The Political Kingdom of God

 is

Governmental Theodemocracy

the blending of religious belief and democracy

"Where God and the people hold the power to conduct the affairs of men in righteousness"

"And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints (a Moses-like calling) whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God". (D&C  85:7)

 Where peaceful people who love liberty and uprightness can gather before and during the coming calamities for survival and a little slice of heaven on what will otherwise be a hellish earth.

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Principles of Law    A New Constitution of Liberty   Citizen Compact   Citizenship    The Fundamental Rights of Man  Philosophy of law and Government by Joel Skousen

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Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 

 Exodus 11:21

Citizen Compact

by Joel M. Skousen

February 8, 2002 Draft

updated version of:

http://www.joelskousen.com/Philosophy/compact.html

used with permission

Page Contents:

Introduction • Citizen Compact • Sample National Citizen Contract • Archive

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Introduction:

A citizen compact is a signature contractual document whereby sovereign individuals bind themselves together to form a covenant form of government for the mutual protection of fundamental rights. What follows is a suggested national compact. Similar types of compacts would also be appropriate at the state level and in any community that wishes to establish covenants and restrictions above the level of basic law. State or community compacts would be able to build upon the national pact, but could not contain any elements that contradict the national compact. At the national level, the compact is as basic as possible to defend fundamental rights, leaving to other state or community compacts to establish more restrictive covenants consistent with the philosophical, religious or ideological background of those joining together to form each state or subgroup. The national compact is fundamentally more important than a constitution because it:

1. Declares both a working definition of the fundamental rights and contains a listing of those rights, none of which should ever be subject to a vote. Fundamental rights cannot be abrogated or diminished by any constitution or law.

2. Establishes the core principles of law and government, agreed upon by all, upon which the constitution must be based.

3. It itemizes the contractual obligations of citizenship, including self-imposed limitations on fundamental rights and personal sovereignty that are never appropriate to impose by majority rule: e.g.: Loyalty oath to the principles of law; financial support of proper government functions, Voting; mandatory participation in national defense; very limited eminent domain takings of property; and minimal standards of public conduct [i.e.: basic limits on lewd conduct and nudity, public endangerment, interference with other’s access to public property, etc.].

4. Limits entry to those who qualify for citizenship, e.g.: age, financial responsibility, basic knowledge of rights and the law, moderate competency in language, moral character, and commitment to defend fundamental rights.

5. Delineates and grants protection to the full range of individual rights only to those entering into the covenant (including the privileges of holding government office, voting at all levels of government, and the protection of titled property). All other privileges, excepting those granted exclusively to citizens are protected for non-citizen residents, who also have responsibilities commensurate with their level of commitment to this system of liberty.

The key advantages of a covenant form of citizenship with responsibilities attached is that 1) it complies with the principle requiring initial unanimous consent of the governed to form a government, 2) it uses voluntary assent to determine any limitations on fundamental rights rather than majority rule, 3) it provides incentives and inducements for outsiders who want the benefits of citizenship to learn the principles of law that maintain liberty, thus helping avoid division of society into factions, 4) it restricts opportunities for leadership and ownership to those willing to commit to protect these rights.

Citizen Compact

OBLIGATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS (Residents and Visitors)

Other contractual provisions should be made to accommodate non-citizen residents, and visitors. Within the territorial limits claimed and defended by the Citizens under compact, who are owners of the underlying property, no other persons are allowed to live, visit or enter without agreeing to the rules and limitations established for either visitors or residents. This also applies to those who bring into the nation foreign persons under contract. Such contracts must include an agreement to abide by the above visitor or resident code of conduct and contain guarantees by the citizen making the contract that he will take complete responsibility for any harm or damages committed by the contracting party. This responsibility provision provides a high incentive to not bring in untrustworthy individuals. An exception to these rules of conduct for non-citizens must be made for landowners (inholders) who had established property and residency prior to the establishment of the new covenant government, and who decline to join the new compact. These would be left alone, but treated as foreign entities, with no right of access, entry, or protection except as provided in contractual relationship with other citizens and residents.

