

Camp Constitution’s Recommendations for Supreme Court Justice

Published February 2, 2022 | By Hal Shurtleff

 

Camp Constitution firmly opposes identity politics, but since Joe Biden announced that a black woman and only a black woman will be his choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer, we have a few recommendations:

Dr. Felecia Nace is a New Jersey Native.  A former language arts teacher at the Montclair Public School District New Jersey, Dr. worked as an education specialist for the New Jersey Department of Education, five years as an adjunct professor for Mercer County Community College’s English department, and his currently the executive director of Partners 4 Change, and education consulting firm.   Nace is an international consultant, speaker/presenter, and has many published articles on the topic of systemic change. She is the author of several books including Top-Down Confusion: Is Grey the New Pink in Education 

Mrs. Edith Craft:  Born and raised in New Orleans, Mrs. Craft is a retired schoolteacher who serves as Camp Constitution’s program director for its junior camp.  She is married to Camp Constitution’s chaplain Rev. Steve Craft.  She is a mother and grandmother

Kalasia Richer is the New England Faith Representative for Turning Point USA. She works full time serving and supporting pastors/members of the faith community in MA, NH, VT, ME, and upstate New York in the restoration of their God-given liberties. Kalasia is originally from Woonsocket, RI and currently lives in Boston, MA. She graduated in 2020 from Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI with a BA in Political Science and Communications. While in college she served as the President of the RWU College Republicans and Vice President of Christian Student Fellowship. She also worked as a staffer for an RI gubernatorial campaign and interned at the Rhode Island State House. In addition to working full time for Turning Point USA, she currently serves as an ambassador for Future Female Leaders.

And Barbara From Harlem:

“Barbara From Harlem” is a community and political activist in New York City. Born in the Bronx and raised in Harlem, she raised five children as a single mother. She has also been a small business owner and has run several nonprofits helping inner-city youth.

Barbara earned her nickname in the mid-90s from then-WABC talk radio host Jay Diamond. She was a frequent caller about the O.J. Simpson murder trial, which she thought was wrongly decided.

She has since become a well-known voice of black conservatism in New York City and across the country. She has been called the “godmother of black conservatives” by fellow podcaster Darius Mayfield.

She is the author of the book “Escaping the Racism of Low Expectations” (Simon & Schuster, 2018). In it, she explained:

I was a liberal by default. I asked no questions. I had no answers… But my eyes were opened to reject victimhood and lack of accountability. My journey has proven to me that when you have clarity of conscience, love of God and a deep-seated belief in America’s goodness, your life will be enriched and your focus will change to one of accountability.

With her daughter Bebe, Barbara has co-hosted the “Our Urban Story” podcast since 2014; it streams live on Saturday afternoons.

 

 

The Power to Declare War by Dr. Lee Button

Published January 29, 2022 | By campconstitution

Dr. Lee Button explains the power to declare war under the U.S. Constitution.  This is from a weekly show that aired in New Hampshire and hosted by the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal/episodes/2022-01-28T15_15_03-08_00

For information on the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies, please visit their website http://www.nhccs.org

 

Designed by Eric Conover.