"Amending the State Constitution: What Voters Need to Know"
Monday, February 20, 2012
12:00 pm Noon
John Locke Foundation, 200 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
Shaftesbury Luncheon talks are free and open to the public. An optional lunch ($10) is available for purchase at the event, or participants may brown bag a lunch if they choose.
Jeanette Doran is a graduate of Auburn University and Campbell University's School of Law, where she earned her law degree with honors and served as research editor of the Campbell Law Review and as research associate for Williston on Contracts (4th Edition) (a multi-volume legal treatise on the law of contracts). After graduating from law school and completing a federal clerkship, Jeanette worked in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Raleigh and at the Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was a 2006 recipient of the E. A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders. Currently, Jeanette serves on the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before various federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She currently serves as Executive Director and General Counsel at NCICL.
http://www.johnlocke.org/events/event.html?id=968
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We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution.
http://ncicl.org/nc-constitution
I am so glad I was able to be educated by Jeanette Doran speaking. This inturn made me want to really get into looking into our NC Constitution. I have read it over and over again each time seeing something different. There are many of things to protect the General Assembly and its Laws BUT LESS ON PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS.
ARTICLE I Section 1. The equality and rights of persons.
We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.
This section is the statement ALL Cannabis users would LOVE to be true of them but we are oppressed instead.
ARTICLE I Sec. 19. Law of the land; equal protection of the laws.
No person shall be taken, imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the law of the land. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws; nor shall any person be subjected to discrimination by the State because of race, color, religion, or national origin.
The part that states "No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws: nor shall any person be subjected to DISCRIMINATION BY THE STATE". Dam they dont follow this either. That was my main stand at the Fletcher Town Council Meeting (http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20110315/ARTICLES/103151008) the consequences of using marijuana medically when it is illegal is what I stated.
(http://www.fletchernc.org/media//council/minutes/2011_03.pdf) Yet Fletcher town council decides to write I am in support of for people with emotional problems(instead of the truth) and also wrong address for me and Timothy Sadler(who wanted to write one of my apartments number because he was afraid that he couldnt stand up and speak if he did not have address from Fletcher.)
ARTICLE I Sec. 23. Rights of accused.
In all criminal prosecutions, every person charged with crime has the right to be informed of the accusation and to confront the accusers and witnesses with other testimony, and to have counsel for defense, and not be compelled to give self-incriminating evidence, or to pay costs, jail fees, or necessary witness fees of the defense, unless found guilty.
This part is where I am floating on being compelled to give self-incriminating evidence and which I find to be very Unconstituitional when I am filling out the NC Marijuana Tax Stamp Application with my name and address.
ARTICLE I Sec. 27. Bail, fines, and punishments.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments inflicted.
Why is this when the Marijuana Tax and its fines are excessive fines imposed with cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. ALL OF YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A DEALER when caught with certain amount of Cannabis NO MATTER if you were dealing or not. This was just brought up by a friend who is going through the system now. He was not dealing but growing for himself and caught. Dont matter once past their threshold you are a DEALER!!! Then Taxed with 100% Fine then if not paid within 48hrs a additional fine of 50%. How in the HELL is this not excessive fine resulting in cruel and unusual punishment?????????
ARTICLE II Sec. 22.Action on bills.
(2) Amendments to Constitution of North Carolina. Every bill proposing a new or revised Constitution or an amendment or amendments to this Constitution or calling a convention of the people of this State, and containing no other matter, shall be submitted to the qualified voters of this State after it shall have been read three times in each house and signed by the presiding officers of both houses.
(3) Amendments to Constitution of the United States. Every bill approving an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or applying for a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and containing no other matter, shall be read three times in each house before it becomes law, and shall be signed by the presiding officers of both houses.
HERE READ MY OTHER POST TO HELP YOU AND ORGANZATIONS; https://www.brmcrc.org/content/initiative-and-referendum-allowed-nc
Try getting a bill sponsored by your representative calling for a convention of the people of the state. This is for either NC or United States Constituition. Remember local initiatives were allowed in all of the state's largest cities!!!!!! Good luck to all that try. READ NEXT SECTION CLOSE TO HELP DEFINE PATH TO TAKE(sec. 24)
ARTICLE II Sec. 24. Limitations on local, private, and special legislation.
