I. When in the Course of human events and affairs it becomes evident that otherwise well-intentioned people have become unaware and/ or insensitive to the pains, injuries, and suffering they are inflicting on their fellow Natural Persons,
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[A]nd of the unjust powers being exercised by their Government(s) in violation of its’ legitimate reason and purpose; it becomes necessary for the unconsidered and affected, the silenced and oppressed, Natural Persons to confer upon what is good, and peaceably restate and clarify the political premises that makeup, or shall makeup, the genome of their shared free political society.
II. We, the undersigned, Natural Persons of good conscience and concern, hold and affirm the following Truths to be Self-Evident and Unequivocal.
A. “The People” is herein the term used to affectionately refer to each Individual Natural Person in their human similarity, and shall not be misconstrued to mean a corporate body or collective; Without any exception, The People are explicitly affirmed to be Created equally and unalienably Sui Generis, Free, and Endowed with Natural Rights, herein referred to as their “Natural State”; By virtue of their Natural State The People are endowed with and in possession of honorable, unalienable, inalienable, enumerable, exercisable, equally weighted, and negative Rights, herein referred to as “Natural Rights”; These Natural Rights are herein referred to as “Negative” because they shall at all times and under all circumstances without exception provide immunity from and oblige inaction on the part of The People, enterprises of The People, the Body Politic, The State, the Constitutions and Governments of The State, and the Powers, Laws and Agencies arising therefrom, herein referred to as “Actors”; When there is a competition of Natural Rights, this competition shall be resolved in a manner that is advantageous or satisfactory to all affected Natural Rights involved, herein referred to as “Positive Sum”; The several Natural Persons having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest in and domiciled in a given jurisdiction are jointly, collectively, and together the sovereign populace, and herein referred to as the “Body Politic”; The Body Politic in taking any action in its’ sovereign capacity shall be referred to as “The State”; The State acting by explicit consent of a two-thirds supermajority of adult members of its’ Body Politic, or the Representatives thereof as the case may be, shall establish Constitution(s) and Government(s) in conformity with this Declaration structured by subsidiarity for the explicit and limited purposes of securing The People in their Natural State and Natural Rights in a Positive Sum manner and preserving the sovereignty of the Body Politic, such a Constitution and Government are herein referred to as “Just Government(s)”; Just Governments shall be structured in a manner that protects their integrity and facilitates their purposes, herein referred to as “Legitimate Structure(s)”; Just Government(s) shall give rise to powers, laws, and agencies which exclusively further the purpose of Just Governments, and are herein referred to as “Just Powers”; Therefore, in summary, The People in their Natural State are endowed with Natural Rights and these Natural Rights are Negative upon Actors and must be resolved in a Positive Sum manner when in competition with another Natural Right, The State establishes Just Governments to secure the Natural State of The People and preserve the sovereignty of the Body Politic with Legitimate Structures which give rise to Just Powers; in a word, this shall be referred to as “Liberty”.
B. Natural Rights and Legitimate Structures include but are not limited to the following. The phrase “shall not be infringed”, and variations thereof including the verb “To Infringe”, shall mean that otherwise taking said action will fail to secure the Natural State and Natural Right(s) of The People. The phrase “shall not be denied”, and its variations including the verb “To Deny”, shall mean that otherwise taking said action will fail to preserve the sovereignty of the Body Politic.
1. Liberty shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
2. The vital and functional being, in a word Life, of The People shall not be infringed; and the understanding that corporeal life of a Natural Person begins with the zygote shall not be infringed.
3. Bodily integrity of The People, including but not limited to Informed Consent or Refusal, shall not be infringed.
4. Integrity of family shall not be infringed.
5. Freedom of thought, speech, and expression shall not be infringed.
6. Freedom to remain silent, except before a jury, shall not be infringed.
7. The understanding that silence is not acquiescence shall not be infringed.
8. Freedom from compelled adherence to and propagation of ideologies, alien or foreign to one’s conscience and/ or religion, shall not be infringed.
9. Freedom from State ideology, besides that contained within this Declaration of Rights, shall not be denied.
10. Freedom of the press, and the competitive free open market of ideas, shall not be infringed.
11. Freedom from censorship shall not be infringed.
12. Freedom to peaceably assemble shall not infringed.
13. Freedom to petition for redress of grievances, remonstrances, recall of officials, and for balloted propositions shall not be infringed.
14. The custom and tradition of being governed by laws that are plain, simple, understandable, and unequivocal shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
15. Freedom from Self-incrimination shall not be infringed.
16. Freedom from a parent being compelled to incriminate their child shall not be infringed.
17. Freedom to keep and bear arms and body armor for self-defense, defense of family, defense of neighbors, protection of one’s property, and prudent, necessary, well-tempered, and restrained defense of the principles contained within this Declaration shall not be infringed.