Must agree to the following Limitations On The Right To Bear Arms: That the Citizen will not possess weapons of mass destruction capable of killing or maiming large numbers of people simultaneously.

Agrees to lose citizenship (reduced to Resident) upon conviction of the following:

Conviction of unjustified Murder (loss of citizenship is permanent)

Convicted of a violent crime, causing permanent injury to another, or any total of 3 other felony criminal actions. (Can only become a Resident thereafter after paying full restitution to victims).

Conviction of Treason (permanent loss of Citizens, and/or exile)

Thrice failing to maintain an active vote, without excuse (can recover citizenship after 3 years)

Failing to pay lawful tax, or work off such taxes two years in arrears (can recover citizenship upon full payment)

10 violations of failure to abide by the citizen standards of public conduct.

Privileges of the Citizen:

Can purchase and hold things requiring title registration and protection (land, building, vehicles)

Has access to patent, trademark and copyright protection

Can serve as a corporate officer, judge, military officer, police officer

Can Hold Public Elected Office over citizens and residents (Dual citizens cannot qualify for these public offices)

Has the right to unrestricted movement and residency on non private land w/out permission within nation.

Requirements for residents 18 years old and above:

Non native born residents must pass minimum conversation and reading test in the national language(s) (understanding emergency situations, directions, asking questions, answering questions, reading signs, basic instructions, filling out forms)

Must begin paying annual Resident tax--a general head tax for national defense and nation and local judicial system.

Males must commit to 2 year non-combat duty during a declared war.

Privileges

• Can rent or lease titled property held by a citizen

• Can own outright any thing not requiring a registered title (generally, all goods except land, buildings, motor vehicles)

• May vote on issues related to residents, though not required to.

• Can serve in police or military forces (but not as an officer)

Restrictions

Can vote in local elections on issues pertaining to residency, or use of tax funds paid by residents.

In order to change permanent residence he/she must obtain residency permit from the intended state of residence (which may not be denied except for criminal conduct)

May travel at will within the nation, but may not reside temporarily outside his resident state for more than 3 months without permission of the new state or a contract for work with a citizen of that state.

Cannot hold public elected office, serve as a judge, be a military officer, or a police officer.

Cannot own land, or a vehicle requiring protection of title, but may rent or lease all such titled property.

Exercise the full range of fundamental rights except the full rights of titled ownership stated above and the right to own certain lethal offensive arms. Definition of "offensive lethal arms" shall not include basic self-defense weapons as knives, bows and arrows, non-poisonous darts, clubs, BB and Pellet guns; pistols and semi-automatic rifles.

SAMPLE NATIONAL CITIZEN CONTRACT

(SUGGESTED):

I, the undersigned person, agree to recognize and defend

• the declaration of fundamental rights and

• the principles of just law and government

RESPONSIBILITIES

In addition, I agree to

• Pay an annual Citizen head tax, and all defense taxes pertaining to property I own.

• Vote in all national elections unless incapacitated.

• Complete 6 months military training (by private or public means meeting uniform standards set by the national government)

• Serve, if called, a minimum of two years active duty with pay during a declared war by Congress where there is a direct threat to the liberty of this nation.

• Abide by eminent domain takings of my property with compensation at the rate of 1.5 times the fair-market value as determined by average of three independent and fair appraisals. Eminent domain takings shall be limited to major highways; transportation, communication, and utility corridors; and military and police facilities in critical geographical locations, where no other viable, economical alternative is available, and where the burden of proof is on government to demonstrate no viable alternative.

• Limit my personal acquisitions of arms to exclude weapons of mass destruction capable of killing or maiming large numbers of people (100 or more) simultaneously.

• Further I agree that I will automatically lose my citizenship upon conviction of the following:

  • Conviction of unjustified Murder (loss of citizenship is permanent)

  • Convicted of a violent crime, causing permanent injury to another, or any total of 3 other felony criminal actions. (Can only become a Resident thereafter after paying full restitution to victims).