(1) Prohibited subjects. The General Assembly shall not enact any local, private, or special act or resolution:
(a) Relating to health, sanitation, and the abatement of nuisances;
(b) Changing the names of cities, towns, and townships;
(c) Authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, maintaining, or discontinuing of highways, streets, or alleys;
(d) Relating to ferries or bridges;
(e) Relating to non-navigable streams;
(f) Relating to cemeteries;
(g) Relating to the pay of jurors;
(h) Erecting new townships, or changing township lines, or establishing or changing the lines of school districts;
(i) Remitting fines, penalties, and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the public treasury;
(j) Regulating labor, trade, mining, or manufacturing;
(k) Extending the time for the levy or collection of taxes or otherwise relieving any collector of taxes from the due performance of his official duties or his sureties from liability;
(l) Giving effect to informal wills and deeds;
(m) Granting a divorce or securing alimony in any individual case;
(n) Altering the name of any person, or legitimating any person not born in lawful wedlock, or restoring to the rights of citizenship any person convicted of a felony.
(2) Repeals. Nor shall the General Assembly enact any such local, private, or special act by the partial repeal of a general law; but the General Assembly may at any time repeal local, private, or special laws enacted by it.
(3) Prohibited acts void. Any local, private, or special act or resolution enacted in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be void.
(4) General laws. The General Assembly may enact general laws regulating the matters set out in this Section.
It is important to notice they will not enact any local, private or special act or resolution ;(a) relating to health. THIS IS WHERE NO RESOLUTION OR ACT REGARDING TO OUR HEALTH IN REGARDS TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA WILL NEVER WORK. We have to approach with saying we want equal rights and liberties as all other citizens. This maybe the only way a resolution or act can be passed at local level and make it all the way into law.
ARTICLE IV Sec. 13. Forms of action; rules of procedure.
(1) Forms of action. There shall be in this State but one form of action for the enforcement or protection of private rights or the redress of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action, and in which there shall be a right to have issues of fact tried before a jury. Every action prosecuted by the people of the State as a party against a person charged with a public offense, for the punishment thereof, shall be termed a criminal action.
We maybe able to take civil action against the state to help enforce our protection of private rights and equality.????????
Please read over and over again to help us find the way. http://ncicl.org/nc-constitution
HELP BREAK THE BOND OF THE OPPRESSED CANNABIS USER
The John Locke Foundation was created in 1990 as an independent, nonprofit think tank that would work “for truth, for freedom, and for the future of North Carolina.” The Foundation is named for John Locke (1632-1704), an English philosopher whose writings inspired Thomas Jefferson and the other Founders. The John Locke Foundation is a 501(c)(3) research institute and is funded solely from voluntary contributions from individuals, corporations, and charitable foundations.
JLF’s Vision
The John Locke Foundation envisions a North Carolina of responsible citizens, strong families, and successful communities committed to individual liberty and limited, constitutional government.
JLF’s Mission
The John Locke Foundation employs research, journalism, and outreach programs to transform government through competition, innovation, personal freedom, and personal responsibility. JLF seeks a better balance between the public sector and private institutions of family, faith, community, and enterprise.
Fighting for Freedom and Fairness
The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-partisan organization devoted to educating the public, bar, and policymakers about constitutional issues, particularly economic and related issues, both national and in North Carolina and, when appropriate, litigating such constitutional issues. It is located in Raleigh, NC.
NCICL was formed in 2003 and has actively litigated since that time in both the North Carolina and federal courts. While its initial litigation focus has been on the granting by governmental entities of so-called “incentives” in the form of taxpayers’ money being used for corporate welfare, it also has been active in several areas of unconstitutional taxation, including the lottery tax and the funding of appellate judicial elections by a tax on attorneys. NCICL has a file of active cases in the constitutional field and will continue to litigate these matters.
The educational component of NCICL includes the furnishing of speakers on constitutional issues and on the work of NCICL, op-ed pieces and White Papers on constitutional issues
http://ncicl.org/
I had the pleasure to meet and be at the luncheon with Jeanette Doran speaking. THANK YOU Jeanette for answering my questions. I was very happy with everything she spoke about and learned more about our NC Constitution.
http://ncicl.org/article/708
http://lockerroom.johnlocke.org/2012/02/20/what-you-need-to-know-about-n...
She is very helpful in guarding our constitutional rights. It is wild to read Articles that are then contradicted with other statements and amendments. READ CLOSE
http://ncicl.org/nc-constitution
Take care and FIGHT ON