Congressional Watch
106th Congress of the United States of America

CONGRESSIONAL BILL: HJ RES 16
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the States to limit the period of time United States Senators and Representatives may serve. (Introduced in the House)

On the outside, this congressional bill proposing an amendment which will create term limits for United States Senators and Representatives looks good, but upon closer inspection of the core of the amendment, it is rotten, like a rotten piece of fruit looks sometimes - good on the outside, but horrible looking and tasting on the inside.

The problem with congressional bill H. J. RES. 16, is the fact that other then amending the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution itself does not set specifically set the term limits of either the Senators or the Representatives. The term limits and the length of those terms are set by each of the several States.

Like many other congressional bills being proposed and legislated by the conservative radical right in Congress, this one destroys the powers of the Constitution by moving power away from the main branch of government, and surrendering those constitutional powers to the several States. The States are then free to legislate laws "at will" to regulate Term limits of United States Senators and Representatives, and there is nothing that the central branch of United States government can do about it. This is a direct violation of the constitutional separation of powers between the main branch [central] of government and the several States.

HJ RES 16, is nothing more than a smoke screen, and a part of a much larger plan that the conservative radical right in America, is currently moving forward with. Many of the bills that the conservative radical right are currently putting forward in Congress, deal with proposed legislation and proposed amendments, that if made into law would either weaken or outright remove power and authority away from the central branch of United States government, and move that same power and authority to the several States.

Part of the conservative radical right agenda [which HJ RES 16 is a part of], according to those that consider themselves the architects of the conservative radical right, is the total "decentralization" of the main branch of United States government and the distribution of those powers to the several States. By decentralizing the main branch of United States government, this will also totally destabilize the United States Constitution, effectively rendering the "true republican" principles and rights contained in the Constitution ineffective! With the decentralization of the main branch of government complete, and with the bulk of powers shifted from the main branch of government to the several States, this will then allow for each of the several States to legislate and rewrite the laws which pertain to the rules of life, liberties, and operations of government, as those in control and power of the governmental machinery see fit.

Decentralizing the central body of United States government and rendering the Constitution ineffective, is a factual and very real plan of the masterminds of the conservative radical right. This act by the conservative radical right to decentralize the central body of United States government, and to continually attempt to misconstruct the Constitution of the United States, is in all actuality and fact, an extremely "hostile" action towards both the Blessings of Liberty, and the viability of the United States Constitution and the Republican Form of Government formed out of the Constitution, as it was Ordained and Established in 1787.

The conservative radical right continues to state that their goal is not to overthrow the United States Constitution and the government thereof, but rather that their goal is to bring America to God and a path of God given righteousness, in both society and government. Question: If the decentralization of the main branch of the United States government, and the misconstructing of the Constitution to a point where it no longer resembles the Constitution as it was Ordained and Established in 1787, and the destruction of the Blessings of liberty is not "hostile" intent towards the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government that it establishes, then what the hell is "hostile" intent? The conservative radical right can continue to say in cheap words that they don't have any intentions on overthrowing the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, but the conservative radical right's real actions and publicly posted policies continue to betray what they are doing, as being nothing more or less, than the outright "hostile" overthrow of the United States Constitution, and most all of what is left of the "republican" rights and principles that the Constitution contains!

Article III Section 3 of the United States Constitution was written with the explicit intent, that both the Constitution and the peoples government were to be safely guarded from all threats, whether those threats came from within the government or outside of government. No where in the Constitution is the excuse of error because of a radical conservative and/or religious belief, exempted from being a source of harm to the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution is it mentioned that members of Congress are exempted from their constitutional duty to follow the explicit directions given to them by the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution are members of Congress exempted from being charged with Treason and/or Conspiracy to Commit Treason, for their failure to follow the explicit directions given to them by the United States Constitution. No where in the Constitution are members of Congress exempted from their duty to fully support [follow and preserve] and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

F.A.C.T.S. says NO to the following bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This bill fails to fall within the proper constitutional guidelines necessary to properly support and defend the Constitution, and the Republican Form of Government of the United States of America.