  • Conviction of Treason (permanent loss of Citizens, and/or exile)

  • Thrice failing to maintain an active vote, without excuse (can recover citizenship after 3 years)

  • Failing to pay lawful tax, or work off such taxes two years in arrears (can recover citizenship upon full payment)

  • 10 violations of failure to abide by the citizen standards of public conduct.

CITIZEN COMPACT

by Joel M. Skousen

Introduction:

A citizen compact is a signature contractual document whereby sovereign individuals bind themselves together to form a covenant form of government for the mutual protection of fundamental rights.  What follows is a suggested national compact.  Similar types of compacts would also be appropriate at the state level and in any community that wishes to establish covenants and restrictions above the level of basic law. State or community compacts would be able to build upon the national pact, but could not contain any elements that contradict the national compact.  At the national level, the compact is as basic as possible to defend fundamental rights, leaving to other state or community compacts to establish more restrictive covenants consistent with the philosophical, religious or ideological background of those joining together to form each state or subgroup.  The national compact is fundamentally more important than a constitution because it:

                1.  Declares both a working definition of the fundamental rights and contains a listing of those rights, none of which should ever be subject to a vote.  Fundamental rights cannot be abrogated or diminished by any constitution or law.  

                2.  Establishes the core principles of law and government, agreed upon by all, upon which the constitution must be based.

                3.  It itemizes the contractual obligations of citizenship, including self-imposed limitations on fundamental rights and personal sovereignty that are never appropriate to impose by majority rule: e.g.:  Loyalty oath to the principles of law;  financial support of proper government functions, Voting; mandatory participation in national defense; very limited eminent domain takings of property; and minimal standards of public conduct [i.e.: basic limits on lewd conduct and nudity, public endangerment, interference with other’s access to public property, etc.].

                4.  Limits entry to those who qualify for citizenship, e.g.: age, financial responsibility, basic knowledge of rights and the law, moderate competency in language, moral character, and commitment to defend fundamental rights. 

                5.  Delineates and grants protection to the full range of individual rights only to those entering into the covenant (including the privileges of holding government office, voting at all levels of government, and the protection of titled property).  All other privileges, excepting those granted exclusively to citizens are protected for non-citizen residents, who also have responsibilities commensurate with their level of commitment to this system of liberty. 

The key advantages of a covenant form of citizenship with responsibilities attached is that 1) it complies with the principle requiring initial unanimous consent of the governed to form a government, 2) it uses voluntary assent to determine any limitations on fundamental rights rather than majority rule, 3) it provides incentives and inducements for outsiders who want the benefits of citizenship to learn the principles of law that maintain liberty, thus helping avoid division of society into factions, 4) it restricts opportunities for leadership and ownership to those willing to commit to protect these rights.    

OBLIGATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS (Residents and Visitors)

Other contractual provisions should be made to accommodate non-citizen residents, and visitors.  Within the territorial limits claimed and defended by the Citizens under compact, who are owners of the underlying property, no other persons are allowed to live, visit or enter without agreeing to the rules and limitations established for either visitors or residents.  This also applies to those who bring into the nation foreign persons under contract. Such contracts must include an agreement to abide by the above visitor or resident code of conduct and contain guarantees by the citizen making the contract that he will take complete  responsibility for any harm or damages committed by the contracting party.  This responsibility provision provides a high incentive to not bring in untrustworthy individuals.  An exception to these rules of conduct for non-citizens must be made for landowners (inholders) who had established property and residency prior to the establishment of the new covenant government, and who decline to join the new compact.  These would be left alone, but treated as foreign entities, with no right of access, entry, or protection except as provided in contractual relationship with other citizens and residents.  

PROPOSED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS at the national and state level.

CITIZEN

            Requirements:

Minimum age, 12 years old

Must pass the uniform language test of the national language(s)--basic but essential reading, speaking and comprehension.

Must pass a basic test on constitutional law and fundamental rights. [a practical examination of a candidate’s ability to determine whether a listing of hypothetical laws are violations of fundamental rights--no trick or complex issues allowed].

