Amending the Constitution to Allow for Mob Rule

[LPC]

In his latest newsletter, Peter Hendrickson proposes a constitutional amendment to allow for mob rule by "common law" grand juries:

EXPERIENCE HAVING SHOWN that these folks simply will not police themselves; and in light of the fact that the sole reason for them being granted any power at all is the securing of our individual rights;

Proposed:
Twenty-Eighth Article of Amendment to the United States Constitution

1. Any Grand Jury duly constituted under the civil or common law may hear and consider accusations brought to its attention by any member thereof that any right of any person resident within the union state or federal district or territory in which the Grand Jury is seated has been willfully or negligently violated, or that conspiracy, aiding or abetting or obstruction of justice in regard to any such violation has been committed, by any person holding or exercising any office or agency of the United States in any capacity whatever. The consideration of such accusations shall be without the involvement, supervision or approval of any public official.

2. Upon the issuance of an indictment for any violation of rights or related offense as listed in paragraph 1., the indicted public official shall stand trial on the charge(s) in accordance with other provisions of the Constitution related to criminal trial, but the prosecution of such charges shall be conducted by the accusing alleged victim of the offense, or the accuser's designee. If the accuser is incapable of conducting the prosecution or designating a prosecutor, the closest family member capable of performing these functions shall do so, or, in the event that neither of these alternatives is possible, the prosecutor shall be selected by the Grand Jurors who issued the indictment, by whatever method seems best to them, provided that a majority of the members meeting for that purpose concur in the selection.

3. Trials of charges brought under the provisions of this amendment shall not be construed as against the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof; culpability and liability shall remain with the natural person charged with the offense.

4.Trials under the provisions of this amendment shall be conducted in the courts of the union state in which the accuser is resident, or, if the accuser is not a resident of a union state, in the courts of the federal district or territory, in which he or she is resident.

5. Article III, Section 2 Clause 1 is hereby amended to read, "The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution except as provided for in the Twenty-Eighth Article of Amendment, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States;— between a State and Citizens of another State,—between Citizens of different States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects."

6. No prior conclusion, ruling, doctrine, event or authority of any kind whatever shall be given weight of controlling precedent or authority as to the nature of rights or any particular right, or the violation thereof in the consideration or determination of the Grand or petit juries in any proceeding commenced under the provisions of this Amendment.

7. There shall be no limitation on the commencement of proceedings under the provisions of this amendment due to the time in which the accused offense allegedly was committed.

8. Punishment upon conviction of an offense described in this amendment shall range from a minimum of 20 years imprisonment up to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole regardless of the sentence, any contrary provisions of the laws of the state, district or territory in which trial was conducted notwithstanding, and shall be served in the prisons of the unit of government in which trial was conducted. Sentences shall be determined and imposed by the trial jury. Prior to the jury's determination and imposition of sentence, a convicted defendant shall be permitted to present evidence of measures taken to mitigate or remedy the offense(s) of conviction.

9. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to impair the power of Congress to impeach and remove from office, and nothing in the impeachment provisions elsewhere in this Constitution shall be construed so as to impair the provisions of this Amendment.

THERE IS A PRACTICAL REASON for everything that is included in this amendment, and everything omitted from this amendment. If you have questions or contentions, please contact me with them, and I will explain.

I also ask all activists with whom this concept resonates (which should be pretty much everyone) to contact me with (or about) action plans for getting this amendment in front of state legislatures across the country; and I ask all of you to enthusiastically share the entire text of this article around and help get a buzz going about this amendment.

By the way, I'm calling this "Doreen's Amendment", because it is the rights violations by which she is presently suffering that inspired me to write it. I will appreciate everyone diligently using that label, thus helping keep Doreen's ordeal in the spotlight.

Doreen is "presently suffering" because she was convicted of criminal contempt after refusing to file a correct income tax return in violation of a court order directing her to file a correct return.

[notorial dissent]

That proposal is just ghastly, and mob rule is the least of what it portends.

[grixit]

We've already had such provisions in the past. We just used the terms "star chamber" or "vigilance committee" instead of "grand jury". See also "witch hunt".

[Judge Roy Bean]

The phrase "mental masturbation" seems somehow appropriate.

[LPC]

We've already had such provisions in the past. We just used the terms "star chamber" or "vigilance committee" instead of "grand jury". See also "witch hunt".

See also, "Inquisition," in which guilt is already established, and the only question is (a) whether you confess and (b) the nature of the punishment.

[LPC]

The phrase "mental masturbation" seems somehow appropriate.

The phrase "mental masturbation" is almost always appropriate.

Especially for Hendrickson, who really doesn't know any other kind of mental process.

[fortinbras]

I have tried to promote a Constitutional amendment that takes away from Congress the power to declare war and leaves it up to the vote of the widows of the previous war.

In a more serious vein, an amendment that says that exercising the Second Amendment right - of buying guns, gun parts, or ammo - must require the same documentation required to exercise the Fifteenth Amendment right to vote. If the right to vote requires a birth certificate, govt id, etc., then buying ammo will require the same documents.

[pigpot]

Look how many votes these guys get "upped"... Wow. If there is such a thing as good cops, these are them. Well played these Police Officers.

Oathkeepers, a rare breed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSPXwLb6ug

Keeping the Oath. Gotta love that yes?