HJ 16 IH

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the States to limit the period of time United States Senators and Representatives may serve.

January 6, 1999
Mr. SANFORD introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the States to limit the period of time United States Senators and Representatives may serve.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

Article--

SECTION 1. Each State or the people thereof may prescribe the maximum number of terms to which a person may be elected or appointed to the Senate of the United States.

SECTION 2. Each State or the people thereof may prescribe the maximum number of terms to which a person may be elected to the House of Representatives of the United States.

SECTION 3. This article shall become inoperative unless it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP SAVE THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REPUBLIC?
1.) Contact your elected member of Congress, both in the House and in the Senate, and let those in Congress know, in no uncertain terms, that you are a "true" American that supports the "true" Republic, and that you support the United States Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, and why aren't they doing the same! Let them know about your opposition to the current bill in the 1st Session of the 106th Congress, with the Congressional Bill designation of H. J. RES. 16.

2.) Contact the White House and let them know your opposition to the continuing harmful legislation, and attempted misconstructions of the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government, which the conservative radical right in Congress keeps on imposing on the peace and good order of the Republic.

3.) Help us form a chain of "true republican" citizen alliances, run and made up of Citizen Statesman from every walk of life and that come from one end of this Nation to the other, and from every element of every individual lifestyle, that will unite and work for the common peace and good order of a government that is a "true" Republic for all the people. Help us to remove the conservative radical right element from our political parties, a harmful and negative element that already has taken over the power and control of the Republican Party to use for their own private agenda.

4.) REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN EXERCISE THAT AMERICAN RIGHT TO VOTE!!! THE TRUE REPUBLIC AND THE CONSTITUTION NEED'S YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTE!!! Help us to get out the Citizen Statesman reform vote for the 2000 Elections, and lets show those in Congress and elsewhere in US Government who the voice of the American people is, and what that voice is all about. Help us vote out, or otherwise remove, those in Congress who continue to harm the Constitution and the Republican Form of Government.

5.) Help us return this Nation to one that has the proper amount of constitutional representation in the House of Representatives, with which to maintain and properly support a Republican Form of Government. In order to maintain a healthy and properly run Republican Form of Government, it is necessary for the Constitution to be strictly followed in regards to how many members are to be in the House of Representatives. In order to have a constitutionally correct number of members in the House, with which to support and preserve the Republican Form of Government, the ratio for membership in the House must be maintained at the constitutionally correct ratio of one member for every 30,000 people. Over the last 150 years, conservative backed Congresses, for the benefit and gain of their own private agendas, have arbitrarily and underhandedly reestablished that ratio at a level today that equals approximately one member in the House for every 700,000 people. Help us return the peoples constitutionally correct representation in the House to one member for every 30,000 people, and help us to rebuild the "true" Republic into an even greater America for all people, and not for just the select few.

6.) Become involved in the affairs of your local communities, and join the fight to help rid our Nation of the plague of crimes that drugs like cocaine and heroin have brought on our society.

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8.) Let your elected representative from Congress know about your displeasure with continued "hostile" acts and attempts to misconstruct the United States Constitution, which in many cases amounts to acts of Treason by certain members of Congress. Ask your elected representative why nothing is being done to prevent these "hostile," and therefore traitorous acts against the Constitution and Republican Form of Government of the United States of America, that continue to be made by members of the conservative radical right.

9.) Also let the White House know how you feel about the "hostile" acts and attempts by members of the conservative radical right to misconstruct the Constitution for their own benefit and gain. Ask the White House why there is nothing being done to prevent these "hostile," and treasonous acts against the Constitution and Republican Form of Government of the United States of America, that continue to be made by members of the conservative radical right. Write the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and let the Judicial branch of government know exactly how you feel about these same issues.

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