Must agree and sign the Citizen Compact and covenant not to act or promote the undermining of these rights, and to agree to comply with the listed responsibilities of citizenship.

Must pay an annual Citizen head tax, and the property defense taxes pertaining to property owned. 

Must vote in all national elections unless incapacitated.

Males must agree to receive 6 months military training (by private or public means meeting uniform standards)

Males must agree to serve a minimum of two years active duty with pay (but only during a declared war by Congress where there is a direct threat to the liberty of this nation).  All other military service to be voluntary with pay.  

Must agree to limited eminent domain takings by government w/ greater than fair-market compensation (strictly limited to major highways; transportation, communication, and utility corridors; and military and police facilities) but only in critical geographical locations, where no other viable, economical alternative is available.  The burden of proof is on government no other viable alternative.

Must agree to the following Limitations On The Right To Bear Arms:  That the Citizen will not possess weapons of mass destruction capable of killing or maiming large numbers of people simultaneously.

Agrees to lose citizenship (reduced to Resident) upon conviction of the following:

·         Conviction of unjustified Murder (loss of citizenship is permanent)

·         Convicted of a violent crime, causing permanent injury to another, or any total of 3 other felony criminal actions. (Can only become a Resident thereafter after paying full restitution to victims).

·         Conviction of Treason (permanent loss of Citizens, and/or exile)

·         Thrice failing to maintain an active vote, without excuse (can recover citizenship after 3 years)

·         Failing to pay lawful tax, or work off such taxes two years in arrears (can recover citizenship upon full payment)

·         10 violations of failure to abide by the citizen standards of public conduct.

                Privileges of the Citizen:

Can purchase and hold things requiring title registration and protection (land, building, vehicles)

Has access to patent, trademark and copyright protection

Can serve as a corporate officer, judge, military officer, police officer

Can Hold Public Elected Office over citizens and residents (Dual citizens cannot qualify for these public offices)

Has the right to unrestricted movement and residency on non private land w/out permission within nation.

RESIDENT

Definition: A resident is any person, of any age, who is meets any one of the following criteria:

                1) a resident of the territory prior to the establishment of the new government, who does not desire to be treated as a separate foreign entity.

                2) a child born to any resident or citizen (but not those born to a visitor)

                3) foreign person meeting the character qualifications of entry and who has a sponsorship contract with a citizen.

            Requirements for residents 18 years old and above:

Non native born residents must pass minimum conversation and reading test in the national language(s) (understanding emergency situations, directions, asking questions, answering questions, reading signs, basic instructions, filling out forms) 

Must begin paying annual Resident tax--a general head tax for national defense and nation and local judicial system. 

Males must commit to 2 year non-combat duty during a declared war.

                Privileges

Can rent or lease titled property held by a citizen

Can own outright any thing not requiring a registered title (generally, all goods except land, buildings, motor vehicles)

May vote on issues related to residents, though not required to.

Can serve in police or military forces (but not as an officer)

                Restrictions

Can vote in local elections on issues pertaining to residency, or use of tax funds paid by residents. 

In order to change permanent residence he/she must obtain residency permit from the intended state of residence (which may not be denied except for criminal conduct)

May travel at will within the nation, but may not reside temporarily outside his resident state for more than 3 months without permission of the new state or a contract for work with a citizen of that state.

Cannot hold public elected office, serve as a judge, be a military officer, or a police officer.

Cannot own land, or a vehicle requiring protection of title, but may rent or lease all such titled property.

Exercise the full range of fundamental rights except the full rights of titled ownership stated above and the right to own certain lethal offensive arms.  Definition of “offensive lethal arms” shall not include basic self-defense weapons as knives, bows and arrows, non-poisonous darts, clubs, BB and Pellet guns; pistols and semi-automatic rifles. 

NON RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS

Definition: any foreign person who is not a citizen, or resident.

Restrictions: Visitors can only remain in the country for a maximum of 3 months in any single year unless they obtain sponsorship by a citizen in good standing. 

