Thursday, March 19, 2009

Roman for Congress - The First Amendment

In the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson wrote:
"It is true, as a general principle..... that no power over the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or freedom of the press being delegated to the United States by the Constitution.... all lawful powers respecting the same did of right remain and were reserved to the states, or to the people."

Quoted from Page 88 of the 5000 Year Leap.

Does Jefferson make this clear enough? There is no "separation of church and state" in the Constitution, especially as designed by Justice Hugo Black. This must again be addressed by the Supreme Court.

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Saturday, March 07, 2009

Roman for Congress - Jury Nullification

Many American Citizens don't know they have the right of Jury Nullification. What is Jury Nullification? Look at this 1972 ruling.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has clearly acknowledged there can be no doubt that the jury has an "unreviewable and unreversible power...to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge...." U.S. vs Dougherty, 473 F 2d 1113, 1139 (1972).

This right goes all the way back to the William Penn trial in England in August of 1670.

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