18. The State’s freedom to keep a well-regulated militia shall not be denied.
19. The sanctity and sanctuary of the home shall not be infringed.
20. The right to privacy shall not be infringed.
21. Freedom from search, seizure, and surveillance without an attested, specific, and limited warrant shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
22. Freedom from Health status, genetic predisposition, disability, anatomical condition, physiological condition, emotional status, and mental disposition being conflated with criminal guilt or with civil liability shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
23. The procedural protection of indictment by a supermajority of a grand jury in the case of an alleged crime shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
24. Freedom from double jeopardy shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
25. The procedural protection of understandable due process in criminal prosecution and issuance of administrative or regulatory penalties shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
26. The security of the Natural State and Natural Rights in a Positive Sum manner shall not be infringed, and nor shall it be denied.
27. In matters of criminal liability, civil liability, and contempt of court, a speedy public trial with an impartial jury of no less than 12 competent natural persons who are peers of the accused, as well as an unbiased justice, shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
28. The freedom to be informed of criminal, administrative, and regulatory allegations against oneself in a clear, transparent, complete, and understandable manner shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
29. A Prosecutor’s duty to discontinue the prosecution of a natural person whom they, based on clear evidence before them, truly believe to be innocent, shall not be denied.
30. Freedom from coerced guilty pleas shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
31. The possibility of Jury nullification shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
32. In matters of liability determined by a jury, the issuance of a fine, penalty, or other punishment by a jury in conformity with law shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
33. In all allegations of criminal or civil liability the opportunity for the accused to confront witnesses against them, examine all evidence against them, access the compulsory process for obtaining favorable witnesses and evidence, and the right to counsel shall not be infringed.
34. The opportunity for a convicted or accused individual to have a grand jury review new evidence to determine its potential exonerating nature by a vote of a favorable super minority shall not be infringed.
35. The opportunity to bring new evidence to one’s defense, upon approval of a grand jury, by having the facts reassessed by another full petite jury shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
36. The presumption of innocence in all allegations shall not be infringed.
37. The burden of proof resting with the alleging party shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
38. In motions before a court the opportunity to have said motions determined by a random jury of six shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
39. Juries selected randomly from the adult Body Politic shall not be denied.
40. Freedom from excessive or debilitating bail shall not be infringed.
41. Freedom from excessive fines and cruel, destructive or unusual punishment shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
42. Freedom from State-sanctioned execution and sterilization shall not be infringed, not shall it be denied.
43. Freedom from slavery and involuntary servitude shall not be infringed.
44. The freedom to enumerate additional natural rights shall not be denied.
45. In conformity with the principle of subsidiarity, powers not explicitly and individually delegated by the Body Politic or The State, or their duly elected legislative representatives, to less local institutions of government shall not be denied to more local government, and are reserved by the local governments, or to the people.
46. The primacy of this Declaration of Rights as preceding and informing any Just Government shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
47. The freedom of The People to know and audit the conduct and affairs of government shall not be infringed.
48. The right of The People to engage in good-natured, well-disciplined, non-destructive, and non-violent civil disobedience to express their conscience and dissent without severe, marginalizing, and disenfranchising penalties shall not be denied.
49. Freedom to organize for collective bargaining and peaceful boycott shall not be infringed.
50. Freedom from hereditary government, technocratic government, elitist government, corprocratic government, and similar perversions and usurpations of popular sovereignty shall not be denied.
51. Taxation with opportunity for direct input or representation shall not be infringed.
52. Freedom of adult members of a given Body Politic to vote in a recorded, integrous, secure, and fair manner shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
53. Compensation to jurors shall not be denied.
54. Freedom from retrospective laws shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
55. Freedom from cross-generational or intergenerational guilt and liability shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
56. Freedom from criminal prosecution in matters where a Natural Person has not been clearly and causally injured or where there is no intent or neglect, and in which the reasoning or injury is not strained or tortured shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
57. Freedom of consensual adults to copulate in a private and appropriate manner for their private purposes shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
58. Freedom from disproportionate punishments, and from punishments which do not effectuate reasonable restoration to the victim shall not be infringed, nor shall they be denied.
59. Freedom from standing armies shall not be denied except for in well-defined, limited, and brief instances in which The State or their representative’s consent for the preservation of their Natural State or the Body Politic.
60. Separation of powers among multiple branches of government shall not be denied.
61. Transfers of power between branches of the government for any reason whatsoever with public deliberation for a minimum of three years and express consent of a 3/4ths supermajority of The State shall not be denied.
62. Freedom to comfort, console, contact, and care for family and loved ones shall not be infringed.
63. Freedom to exercise or pursue fitness shall not be infringed.
64. Freedom to seek out and pursue health care of one’s choice, in consultation with an advisor or doctor of one’s choosing, shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
65. Freedom to engage in age and life-stage appropriate social experiences and interactions shall not be infringed.
66. Freedom to worship and honor God in accordance with one’s conscience shall not be infringed.
67. Freedom to experience one’s natural death at home and/ or in the presence of family and loved ones shall not be infringed.
68. Freedom from classifications of essential or non-essential, or similar partitions, among workers, businesses, and The People at large shall not be infringed.
69. Freedom to acquire private and personal property shall not be infringed.
70. Freedom from excessive, stifling, and oppressive regulation shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied; However, Liability by companies, businesses, corporations, and other such entities for the goods and services which they bring to market shall not be denied, nor shall it be infringed.