SAMPLE NATIONAL CITIZEN CONTRACT

 (SUGGESTED):

I, the undersigned person, agree to recognize and defend the following declaration of fundamental rights and the principles of just law and government:

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF MAN

Condensed Listing

1:

RIGHT TO LIFE

THE RIGHT TO LIFE,  from conception to natural death, except as a consequence for a crime against the rights of others.

COROLLARY RIGHTS relating to the human qualities of  belief, creativity and reason:

A. The right of FREE THOUGHT and JUDGMENT on the individual worth of ideas, people and things.

B. To BE FREE to BELIEVE according to each person's conscience, without restriction.

2:

LIBERTY

THE FREEDOM TO ACT WITHOUT EXTERNAL OR PRIOR RESTRAINT when those actions do not violate the fundamental rights of others.

COROLLARY RIGHTS:

A.  To be solely RESPONSIBLE for one's own health, life, education and safety without regulation or restriction as long as other’s rights are not infringed.

 B.  To engage in any ECONOMIC ACTIVITY desired as long as such activity does not involve compulsion upon others or assist an enemy of these fundamental rights.

1. To engage in voluntary CONTRACTS, written or verbal, without restriction or regulation except where direct and harmful non-contractual consequences to others occur;

2.  To unrestricted SELECTION and PURCHASE (from a willing seller) of all available goods and services desired,

 3.  To circulate and negotiate any tangible asset or sworn evidence thereof as money or a MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE as long as it is voluntarily accepted by another and fraud and misrepresentation are not present.

4.  To PUBLISH any written, photographic, or electronic material, as long as others are not involuntarily exposed to such material on their own or contractual property.

5.  To  MAKE ANY EXPRESSION OF OPINION OR FACT about another person or product as long as such statements are true or labeled clearly as one’s personal opinion prior to the reception of evidence to the contrary.

C.  To ASSOCIATE with other persons without coercion as long as that association is desired by all parties, does not constitute a direct and harmful threat to anothers’ rights, and where such association is not in violation of the desires of the property owner.

1. Individuals may PEACEFULLY ASSEMBLE in groups without criminal or treasonous intent as long as private property rights and free movement on public property are not infringed or impeded.

D.  To DISASSOCIATE with other persons on their own or contractual property without public reason or justification

E.  To be free from being ACTED UPON  on one’s own or contractual property when not violating other’s rights. 

3:

OWNERSHIP

THE RIGHT TO OWN, DISPOSE OF, AND CONTROL ALL PROPERTY AND ASSETS which are earned by the honest fulfillment of voluntary contracts, received as a gift, inherited, or earned in proportion to the application of one's labor to unowned property.

COROLLARY RIGHTS relating to or restricted to ownership and property rights:

A.  To BE FREE FROM BEING ACTED UPON or involuntarily influenced in a harmful manner, when on one's own or contractual property and not directly and harmfully affecting the rights of others.

B. To exclude all persons not desired from one's own property when not guilty of a crime against others’ rights.

C.  To make any WRITTEN OR VERBAL EXPRESSION, on property within one's ownership or control, whether for personal or commercial intent.,

D.  To act in PRIVACY, within one's own or contractual property, free from search, seizure, regulation and internal surveillance except when such actions violate or provide an imminent threat anothers’ rights. 

4:

SELF-DEFENSE

TO DEFEND the fundamental rights of self, family, or others against any overt and/or imminent threat, and to use the appropriate force required to eliminate the threat, without regard to whether assistance from police or others is available or willing to help.

5:

FAMILY RIGHTS

Families are SOVEREIGN OVER FAMILY AFFAIRS that do not infringe upon other’s rights and that do not constitute an imminent threat to the life of the children therein

Children have the right to demand of their parents, minimum CARE, AND PROTECTION until reaching an ability, or desire to be self-sufficient--as long as the child is not acting in rebellion with the requirements of his parents which do not constitute a threat to life by physical cruelty, or gross negligence

Parents have the right to ultimate RESPONSIBILITY and AUTHORITY for the health, education, and welfare of their dependent children without interference or prior restraint from government, except when proven guilty of gross physical cruelty, or gross negligence, as defined by constitutional law, and where the child does not object to such interference.

