Welcome, patriot!
We are thankful to celebrate liberty this Christmas season, along with family and friends. Please check back each morning to follow along with the 10 Days of Liberty, or follow along on the COS Missouri Facebook Page.
Sixth Amendment: 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.
The blessing: your time and your access to knowledge to defend yourself are inherent in your right to life.
Under the subject matter of ‘reining in the federal government’ it may be possible to re-define local prosecution through a Convention of States proposed amendment so that government agencies must accuse you locally instead of requiring extensive travel and expense to defend yourself.
What government agencies do you want stripped of the power to prosecute you criminally without giving you the means to defend yourself? What can you do to make this happen?
Seventh Amendment: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed 20 dollars, the right to trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
The blessing: you have a right to redress wrongs at a local level. Local control is a basic right which has been appropriated by various governmental agencies.
The Convention of States Article V resolution permits the development of proposed amendments which can help to rein in the federal government.
What areas of control currently held at the federal level do you want returned to state control? What can you do to make this happen?
Eighth Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The blessing: your property is protected as fully as your humanity. Isn’t the national debt equivalent to an excessive bail and/or fine imposed upon our grandchildren?
Our Convention of States resolution permits discussion of a balanced-budget amendment.
What property have you been stripped of by dictatorial government representatives intent on controlling your rights to provide for yourself and your family? What can you do to remedy this overreach?
Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The blessing: you have rights inherent in your humanity which are not forfeited because they are not defined in law.
An Article V Convention of the States can help to enumerate the rights which the federal government and its bureaucracy have been so willing to abuse or ignore.
What do you have which is being infringed upon by our out-of-control governing entities? What can you do to make this happen?
Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The blessing: you have the right to decide what is best for yourself within the parameters of the laws established at the federal and state government levels.
We The People are provided a means of changing those parameters by Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
What do you want taken back from your governing entities? What can you do to make this happen?