71. Freedom of parents to raise, rear, nourish, guide, and care for their children, whether biological or adopted shall not be infringed.
72. Freedom to procreate by means of one’s choosing, including natural means, at appropriate times of one’s choosing, and for a mother to give natural birth and to naturally nurse and wean her children shall not be infringed.
73. A child’s freedom to mature and develop naturally and fully into an adult capable of natural procreation shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
74. Freedom to marry another natural person of one’s choosing shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
75. Freedom from arbitrary, random, sudden, unnecessary, unsupported, and/ or excessive interference in long-standing common traditions, customs, practices, relationships, services, and institutions shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
76. Freedom from prosecution of otherwise law-abiding natural persons for conduct or actions that have been previously deeply engrained into society by way of long-standing law or tradition and custom which has previously been considered reasonable, healthy, societally acceptable, or encouraged shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
77. Freedom from imposed or coerced covering, concealing, shielding, otherwise unnaturally interfering with one’s eyes, nose, mouth, ears, face, head, hair, breathe, and/ or neck shall not be infringed.
78. Freedom of a natural person to provide for themselves their family and loved ones shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
79. The preservation of laws without suspension, even in exigent circumstances, shall not be denied except by the people or their legislative representatives by 3/4ths vote in the affirmative, and only under documented and highly exceptional circumstances; however, even in such circumstances the Natural State and Natural Rights of The People shall survive in full force, actually extant, and shall not be infringed.
80. When laws are suspended a timely and complete investigation of the circumstances and justifications giving rise to the suspension shall not be denied.
81. The Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
82. Freedom to pursue the natural amenities of nature including but not limited to clean water, fresh air, fertile soil, and natural sunlight shall not be infringed.
83. Freedom of confidence in privileged relationships and communications including but not limited to doctor-patient, attorney-client, spouse-spouse, and priest-penitent shall not be infringed.
84. Freedom from complicated, vague, and confusing court rules and terminology shall not be denied.
85. Freedom to represent ones’ self, pro se, before any court without bias or ridicule shall not be infringed.
86. Equal security of the Natural State and Natural Rights for The People and equal application of the constitution and law shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
87. The right of more local jurisdictions of government, participating in more inclusive, general, or distant jurisdictions of government, to have both proportional and equal representation therein shall not be denied.
88. The right of the body politic to draft, approve, rely upon, and amend a constitution which affirms the Natural State and the security thereof, as well as enumerates these and other Natural Rights, and that articulates the details of government shall not be denied.
89. The right of the body politic to have a form of government that separates the powers and authorities of government with appropriate checks and balances upon the others, into at least three branches, namely a legislative, executive, and judicial; but no more than five, namely a legislative, executive, judicial, law enforcement, and secretary; shall not be denied.
90. The right of the body politic to ensure that each branch of government has a different source of legitimization, or a different act of legitimization from the same source, for each of the branches, as separation of powers requires, including but not limited to direct election, election by representatives, appointment, and sortition, shall not be denied.
91. The right of the Body Politic to have their public servants and government officials, including but not limited to bureaucrats and administrators, periodically reduced to a private station and returned to the Body Politic from which they were originally selected shall not be denied.
92. Freedom to require a public official show by what proper and just authority they act shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
93. The body politic’s right to have their legislatures convene regularly and frequently, including and especially during emergencies or exigent circumstances shall not be denied.
94. Freedom to assert conscientious objection to the keeping and bearing of arms and/ or combat military or militia service, shall not be infringed.
95. Freedom of The People to apply various and multiple epistemologies in their private lives shall not be infringed.
96. The free and open market of goods and services and access thereto shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
97. Freedom from monopolies shall not be denied.
98. The people’s right to a tangible money which is anonymous and backed by a commodity, and established by their legislative representatives as legal tender, shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
99. Freedom to pursue as little or as much integration of genetically modified material, digital technology, and other technology into one’s body and life shall not be infringed.
100. Any other Natural Right or Legitimate Structure, in the spirit of this Declaration which may have failed to have been enumerated herein and is otherwise of value to the security of the Natural State of The People and the preservation of the popular sovereignty of the Body Politic, shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
101. The freedom of travel shall not be infringed.
102. The freedom of The People to pursue a diet of their choosing shall not be infringed.
103. A sunset clause on each law, reflective of the size of the majority by which it was passed, for the purpose of ensuring that laws are periodically revisited and refreshed, shall not be denied.
104. The freedom of The People to pursue education or to educate themselves and their children shall not be infringed.
105. The freedom of The People to have user-friendly interpretations of their Natural State and their Natural Rights by Just Governments, and the branches thereof, for the purpose of maximizing confidence in, successful reliance upon, any meaningful exercise of the aforementioned shall not be infringed, nor shall it be denied.
106. Freedom from the wanton and reckless destruction of cites, monuments, manuscripts, and other information and societal effects of historical and cultural value and significance shall not be denied.
107. A Limited government shall not be denied.
108. Staggered legitimization of public servants and government officials shall not be denied.
III. We, the undersigned, support and affirm this Declaration of Rights and Self-Evident and Unequivocal Truths
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