PRINCIPLES OF JUST LAW AND GOVERNMENT

·         PRINCIPLE #1  INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY:  All persons are rightfully sovereign over their own affairs which do not infringe upon the rights of others.

·         PRINCIPLE #2  FAMILY SOVEREIGNTY:  Families, composed of a man and a women and their natural or legally adopted children,  shall be sovereign over all family affairs which affect the health, welfare and education of their dependent children as long as such actions do not present an imminent, physical threat to the life of the children, either by overt acts of abuse or gross negligence.

·         PRINCIPLE #3:  FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Fundamental rights are those rights which all persons can simultaneously claim without forcing other people to serve their needs. These rights are superior to all earthly law and should be never be made subject to majority rule. 

·         PRINCIPLE #4  GOVERNMENT BY THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED:  A government  may only be formed by the unanimous consent of those to be governed by such, and the individual assent of all others joining at a later time.

·         PRINCIPLE #5  LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT POWER: The main purpose of a just government is to provide for mutual defense of the fundamental rights of all citizens and to provide an equitable system of allocation, regulation and resolution of conflict concerning unowned commons (air, rivers, oceans, space, and liquid underground resources transcending multiple surface boundaries).   All officers of government should take an oath to defend those rights and have no immunity from the penalties of law if they violate others’ rights through the pretense of law. Governments must be specifically enjoined from the following common violations of fundamental rights:

1.       Providing any specific benefit to any person or group, without a user fee or voluntary donation by others covering the entire cost.

2.       Protecting people involuntarily from natural disaster, safety hazards, risk taking or any other difficulty not constituting a threat to fundamental rights.

3.       Prosecution or making any act a crime in the absence of a specific complaint by a victim, except in cases involving imminent threat to life.

4.       Making an act or possession of a substance a crime which does not present a direct or imminent threat to rights or declaring any act a crime after the fact.

·         PRINCIPLE #6   RIGHT OF REVOLUTION:   Whenever a government or its officers engage in egregious violations of fundamental rights and use the power of government to shield themselves from prosecution or reform, and when all lawful avenues of reform and appeal have been exhausted, it is the right of the sovereign citizens to rise up in armed revolution against those officers, to remove them from power and make necessary structural changes to government in order to reestablish the protection of fundamental rights. 

·         PRINCIPLE #7  CITIZENSHIP BY QUALIFICATION:  Citizenship should be by covenant and qualification rather than by birth, whereby the fundamental rights of citizens, and the duties and responsibilities of both parties (government and citizen) are clearly specified and agreed upon.

·         PRINCIPLE #8  EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW:   Equal justice (not results) shall be guaranteed for all citizens under constitutional law that provides a uniform standard of due process in all legal processes of government.  Punishment for infractions of law should be uniformly applied to all offenses of similar threat to fundamental rights. Punishments should be fair, proportional to the offense, provide deterrence, provide restitution to victims by the perpetrators, and remove permanently from society chronic offenders who refuse to control their predation upon others. All prosecution of criminal acts should be tried before a judge and citizen jury, trained in the applicable law, where the judge is responsible to ensure that the rights of all parties are protected and that the jury has the power to judge the facts of the case, the applicability of the law to the particular case, and the appropriate punishment.  Access to a jury trial should be an absolute right for all criminal cases and an absolute option for civil cases, where the parties to the case are willing to accept their share of appropriate user fees.

·         PRINCIPLE #9  GOVERNMENT FUNDING:  The type of taxation employed should be directly levied upon the persons or properties protected by government services. There must be no taxation without representation and no form of taxation voted upon with majoritarian powers should be valid unless applied to all citizens and residents within the same taxing jurisdiction.  Government should be financed by general taxes only for universal services that are directly related to the defense of fundamental rights and that render no specific benefit to an individual or group constituting less than the whole. User fees should be employed to cover all costs, and only those costs, for any direct government services or benefits to individuals, groups, and such user fees should be applied to those same services, which produce the fee. Taxation should never be allowed on income, inheritance or gifts.  Neither should taxes be hidden within an economic price, interfere with or distort economic processes, or force any person to pay a higher proportion of taxes when no higher protection is required from government services. No state should be allowed to incur a budget deficit and no deficit should be allowed at the national level except in time of declared war.  All government liabilities and expenditures should be included in the budget and no tax burden should be shifted to the next generation of taxpayers through debt or unfunded programs mandated by law.

·         PRINCIPLE #10  LIMITS ON POLICE POWER:   Military and police power of government should only be used where there exists a direct or imminent threat to the fundamental rights of its citizens, and to enforce laws which are constitutional and based upon those rights.  Any assistance for liberty given to foreign nations  or entities where a significant threat to this nation cannot be demonstrated should be encouraged by government but carried out by voluntary measures. Citizens should be secure in their privacy from government search, intrusion, surveillance, and seizure except when credible evidence exists of a crime against fundamental rights or an imminent threat to liberty. Government power to enforce secrecy should not be applied to the specific knowledge any person may have concerning crimes committed by government officials or persons favored by those officials. Officers of government should not have immunity from acts committed by themselves or by others under their knowing supervision that violate the fundamental rights of others.  

·         PRINCIPLE #11  ARMS FOR SELF-DEFENSE: All citizens should be free to own and possess the means of effective personal protection and to use appropriate force to protect life and property from harm regardless of whether or not police forces are immediately available or willing to help. Citizens acting in self-defense of fundamental rights should use only the force necessary to eliminate the perceived threat.  An armed citizenry also acts as the ultimate force against potential government tyranny and aggression against the fundamental rights of man.

·         PRINCIPLE #12   FREELY COMPETING, NON-COERCIVE VALUES: All non-coercive values should be free to compete for adherents in both private and public domains, with government serving only in its role of maintaining public order.  Government should never use general revenues or its lawmaking power to establish or promote any system of belief except that which directly protects fundamental rights or which is agreed upon by all participants in a citizen compact covering “community standards” of public conduct. Officials should not be restricted, however, from making statements of personal belief, including religious references to a duty to God or a belief in a Supreme Being, or praying publicly to God, as long as such pronouncements are stated as their own personal beliefs or feelings, represent part of his or her leadership role to constituents, and do not require mandatory acceptance by others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In addition, I agree to

Pay an annual Citizen head tax, and all defense taxes pertaining to property I own. 

Vote in all national elections unless incapacitated.

Complete 6 months military training (by private or public means meeting uniform standards set by the national government)

Serve, if called, a minimum of two years active duty with pay during a declared war by Congress where there is a direct threat to the liberty of this nation.   

Abide by eminent domain takings of my property with compensation at the rate of 1.5 times the fair-market value as determined by average of three independent and fair appraisals. Eminent domain takings shall be limited to major highways; transportation, communication, and utility corridors; and military and police facilities in critical geographical locations, where no other viable, economical alternative is available, and where the burden of proof is on government to demonstrate no viable alternative.

Limit my personal acquisitions of arms to exclude weapons of mass destruction capable of killing or maiming large numbers of people (100 or more) simultaneously.

Further I agree that I will automatically lose my citizenship upon conviction of the following:

·         Conviction of unjustified Murder (loss of citizenship is permanent)

·         Convicted of a violent crime, causing permanent injury to another, or any total of 3 other felony criminal actions. (Can only become a Resident thereafter after paying full restitution to victims).

·         Conviction of Treason (permanent loss of Citizens, and/or exile)

·         Thrice failing to maintain an active vote, without excuse (can recover citizenship after 3 years)

·         Failing to pay lawful tax, or work off such taxes two years in arrears (can recover citizenship upon full payment)

·         10 violations of failure to abide by the citizen standards of public conduct.